Wolvesley Castle begun in1130-1140by Bishop Henri de Blois it was largely destroyed in1645 when Winchester was captured by parliamentart troops during the Civil war.

 

St Swithun Upon Kingsgate is one of the few remaining examples of a medieval church above a gateway and it is stilused as a place of worship

 

Winchester Cathedral was started in1079, nine years after the Norman Conquest. The medieval tiles are the largest surviving set of medieval tiles in England.They have recently been conserved with replicas replacing the missing areas.

The Hampshire Hog is a life size bronze sculpture by David kemp abd adopted as the insignia of Hampshire County Council. It stands in front of their offices near the Westgate Winchester. 

Mattie arrives

Well we left home this morning to drive to Heathrow and despite a few traffic jams we got to Heathrow just 10 mins before Mattie emerged feeling pretty tired after a long flight and although it was 11.30 am here it was3.30 am in Vancouver so he has gone for a nap whilst we took the dogs for a walk.
I will be updating you on our adventures as and when I have time over the next three weeks.
Ps Although it is still cool Mattie brought the sunshine with him as promised!

Mattie is here at the airport. 

This little boy is looking at us 

Pigbush 

Pigbush 

Missy cools down 

Missy 

John at Pigbush 

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Bluebells , Goslings, and even some sun.

Today we went down to High Corner Inn, to walk. behind the Inn there is a bluebell wood and although the bluebells are beginning to go over there were still some pleasant blue patches and their fragrance scented the air. The forest is very green after all the recent rain and there were plenty of muddy puddles for the dogs to play in. On the way home we stopped off at Cadmans Pond and finally found some goslings to photograph. These ones are several weeks old so I don't know where they have been hiding when I have stopped the last couple of times. Maybe they were sheltering from the wind and rain, but today we had a little hazy sunshine and they were all very visible.

Missy and Raffles pose in the bluebells.

Bluebell woods 

Missy and Raffles in the bluebells. 

The forest is very green after all the rain 

A nice place to sit. 

The bridge at High Corner.