Hello friends! Over the half-term holidays, I visited several places in Southern England. I started in Southampton, where I went to see Goblin Band in concert. Here's a link to their recent episode on Folk on Foot, and a link to a prerecorded music video on YouTube. I found out about The Knitting Reference Library, a knitting archive held by Southampton University (although I think my own collection of patterns rivals theirs). You can view the digital archive here. I then had a day trip to Winchester and Chawton to visit Winchester Cathedral and Jane Austen's house. I loved seeing her tiny writing table! I have been following the Jane Austen House podcast A Jane Austen Year. Next I travelled to Portsmouth and Southsea. My main reason for visiting was to see the special collection of translated children's literature at Portsmouth University, Outside In World. I spent a good rainy day at the library. Then I visited Forest Row near Ashdown Forest. I got to take a walk to Hartfield and through the part of Ashdown near A.A. Milne's cottage which the Hundred Acre Wood is based on!
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| Bargate, Southampton |
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| Westgate, Southampton |
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| Ferry coming into Southhampton |
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| Goblin Band in concert |
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| The Great Hall, Winchester |
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| Westgate, Winchester |
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| Castle Tunnels, Winchester |
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| The Winchester Book Shop |
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| Lunch at Forte in Winchester (Char chai tea) |
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| Char Teas, Winchester |
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| King Alfred Statue, Winchester |
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| Winchester Cathedral |
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| Interior, Winchester Cathedral |
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| Jane Austen's Grave, Winchester Cathedral |
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| Jane Austen's house in Chawton |
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| Wallpaper, front room |
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| Wallpaper, dining room |
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| Austen's twelve-sided writing table |
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| Chawton House |
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| The park in Chawton |
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| Jane Austen statue near St Nicholas's Church |
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| Outside In World, University of Portsmouth |
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| Eva Lindström's books in English |
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| Southsea |
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| Portsmouth Harbour |
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| My cottage in Sussex |
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| The Forest Way path, Forest Row |
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| Pooh Corner, Hartfield |
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| Cotchford Farm, A.A. Milne's Cottage (Brian Jones also lived here) |
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| Poohsticks Bridge |
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| Ashdown Forest (more oak than ash) |
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| Memorial to A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepherd |
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| Gill's Lap Clump |
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| The Lone Pine and Heffalump Trap spot |
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| The famous gorse |
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| My housemate, very similar to Tattoo |
I finished the two shawls I've been working on. All of my recent projects are up on my
Padlet page. Thanks for reading!
