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Leaving Westminster Abbey, we walked along the Thames, until crossing it on the Millennium Bridge. We felt fortunate that the day was crisp with a blue sky as we walked ten miles by the time we reached Kings Cross later that evening.

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By the time we arrived at St Pauls we had a few minutes to get our passports stamped by an impressed member of the retail staff who wanted to look at all the previous stamps too. We moved upstairs for the Evensong and sat up in the choir stalls. St Pauls is unlike any cathedral in the UK that we had been to as it is modelled on St Peters in Rome with its iconic dome. For Evensong, the lighting was subdued but the beauty of the painting and architecture could still be admired.

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​​(St Paul’s like Westminster Abbey is free to enter to worship but charges £25 otherwise. Westminster Abbey is £30)

The singing was sublime, and it was a fitting end to our London Pilgrimage.

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Postscript

You may be wondering at this point about Kit and Scout, our faithful companions?

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They were being looked after by “back up” although Kit does not look too pleased in this picture to having had her bed moved to accommodate Scout! They will be going on the next Cathedral Visit.

And “back up”? He met us at York and enjoyed his offerings from the Cathedral Shops!