Tewksbury & Vaughn Williams

As we were in the St James church in Chipping Campden, (which gets 4 stars in my 1000 best churches book) Jacq said, "how many stars does it go up to?" I turned the page. Tewksbury Abbey was the next church listed. It had 5 stars! "Five" I said. We looked at each other. "How far away is Tewksbury?" We worked out that it was about 20 miles. Too close to miss, we decide...and off we go!

Well it certainly was worth the journey. An absolutely stunning church (not a cathedral, they were very insistant to point out) in fact 14 of Britain's cathedrals are smaller!

As we wandering round the back of the beautiful church, round the outside of the choir, we heard this beautiful sound....



It sounded so perfect, like a recording, but as we came back round to the front of the choir, we realised that an orchestra was rehearsing for that evening's concert. A Vaughn Williams evening. Very haunting and beautiful music. It totally made the visit to the Church! The acoustics were perfect - and we decided that the sound was better when we were at the back of the choir than in the 'audience'. Fab!