Saturday 11 September – Today was then annual Bristol doors open day and the first year that I have been in Bristol to take advantage of it. I decided to spend my time on the old town section of Bristol where I visited three churches: St. Stephens, St. Nick’s and Christ Church. St. Nick’s is now home to Bristol Archaeology and they had a number of artefacts on display as well as a massive triptych by Hogarth. In St. Stephens I saw some lovely stained glass, some funny carved pew ends and got to climb the tower for a magnificent view of Bristol centre. I also got a chance to ring the bells in the tower, on my climb down, which was quite fun. I also visited the Bristol Old Vic theatre and got to see some of the back stage areas. It was quite nice to finally see some of these emblems of Bristol’s history up close.
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