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 [...]
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Winchester – Day Eight
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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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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Winchester – Day Three
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
