Winchester

A car-ride tour of Winchester.

My favorite bit of Winchester is this long arch of trees. I think it would just be fantastic to walk down it in all seasons and all weather.

My favorite bit of real estate in Winchester. From this view it isn’t much but those apartments are severely grand. They back onto the castle and have a huge fountain and lawn to look out onto. The penthouse was recently for sale for oodles and oodles of money.

The Castle. Winchester was the ancient capital city of England. This castle is now home to all the government offices of the county. And what is reputed to be King Arthur’s round table. I like the doors in the hall more than the table itself.

This is across the street from the Castle. I have no idea why there is a statue of a hog (it’s decorated with Christmas lights in winter) but through the trees is the castle gate and the top of the high street.

The front of the library.

The Royal Oak pub which claims to be the oldest pub in England. However there are tons of pubs that make the same claim.

Not everything is so different, after all.

This was just a quick jaunt around the one way system you have to use to get to the library. I hope to take better and more interesting pictures of Winchester over the summer.

Hope you enjoyed this little slice of England.

Today’s Blogs:

House of Turquoise: Exactly what it sounds like, pictures of turquoise features in interior design. Lovely.

The Plucky Knitter: This is Sarah. She’s currently knitting cowls (I understand that impulse!) and handdyes yarn. I am currently waiting for my first skein of her sock yarn (in Hippie Chick) to arrive.