Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2016
The breakfast was every bit as good as we remembered from our first visit. The breakfast room was rather full due to the wedding guests from the day before. Thankfully the kids had worn themselves out and were quiet during breakfast.
We set off to Portsmouth to visit the Mary Rose Museum. The journey went smoothly [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 26th 2016
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Winchester 2016
Above all, let us never forget that an act of goodness is in itself an act of happiness. It is the flower of a long inner life of joy and contentment; it tells of peaceful hours and days on the sunniest heights of our soul.
Count Maurice Maeterlinck
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 23rd 2016
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The church of ALL SAINTS has suffered from ‘restoration’ more severely than many of its neighbours, (fn. 14) but is still of great interest as preserving its pre-Conquest plan and a few details of that date. It has a chancel 15 ft. 8 in. wide by 21 ft. long, and a nave 21 ft. 10 in. wide [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jan 5th 2015
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Winchester 2014
When we visited Hinton Ampner the first floor of the property was closed due to storm damage to the roof on February 2014. This was more than made up for by the gardens, the orchard and the parish church of All Saints.
A restored eighteenth century house with a twentieth century garden. The garden was made [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2014
I woke up to find that my back was thankfully back to normal with no unpleasant twinging pains. We decided to visit a National Trust property called The Vyne and arrived just as it opened. We obtained a timed ticket and set out towards the house. After a slight detour due to faulty map reading [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 26th 2014
