Today we tested the inter-city bus system and caught the X6 to Coventry. We knew that we would only have three and a half hours there, but thought that was enough to see a bombed out cathedral. Little did we know.
There has always been a church/cathedral at this sight. But in November 1940, it was comprehensively bombed by the Luftwaffe. The original cathedral has been retained as a ruin.
KM climbed the 180 spiral steps to the top of the remaining tower. It survived the bombers, and so did its bells. He noticed the disclaimer when he came down, but the ticket seller didn't discourage him. It was half way up that he began to wonder how many more steps there were.
The tower
and KM is somewhere up there.
View from above, looking away from the tower.
And the view from ground level.
Reconciliation statue. We were told there was only one other - in Hiroshima - but google reveals that since there are a couple of other similar ones around the world. This one in Coventry has Japanese script on it.
There has always been a church/cathedral at this sight. But in November 1940, it was comprehensively bombed by the Luftwaffe. The original cathedral has been retained as a ruin.
I was quite moved when I first entered the site of the ruins. I am quite used to structures falling victim to time and weather. But this structure was destroyed by man in a vicious aerial attack. Of course similar damage and cruelty was done by both sides A reminder of the pointlessness of war.
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