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Lovely day, look at all the blue sky!
Only built in 1079. Such a new building! The entryway is beautiful with that stonework above those red doors, wow! A shame you couldn't go inside though.
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Great start to the TR with such a lovely day! The cathedral looks quite amazing and looking forward to views from the inside!
Like the blossoms on the dogwoods lined along one of the streets.
I have these in the courtyard of my condo development. I have great views of them from my deck and the pink flowers look so beautiful! Just an amazing view to have from your deck!
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Guess you'll have to go back to Winchester sometime when you can go inside. It's beautiful. Longleat was called "The Lions of Longleat" when I went, around 1970. I know you won't find it hard to believe that on one trip to England and Scotland I went to all the safari parks! There's a wonderful one in Scotland-- the name escapes me now.
Great start to the TR with such a lovely day! The cathedral looks quite amazing and looking forward to views from the inside!
Like the blossoms on the dogwoods lined along one of the streets.
I have these in the courtyard of my condo development. I have great views of them from my deck and the pink flowers look so beautiful! Just an amazing view to have from your deck!
Ah thank you - I couldn't remember the name of those.
Guess you'll have to go back to Winchester sometime when you can go inside. It's beautiful.
I'd certainly like to one day.
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Longleat was called "The Lions of Longleat" when I went, around 1970. I know you won't find it hard to believe that on one trip to England and Scotland I went to all the safari parks! There's a wonderful one in Scotland-- the name escapes me now.
We thought of you yesterday when we did the safari there - the photos we got were just out of this world. You wait until you see them! However, you may have a bit of a wait, as there's a lot to cover between now and then....
We made our way towards the city centre of Winchester, which was very cute and was buzzing with life, as there was a market on, and these guys, who sounded quite good.
We wandered through the main street and headed over to the Guildhall. This dates from 1871 and was built to house a number of civic buildings, including the law courts, police station, and fire station. Wow, this is a lovely place.
We carried on walking, and found ourselves in the Abbey Gardens, which were also beautiful. They’re part of the site of St. Mary’s Abbey, which was once one of the largest religious houses in England. It was surrendered to Henry VIII in 1539 as part of the dissolution of monasteries and most of the buildings were then demolished, which is tragic really. The site was then gifted to the city of Winchester by Queen Mary Tudor when she married Philip of Spain in the Cathedral in 1554.
I loved the way that it was filled with colour, this early on in the year. Usually when gardens are planted out, they’re only in flower in the peak summer period, but this had some lovely spring colour to it.
It had a river flowing through it – and when I say flowing, I mean flowing! This thing was moving at quite a speed!
You also got some nice views from here back towards the Guildhall…
We headed out of the gardens and found ourselves by the roundabout we’d gone over earlier, so now we were able to get some photos of that…
… and the statue here…
We wandered back into the gardens…
… and then saw the Mayor of Winchester’s official residence. Very nice!
Cute little town. The gardens are very pretty, indeed!
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The entryway is beautiful with that stonework above those red doors, wow! A shame you couldn't go inside though.
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Fortunately we did get inside one cathedral later on in our trip....
Just an amazing view to have from your deck! 
Waiting for our next adventure after enjoying our Alaska cruise. 
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