Winchester, England, UK – July 28





Arthur's Round Table

Winchester day 4

Today is our last in Winchester and we have a few tourist spots yet to hit. The first is King Arthur’s Round Table in The Great Hall - the only remaining part of Winchester Castle. There’s not much to this, but it is an attraction of Winchester and we are in Winchester so we check it out, it dates from the 13^th century.

Another of Winchester’s attractions is its cathedral. Winchester Cathedral is Europe’s longest medieval Cathedral, here we wander around the grounds a bit as it is Sunday and services prevent us from checking out the interior.






cathedral grounds


Another of Winchester’s claims to fame is being home to the house where Jane Austin died – which of course we walk past. It is basically a plaque on a wall on a house. This is a private house now.

We some how find ourselves at a pub and tuck in to our version of Sunday lunch – fish and chips. Not before getting a bit of a drenching with a short lived downpour – NOTHING like yesterday – NOTHING, but enough to make us thankful for our umbrella. I really appreciate the pub culture here – filled with kids, dogs, old, young, and plenty of characters. We have seen more than one group of “little-old-ladies” out for a rye and ginger at their local. Of course it’s a culture of drinking, but seems more of socializing and getting out – at least that is what it seems like to me.



cathedral

We also wandered through Winchester’s farmers’ market and ate our first water buffalo burger – I’m pretty sure it was beef.




Although we put in a valiant effort, in the end our efforts were in vain to spend our last afternoon here on our patio. The rain kept coming – oh and nap time did at one point steal my attention. I did my best to get in some post nap-time blogging out there, but once again Mother Nature got the best of me. When we were able to sit out there we were able to hear the hotel’s jazz group playing in the courtyard – cool




waiting for Sunday lunch



Dinner tonight was at our hotel. The surroundings couldn’t be more attractive for dinner or a drink.




passing the time waiting for Sunday lunch

pub from  other side of the canal

Dinner at the hotel was underwhelming so we had to go out for one last pint.