Club Retreat to Minster Abbey near Ramsgate in May 2011

We have been visiting the Abbey for a few days for about the last 12 or more years.


       These Abbey  buildings, as you can see, are medieval
         
        and are still used by the nuns as living accommodation.

        The left hand corner is the only ruined part.

         The Guest House where we stay, although also built of

         stone, is considerably newer and very comfortable.



           
         This completes the range of original buildings.

          The ruined part shown above is to the left of this picture. 

           The Abbey grounds are quite extensive and very pretty.






            This is the chapel which is adjacent to the main buildings.

             It is open to the public for worship, and we are always invited

             to attend services if we wish.

             Usually some of our members attend at least one service.






               This is the view from our spinning room window.  

                The cottage in the background is nothing to do with the Minster
,
                There os a bird house fixed to the garden wall, and we watched

                the parent bluetits going in and out to feed their young.





                As well as the Abbey gardens, there is another garden

                which is accessed just outside the precincts.  This

                shows the small wild flower meadow with our members

                in the background. 









                Just another small area of the other garfden.

                This is a little more formal than the meadow and still

                 in course of construction.






I am having trouble posting some of the photos onto the web page, so here are just a few of our members in our spinning room.