Coventry Walkabout - Not just a Concrete Jungle

Last week we did a walkabout from the Pools Meadow Bus Station to the Market,

snapping merrily along the way. These are some of the lovely buildings you get to see in Coventry.

Eroded 14th century red-sandstone Chapel of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist with 18th century window converted into a free Grammar School during the Dissolution.

View from the Transport Museum of the Millenium Arch towering over Sir Frank Whittle's (father of the Jet Engine) statute.

The Sky Blue Steps attached to the Museum, closed for repairs. Coventry City FC are known as the Sky Blues

Close-up of the Steps, and my husband rotund behind

The Priory or Swansell Gate, built 1461, one of the two surviving original twelve gates to the mediaeval fortified city.

A statute resting in Lady Herbert's Garden.

Another le zinc.

The above image and the 3 following are in close proximity to one another in the city centre, and form part of the same compound. Priory Row is the site of the Benedictine Priory, founded 1043, of which the cruciform Priory Church (St. Mary), commenced 1140, found during excavations for the new Cathedral. Remains of two of the rooms adjoin the cloister. Leofric and Godiva are reputed to have been buried in the church.

Church of the Holy Trinity retaining some of its 13th century features.

Lynchgate Cottage, tree-ring dated 1414-15, is the only surviving priory building within the former monastic precint. It is home to the Tourist Information Centre.

A sculpture of St. Michael and Lucifer by Sir Jacob Epstein by the steps of the new Cathedral.

The market roof where Benzy's parked, so back to the car and home.

Then Rod Stewart came into town. I left work an hour early to escape the invasion but traffic was already building around the Ricoh. It was a lovely sun-drenched evening. We'd fish and chips al-fresco rocking to The Pretenders (the warm-up gig) in the garden.

The Rocker really vowed the crowd. I was also singing along with my eyes glued to CSI. At 10.30pm, there were impressive firework displays to end the show. I heard on the news that there was a massive traffic jam as 17,000 fans tried to leave at the same time.

Management laid out a Remodelling do to calm frayed nerves. Tempers were on very short-circuit as staff were herded together; books, pc and personnel moved around, not knowing where things are; workmen with their tools about; confused users, broken lifts and mostly, the noise. Delicious canapes and hors d'œuvre in abundance. Smiles all around. There's a rainbow after all.

A bottle of bubbly for Sam for winning the library cafe competition. What a pity “Starbooks” won't be used due to legal reasons. Zut zut et zut!!!