{"id":20816,"date":"2015-05-09T18:35:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T22:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=20816"},"modified":"2015-05-10T06:49:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T10:49:02","slug":"saturday-night-timewarp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2015\/05\/09\/saturday-night-timewarp\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday night – timewarp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woke today with a sore throat and fever.. but happy none the less..\u00a0we\u00a0had the whole day to ourselves and I wasn’t going to let a bug keep me from enjoying it. Diane had planned a three hour walk to some of our favorite Winchester sites .. We took off at 8 and got back around 11:30.. \u00a0It was a great day for walking.. cool, windy and a occasional sprinkles.. much different than the 90 degree heat we hear we have at home<\/p>\n

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we were too early for breakfast (8 am ?!?) .. so we scrounged in the hotel for food. I found some marmite (ewwwww). the hotel guy took pity on me and brought me some cheese..<\/p>\n

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then we took off on our 3 hour walk<\/p>\n

fisrt stop was hyde gate .<\/p>\n

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and the new garden created to show where king Alfred and his family were buried back in the 11th century. theur<\/p>\n

bones had been scattered after the dissolution of the catholic church here.. but modern excavations could at least show where they had been<\/p>\n

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then we passed by the 11th century church of St. John.. It was empty and unlocked.. we loved taking a look inside<\/p>\n

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soon we were out in the water meadows by the river Itchen<\/p>\n

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we then climbed St. Giles hill and took a look back at the city<\/p>\n

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from there we could see St. Catherines hill.. our next destination<\/p>\n

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as we came of St Giles we ran into the black rat, the black hole and the black boy.. strange names for places to eat<\/p>\n

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we walked the kitchen over to SSt Catherines<\/p>\n

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then up the steep climb to St. Catherines.. the cite of an Iron age hill fort.<\/p>\n

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it had a beautiful view of St Cross.. which is just down from where we lived<\/p>\n

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diane had put a smarten up here for our friend Catherine yesterday. and it was still here<\/p>\n

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then it was down to St. Cross<\/p>\n

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there were cows on the path so we had t go around<\/p>\n

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we passed a kid and dad practicing cricket.<\/p>\n

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St Cross is a working monetary with 23 friars. .. impressive place.. They still give pilgrims a piece of bread and salt if asked<\/p>\n

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sadly oe of the raids had recently died<\/p>\n

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we took a quick peek \u00a0then headed back down the kitchen towards canon street<\/p>\n

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we found a noting pair of swans !<\/p>\n

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We then took a quick tour round the ruins of Wollsely castle.. this is about 2 blocks from where we lived. It wasn’t actually a castle.. more like \u00a0luxury papillose for the very wealthy and powerful bishops of Winchester.<\/p>\n

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we took a quick walk back to see our old house<\/p>\n

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looked nice and lived in still !<\/p>\n

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then headed back down the street to the wykham.. here’s our old mailbox<\/p>\n

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it’s never too early for a good beer. I had to have a half pint of HSB<\/p>\n

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ann the wife of the former owner graham .. who passed away was there.. it was great catching up with her on who was still on the street (after 30 years _)<\/p>\n

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the place looked the same.. event the toilets !<\/p>\n

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check this out.. be careful what you invent \ud83d\ude42 !<\/p>\n

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then we took a walk through the cathederal close.. it was beautiful as ever<\/p>\n

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heres the diver.. William somebody.. \u00a0that saved the pilings that the cathedral was built on.. he went down in a primitive diving suit and shored up the rotting pilings to keep the cathederal.. which is built on wetlands.. from sinking..<\/p>\n

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we took a quick peek inside.. but didn’t want to spend 20 bucks.. so we didn’t tour<\/p>\n

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< hey running out of batteries.. so I’ll stop writing here.. i’ll update the text tomorrow><\/p>\n

OK.. at the airport.. can add some new stuff..<\/p>\n

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as we left the cathederal, we found an interactive light sculpture.. note to self..\u00a0. it’s hard to make something that lights up and is fun in broad daylight.<\/p>\n

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we took a walk back through the town.. check out this restaurant name.. feel like a salad ?\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

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the street market was still going on in the high street\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

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cool how this city blends new and old<\/p>\n

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at noon our old friend Phil showed up.. it’s been ages since we saw him. Phil and his wife Sue were like surrogate big brother and sister when we lived here in the 80’s.. we even traded houses with them in the early 90’s for a vacation.<\/p>\n

Sadly Sue died about 5 years ago of breast cancer we all miss her.. and were thinking of her yesterday<\/p>\n

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Phil had invited two other old friends.. Martin ..\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

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and my old runningg buddy Chris.. it was so great to see them both.. It was like no time had passed.. we dropped immediately into the state of our lives, kids, old friends.. it was really wonderful !\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

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the meal was great too.. it had been a silk mill.. then a canteen for military workers.. then derelict.. now it was an awesome fresh foods restaurant with excellent beer and cider !<\/p>\n

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a few beers later the beautiful spring weather outside looked even more beautiful \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Martin headed home.. while Phil, chris diane and i took another walk .. we walked by a cricket match..<\/p>\n

(almost put me to sleep on the spot.. I always fall asleep at cricket)<\/p>\n

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then we were back out on the ‘reed path’.. a trail over the marshland behind Winchester\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

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last part of our walk was to stop for a proper english cream tea.. we had to try three places before we could find one.\u00a0\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

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but it was worth it !\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

OK.. gotta board our plane.. more from today !<\/p>\n

nite all, nite sam<\/p>\n

-me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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