Archive for the tag 'Winchester'
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Winchester 2016
Queen Eleanor’s Garden
11 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2016
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2016
Winchester – The Great Hall
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 2nd 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2016
Winchester – Day Four
After breakfast we checked out of the hotel and made our way to the Hospital of St Cross. This turned out to be a bit of a challenge, it was Winchester College’s graduation day so with the ceremony taking place in Winchester Cathedral there was traffic congestion.
The Hospital of St Cross is one of England’s [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 29th 2016
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Winchester – Day Two
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 Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2016
Winchester – Day One
We didn’t set off to Winchester as early as we planned and after picking up my mum and a brief stop on the motorway led to us arriving in Winchester at lunch time. We parked on the hotel car park and Mr C went to reception to tell them that we had arrived and would [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 25th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Winchester 2016
A Room with a View
I have just returned from my annual autumnal travels with my mum. On this occasion we travelled to the fine Cathedral city of Winchester
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 18th 2016