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Trip with Probus St Albans on Tuesday April 2nd 2019

We arrived in Saffron Walden and it was drizzling gently as e walked through the market

		The Rows & Information centre	Library which used to be the Corn Exchange
Drinking Fountain	Pet supplies	Winter pansies	Butcher's shop
Hospice shop		Mediaeval building	We had an early lunch at The Old English Gentleman in Gold Street.
	The Cross Keys Hotel	Oak
Pargeting	Corner Cupboard	Narrow alley	Insecure door
Barber's prices		Handsome building	Pargeting is a decorative or waterproofing plastering applied to a building's walls. The term, if not the practice, is particularly associated with the English counties of Suffolk and Essex. Wikipedia
		The old Sun Inn
	The Unaccompanied Children of Calais, a statue near St Mary’s Church in Saffron Walden by the town’s sculptor Ian Wolter	St Mary the Virgin
		St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Saffron Walden, Essex. It is the largest non-cathedral church in Essex with an overall length of 183 feet and the spire, 193 feet high, which is the tallest in Essex. It was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1951. Wikipedia	Wooden lecturn
The spectacular trompeta real ( royal trumpet) on the organ in the church of St Mary, Saffron Walden, Essex.		Organ
		Brass figures
The nave of St Mary the Virgin from 1520		The Parish House
The Museum		Pity about the cars
Bridge Street
We visited the chocolate lady for an interesting demo and cream tea
We had an uneventful journey home after an excellent day out. We will visit Saffron Walden again in better weather.

The spectacular trompeta real ( royal trumpet) on the organ in the church of St Mary, Saffron Walden, Essex.