CHAS’ & RUBY’S 2006 UK TOUR Sunday, June 4th: ROSSLYN CHAPEL!

We (I) hadn’t planned on visiting Rosslyn Chapel. But, when Ruby learned that it was
only about a 10 minute drive from Dalhousie, she BROW-BEAT ME into
deviating from our SCHEDULED TRIP ITINERARY! (Gasp!)

“Rosslyn Chapel, originally named The Collegiate Chapel of St. Matthew, is a
15th century church [near] the village of Roslin [Rosslyn], Midlothian, Scotland.”

[Internet Snagged Pic]

Dan Brown (author of the Da Vinci Code) has a website with many Rosslyn Chapel pix.

“Chapel Open Daily: April 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006: 9.30am to 6pm October 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007: 9.30am to 5pm and on Sundays between 12.00pm and 4.45pm.” WHOOPS! We arrived around 11:00 am on Sunday, when CHURCH SERVICES were being held. So, we would have had to wait (delaying our drive for over an hour) to “legally” visit the INSIDE of Rosslyn Chapel.

Since we were THERE, we walked in & began snapping pix of the CHAPEL EXTERIOR.

[Ruby Pic]

The Chapel was undergoing a LOT of renovation.
Thus, loads of scaffolding covered it’s structure.

There actually was a STEEL ROOF erected above the entire Chapel!

[Ruby Pic]

“In March 1997, a free-standing steel structure was erected to cover the Chapel. It will enable the stone fabric of the roof vaults to dry outwards, away from the carved interior surfaces. In due course the bituminous felt, asphalt and concrete coverings of the stone roof vaults will be removed to assist this process. Stone and mortar repairs to the external walls, pinnacles, and buttresses, renewal of the rainwater disposal arrangements, repairs to the stained glass, and appropriate repair and conservation of the interior are all required. The coverings over the stone vaulted roofs will be renewed in lead and ways of removing the cementitious slurry are being investigated, in order that this magnificent building can be preserved for future generations to use and admire.”

[Ruby Pic]

Har. Another example of Ruby & I taking pix of (being amazed by) the SAME THING!

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[Chas Pic]

Unlike ME, however, RUBY wasn’t shy about CRASHING the CHURCH SERVICES!
Within the first 5 minutes of our entrance, Ruby SNUCK into the Chapel via a side door,
and snapped away! LOL

Probably because she was “sneaking” them, however, Ruby’s interior pix of Rosslyn Chapel were often blurred. Here is an Internet Snagged Pic of the first interior Rosslyn Chapel pic taken by Ruby. (Seen Below)

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CLEARLY! No one can accuse ME of being a “bad influence” on RUBY!
SHE is the one who kept crashing WEDDINGS and CHURCH SERVICES!
(Compared to Ruby, I am a “Shrinking Violet” … a “Petit Flower!” LOL)

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Chas pix o’ ROSSLYN CHAPEL Exterior & Grounds.

If you have information or suggestions for Ruby & Chas’ 2006 UK TOUR Website
– or PHOTO contributions for it! –
PLZ Email CHAS!
c-d-miller@neb.rr.com
That’s: c-d-miller@neb.rr.com –
those are hyphens/dashes (-) between the “c” and “d” and “miller”