"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

"Don't think, feel....it is like a finger pointing towards the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory!" -Bruce Lee

Monday, December 14, 2009

Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market


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Well, I was very very pleased with this tip-off, I'm just amazed that I've never heard of this before.. just behind Winchester Cathedral is hiding an amazing German style Christmas market! 84 chalets selling all kinds of crafty things from all over the world, and an ice rink in the middle, absolutely brilliant! The whole place smells wonderful with all the dried orange and cinnamon stick decorations for sale, and all of the lovely festive food and drink - stollen, Glühwein, roasted chestnuts, waffles.. yum! We actually bought one of the orangey things and now it is making our kitchen smell rather nice!

Here are some photos of the market..


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ice rink..

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Charlie and the Fudge Cottage..

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Yummy smelling orange and cinnamon stick string..

The market goes on for 18 days, spanning half of November and December, I think we will definitely be going back next year!

The town has definitely embraced the Christmas spirit, on the high street there were Morris dancers with bits of Christmas tree on their heads, carol singers, shops with holly garlands draped over their frontages, and excellent Christmas lights! Much better than Horsham, I can't believe it actually made the National news over it's poor show of lights, boo.. must try harder!

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We grabbed a bit of lunch at a pub near the river, and old Ælfrēd the Great (wow, I just found out his Dad was called Æthelwulf, you can't beat that for a name!)..

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and then went all touristy and visited the Winchester Castle Great Hall to see the Round Table..

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check out my arty iPhone photography..

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and with a bit of exploring out the back of the Great Hall, we found the army barracks..

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a bit of a lucky find! Tanks in the car park, hehe..


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Rather tempting.. I've always wanted a tank!

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2 comments:

Mum said...

This looks completely authentic,can we come too next year?

kipperfrog said...

Definitely!