Winchester City Mill has stood at the heart of the historic city of Winchester – the capital of Kind Alfred’s Wessex – since Saxon times. With a history of over 1000 years, Winchester City Mill is also the oldest working watermill in the country.
A rare surviving example of an urban working corn mill, the City [...]
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Winchester City Mill
16 Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2019
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Tewkesbury Abbey
14 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2019
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
Jennie Jerome Churchill
12 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2019
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Winchester – Day Four
We checked out of the Wykeham Arms after breakfast and set off to Tewkesbury where we had a cup of tea before visiting the Abbey.
As we entered the Abbey we were welcomed by a minister. The Abbey has a lovely warm feeling and I had forgotten how beautiful it is. One corner of the Abbey [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2019
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Winchester – Day Three
I had a pre breakfast walk, retracing my steps from the previous evening on the off chance that I might spot the missing Radley charm. As expected, I didn’t but I enjoyed walking in the early morning sunshine along the almost deserted streets of Winchester.
When breakfast arrived it was not as we expected. Yesterday the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 3rd 2019
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Winchester – Day Two
After we had eaten breakfast we set off in the beautiful sunshine to Mottisfont, a former priory turned country house. We were amongst of the first people to arrive which meant that we were able to walk around the garden and grounds before it got busy. The walled garden is delightful, although it was a [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2019
