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Winchester Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Winchester, United Kingdom
A night at Château Julius et Anna
This is a top pick! From Solihull we headed south to Winchester, not here the riffles where made but rather where the Skinners lives. Julius and Anna I met for the first time in London at the turn of the century when visiting Jim and Esna (now in Brisbane) and then had the ...
Leaving!
Well, here we are, March 19, that to Ben and me is really scary. Everything has come round very fast but everything we wanted to get done has now been achieved! We would both like to thank everyone that came on saturday night and sunday afternoon to see ...
I'm home! (but you can still call me Rainman...)
... , even on British Airways, has rarely been acknowledged as a prime location for dreamcatching. After spending a night in London, I returned to Winchester and can now be found aimlessly wandering from room to room, wondering when I'm going to get round to ...
And so the Adventure Begins!
After a year of planning and saving we're finally off on our trip. We caught our flight from London Heathrow airport to Vancouver with Air Canada. The flight took approx 10 hours. On approach to Vancouver the plane decended over the Rocky ...
The starting point, home dec 06
Here we go then, the start of our dream of a lifetime. We have Bronwen, he is our 1981 Land rover 101 ambulance. He is in stunning two tone paint and our friend (i hope). After viewing several vehicles we decided he was our best option being Ex MOD but ...
One week to go!
Well here we are, with one week to go, absolutely everything is total panick! However, Bronwen has been behaving herself and the tuning done last month seems to have worked a treat and she is running as smooth as ever. We have also been busy on her, got ...
Getting close!
Well, here we are, still in Winchester and with only 2 months to go. The past year and a half since we started planning this trip has flown by, it is really scary, we really do not know where the time has gone! Ben, is still working flat out earning loads ...
Gatwick, a Girl and a Glowing Christmas
... me and Pixie bumped into each other! ...lots of the aforementioned kissing ensued... (don't travel without a toothbrush handy!) Winchester is a great little city steeped in history. There was a giant brass band playing in the ...
Life is a long distance highway
Okay, so today, a new decade in my life opens, another chapter to begin, another blank page that I can fill with what I want - yes I am 40 today. The last ten years has been a time for change, for growth and for reflection. During this time, the most ...
Winchester: A Step into English History
Hi all, Greetings from Winchester. Now that I have been in the United Kingdom for a little over 2 weeks, I was glad to take a daytrip out of the hustle and bustle of London and spend a beautiful, sunny January day in the historic English capital of ...
Southhampton - Chertsey
"Longleat". A well appointed residence with very royal connections now famous for its Lion Safari park, previously famous for its huge maze, previously famous for its Capability Brown designed grounds, previously famous as the family home of the Duke of ...
Winchester, wow it's nicer than I was expecting...
This is a top pick! So we got up fairly early after a disturbed sleep... seems we parked opposite the university student accomodation. So there was a fair bit of foot traffic going by during the night. Having said that I remember my Uni days and i can safely say that I was ...
One month to go!!!
Well here we are people, exactly one month to go until we leave for our big trip! Bronwen has been playing up unfortunately, and we have had several minor setbacks. The MOT was a little bit more demanding than we thought, however, this was all sorted out ...
Familiar Territory
This is a top pick! ... loose ends we needed to tie up in London and was best to take a more direct route. That said it was too far to go in one hit. This is how we ended up back in Winchester - quite unintentional. It just happend to be in the right place at the right time. ...
Home Time
Simon: So we've been at home now for about 5 weeks, and I'm pretty well bored, and ready to leave! We've practice packed (see pictures), booked loads of stuff, and now we only have 68 hours until our flight leaves from London Heathrow Terminal 5 at 13:40 ...
More Photos from Winchester Cathedral
... may very well have been colourfully painted hundreds of years ago, but the paint has long gone by the wayside. One of Winchester's famous gems is the Winchester Bible, executed between about 1160 and 1175. Unfortunately, no photography of the Bible ...
What could POSSIBLY go wrong?!
Hello and welcome! I thought this blog would be a nice way to keep people updated with what was going on during my travels. The plan is very loose, but basically we'll be 'doing' SE Asia for about 7 weeks and then driving around South Island New Zealand ...
The Old-School Capital of England
... us out to Winchester for the afternoon while Pip stayed home as he had a few chores to do and some football to watch. Winchester was the capital of England until the Normans invaded and changed it to London. We started by walking along the river ...
It's good to go travellin'......
... !! Mum and Dad picked us up in a stretch limo - complete with champagne - a fantastic way to be met and the journey back to Winchester sped by. So now what? I wish I knew! I have chosen to withdraw my teaching application for this year - I felt I was ...
Tim and Jan in Winchester
... was packed full. Thankfully the rest of the trip we were able to find some seats and so it went quite quickly. We arrived in Winchester about 4.30 and were greeted by Tim (same Tim I had picnic with the other day) who then took us for a little tour ...
Back by overwhelming popular demand!
Perhaps the title is a little exaggerated, but I was desperate to say it. In fact, the extent of 'popular demand' could be interpreted from a number of quotes from 'friends': "Hey, I read your blog. Some of it anyway. Mexico, right?" "Hey, I didn't ...
Ancient Winchester
Today I got a personal tour around ancient Winchester by a former American college friend who sings as a lay clerk (pronounced clark) in the Winchester Cathedral Choir. Lay clerks are the men who sing with the boys to complete all parts of a ...
Stonehenge
... live in a family village right outside the Army base, which is in the middle of nowhere (I think the nearest city is Winchester? I don't remember). Her house is a nice size though with three bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms. The first night we were ...
Finally, we've left london!!! Yay!!!
This is a top pick! ... down the freeway. 7pm Dinner stop at KFC... hmm things aren't starting off on a healthy foot. We see a sign for Winchester, it is closer that Salisbury so we head there instead. 8;30pm Found a nice park on a back street good spot to ...
40th Birthday Celebrations
... with each of them doing something to ensure that it was special for me, for which I am truly grateful. John took me to Winchester where he had booked an overnight stay in an old country manor house and a beautiful romantic dinner for us. Caroline has been ...
Winchester & the Southern Cathedrals Festival
... Cathedrals Festival which is four days of services and concerts with the choirs of Chichester, Salisbury and Winchester. Yesterday's festivities included a Sung Eucharist (communion service), Choral Evensong (late afternoon service without ...
Home
OK - final day at home before I leave for the airport tomorrow. I've packed my backpack and it weighs 15kg. I weigh 75kg. What does that say? I've packed too much? I've eaten too much? I feel such a novice! Anyway - this being away and on the move for ...
England!
Well hello there! Since the very beginning of this whole adventure I had been planning on writing one final mother of all blog entries, which would be full of grandiose statements on what I'd learned, lists of my favourite places, activities, meals etc, ...
Back in pommey land... It's bloody cold.
Back in the UK now, and I'm totally gutted to have left Pez! I've met some awesome people who made my 5 weeks spent at Pez absolutely amazing, and I'm going to miss them all loads! So keep in touch y'all... We will go diving sometime for sure :) My ...