Passing St. Bees School

 After spotting St. Bees Abbey in the distance:

We first encountered St. Bees School (where Mr. Bean, Rowan Atkinson, studied, of course):

Have read that the School was established in 1583 by Edmund Grindal, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who came from St. Bees himself.

The Foundation block, facing St. Bees Abbey, said to be the oldest part of the School:

Moreover, despite closing due to falling student numbers in 2015, the School resurrected itself in 2018 and seems to be growing from strength to strength.

A heart-warming story in our days of despair.