An outing to the city Part 2

When you stand inside or outside St Mary's you could be anywhere in Europe - flying buttresses, beautiful stained glass, huge pipe organs, etc. It is awe-inspiring and Kerry has said that she wants to have her child baptised there when it eventually makes an appearance.
Anyway, so what would you expect next to a Cathedral? A bookshop? Ok. A coffee shop? Yes - actually there is a really yuppie one just to the right of the picture underground. But an underground aquatic and sports centre? Just weird!

In the first picture is the sign which is visible in the mid ground in the photo on the piazza in front of the church. In the third photo, Richard took a closer photo of the side of these granite ponds - look at the windows along the side. The last shot is what you see if you peer through the glass. Underneath this plain granite area / piazza going down about 8 metres below the street is a whole aquatic and sports centre with basketball courts, gym, Olympic sized racing pool, and other pools with families playing etc. Cool hey? Next stop: the historical Queen Victoria Building shopping centre.