How can I put this nicely?
This is the Jesus Chapel in Blackburn Cathedral. I arrived here after an early start camping in the woods just outside the city. I'd been rained on the night before, slept in damp air surrounded by cold mists, and packed everything up in drizzle the next morning. After a few weeks on the road I've learned to cope with these kinds of discouraging nights, but they still sap morale a bit. I was hoping for a little something to help kickstart the day. And Blackburn could well have been it. The cathedral was superb. It's very modern - for a cathedral - and it looks it. And sometimes that doesn't work well; certain modern building and art styles have not worn well alongside the greatest traditions of the past (yes, brutalism, I'm looking at you and the revolting glass and concrete apocalypse you've visited on most British cities). But Blackburn shows how magnificent modern design and art can be when done right. The cathedral's main body and the Jesus ...