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Winchester – Day Nine

After breakfast it was time to say goodbye to Winchester and its Cathedral and set off on our homeward journey. We stopped off at Hidcote, the first garden that the National Trust took ownership of.  We had lunch before strolling round the garden.

We got home mid afternoon and that was when we noticed the first [...]

18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 11th 2014

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Winchester – Day Eight

After breakfast it was time to resume our walking tour around Winchester, taking in the sites that were on our ‘To Do’ list. We made our way to the Cathedral which we intended to revisit but when we arrived we noticed a long queue leading to the closed front doors of the Cathedral. Our immediate [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 10th 2014

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Winchester – Day Seven

We returned to Portsmouth to carry on where we left off the previous day. We started off with a visit to the Royal Marines Museum, which is included in the entrance ticket to Portsmouth Docks but situated a short way from the dockyard itself. It was thundering as we arrived and we didn’t quite make [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 9th 2014

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Winchester – Day Six

Portsmouth Dockyard is very large and has so many attractions that we planned to visit on more than one day. On the first visit we visited Nelson’s ship, HMS Victory, first. It was interesting and a lot more compact inside than I had imagined. Even I had to duck my head at times. I found [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 8th 2014

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Winchester – Day Five

After our trips further afield from Winchester it was time to explore the historical town itself. We set off on a walking tour that was shown in the back of the ‘Winchester Pitkin Guide’. The first stop on route was to photograph the statue of King Alfred. It was good to find that the hanging [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 7th 2014

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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition.
Blaise Pascal

11 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2014

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Winchester – Day Four

After breakfast we drove to Beaulieu so that Mr C could enjoy the motor museum. Beaulieu is not just home to the National Motor Museum there is also the Palace House, Gardens, Abbey and other attractions.  A full days worth if you wish to see them all. The lady who sold us our tickets suggested [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 27th 2014

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