09 June, 2008

Ripon and Fountain Abbey


Our school has organized a trip to Ripon and Fountain Abbey yesterday.
Ripon and Fountain Abbey are located in North Yorkshire, England.

Ripon is a small town where we have to take approximately 3 hours to reach there.
Fountain Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery, founded in 1132 [wikipedia].

I took my lunch with my coursemates at Dragon Inn, it is a chinese restaurant. we took our lunch very fast because it was not enough time to visit interested places if we ate slowly.

We went to the market place because it is just opposite the chinese restaurant. Next we went to the Ripon Cathedral and Prison and Police Museum. We did not go into it, just took some picture from the outside.

We departed to Fountain Abbey about 2pm. It takes 15-20 minutes to reach there from Ripon town. That place is really nice, the area is surrounded by trees and soft grass land. There is a St Mary's Chruch. All the church in UK look similar but their design are awesome and beautiful where I cannot find it in my Malaysia.

The trip was ended at 6pm. Felt very tired.
It way nice and enjoy.

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