Cardinal connection

This is one of a display of vestments that once belonged to Cardinal Newman. It stands outside the chapel of Abbotsford, Walter Scott’s house beside the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders.

A fascinating house, though as part of a pre-booked party of 45 I’d have expected a modern visitor centre such as they have to have enough capacity to keep the coffee machine topped up with water and enough staff adequately to man the cafe ...