Winchester and Bury

Well after a couple of days we were off again. This time we headed for Morn Hill CC site just outside Winchester. My Sister in Law, Kim, has become a licensed lay minister, and on the Saturday there was a very special service at Winchester Cathedral and I was going to attend the service.

Now I spent 3 years, 1968-71 doing my training in Winchester, so I enjoyed looking round the city on the Friday. It brought back many happy memories.

I traveled in on the bus on Saturday morning and attended a truly memorable service at the cathedral.

In all their finery!  Kim is third from the left!

Now Morn Hill site is just up the road from Alresford, where the watercress line is based, so on the Sunday morning I went to ride the trains there.
I traveled down to Alton behind a steam engine, and then came back from Alton  in a Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit 'Thumper.  That was quite an experience as I had forgotten how noisy they were. Great fun though!

My transport to Alton

Thumper!

On the Tuesday we packed up and headed for Chapel Lane CC site for a one night stop before we moved on to Bury!  We had opted to break our journey halfway as otherwise we would have been facing some seven hours driving!  Too much in the UK.

We moved on the next day and reached Burrs Country Park some five hours later!  Roadworks and accidents!  We rolled on to the site and our corner pitch, that gives clear views of the railway was clear.

On our Pitch.

On the Thursday night we went to the Brown Cow with Ethan and Zak as Robert and Cathy were away on holiday in Scotland. We had a really lovely evening!

We were soon set up and enjoyed watching the trains. The Autumn steam Gala started on the Friday, so traffic on the railway got really busy. I had opted to spend Saturday riding the rails, and had great fun going up and down.

City of Wells

Duchess of Sutherland. Running the wrong way round

2857 passing the caravan!

Robert and Cathy returned from  holiday and came down to see us on Sunday afternoon. They also came down on the Monday to join us for evening Dinner.

We left for home on Tuesday morning and had a relatively trouble free run home despite being diverted off the motorway at one point due to an incident.

The caravan behaved well and we are really pleased with our purchase!