Half term holiday

I might not have had a summer holiday this year but I have had an autumn break.  It’s half term and my buddy Morris and I have been exploring Winchester.

Here I am by the memorial to St Swithun, who is the patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. 

You may have heard the legend that if it rains on the day St Swithun was buried (15 July) it will rain continuously for 40 days afterwards (see the verse on the memorial)

Fortunately we weren’t visiting in July and it was a dry but cold day, as you can see from this picture of me beside an old-fashioned drinking fountain in one of the city gates.

St Swithuns is also the name of a local school which we drove past on the way to the city centre from our hotel. 

Barnaby