The breakfast room was still very quiet and lacking atmosphere. The self-service offering was luke warm rather than hot.
After breakfast we chilled out in our room looking out over the Cathedral green before it was time to attend the 11.15 Easter Day service in the Cathedral. The service was excellent and we received communion from [...]
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Winchester – Day Four
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2026
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Winchester – Day Three
We arrived at the breakfast room to find that there were a few people there already. The slightly increased numbers meant that there was a full buffet service rather than food cooked to order. The hot offering was tepid rather than hot and there was a limited range of food available. The breakfast was not [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 14th 2026
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Winchester – Day One
We like to spend the Easter weekend in a location where we can join the Sunday Easter service in one of the English Cathedrals. This year we chose Winchester, a place where we have previously enjoyed several mini breaks.
We broke our long, tedious journey for lunch at Gilks Garage café in Kineton. The Café is [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 12th 2026
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal and new life.
Janine Di Giovanni
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 5th 2026
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
Joseph Campbell
2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 23rd 2022
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Memories of 2019…
…Easter Morning at Winchester Cathedral
Click on the photo below to access my video taken from the peaceful Dean Garnier Garden on Easter Morning .
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4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 13th 2020
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For the Cathedral
During my stay at the Wykeham Arms in Winchester I was intrigued by slots in the dining tables which stated ‘for the cathedral’.
You will notice that the pub has a number of historical themes. Most notably that of Lord Nelson and Winston Churchill. Our long bar as you enter through the iconic curved front doors [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 24th 2019
