And so it begins. The December countdown.  We went to a Christmas market in the shadow of Exeter’s Medieval Cathedral. The market was charming, we arrived early, before crowds and bad weather turned the grounds underfoot into a Medieval re-enactment of normal muddy life in the 14 th Century. The piped music was recordings from the Cathedral Choir singing sacred music. The sights and smells were timelessly festive and wintery.

Open fires.

Smoky tents.

A previous visit to the Cathedral gave us the bauble to beat all baubles.

There are 26 days until Boxing Day. 26 letters in the Alphabet. The daily blogs in December will end with  an alphabetical snippet. A is for Arriety.

Today , The Laminations of Arriety.

Sounds like a suitably Cathedral/ Religious text-like story, but is in fact, a sumtuous Pain au Chocolat served in a cafe not far from the Cathedral.