Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Winchester 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
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2019
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
Filed under Holidays, Winchester 2019
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
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2019
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
Click on the photo below to access my video taken from the peaceful Dean Garnier Garden on Easter Morning .
Click on following link to view video
https://www.flickr.com/photos/-cherrypie-/46754200015/in/dateposted-public/
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 22nd 2019
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The original Norman east end of the Cathedral was built upon a crypt, which remains virtually unchanged. It contains a well, underneath the High Altar, which my pre-date the present Cathedral.*
This superb low-vaulted stone crypt, which floods in rainy months, dates from the 11th century, the earliest phase of building the Cathedral. Here you’ll find Antony [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 17th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
On my first visit to Winchester Cathedral one of the south transept chapels, The Chapel of St John the Evangelist and the Fisherman Apostles, drew me in. Within this chapel can be found the grave of Izaak Walton, who became famous as the author of ‘The Complete Angler’.
The modern altar by Peter Eugine Ball [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Mar 14th 2017
