Felt tired after so much walking yesterday. We went to Winchester to drop Kirsten at the train station. After that Rog, Ros and I walked about Winchester.There was a lot of Morris dancing going on in the pedestrian areas. We walked around looking at some of the old areas, the old city wall, the Bishop's house, the famous Winchester Cathedral of course, and then we had scones, strawberry jam and clotted cream. Yummy, but not for my increasing waistline!! I was tired so we relaxed for the rest of the day.
Above: Morris/country dancing, with batons/ribbons/bells on feet
Above: musicians with decorated hats to provide the dance music.
Above: New Forest Mummers dancers with blackened faces, and sticks to add to the dance.
Above and below: clog dances, which added a great stamping rhythm to the dance
Below:Handkerchief dances
Below: bells on the feet too
Below: the end: raise the handkerchiefs
Below : a guy carving a dog out of sand
Below : Rog and Ros by the river Itchen in Winchester, right next to the old city wall, and Bishop's Palace and the famous Cathedral.
Below : Tulips and gaffs
Below : more dancers, these had huge sticks that they hit on the ground, and hit each other's sticks to the music. Fun!!
Below : remember the old song, Winchester Cathedral?? It has been propped up as it was sinking into the earth!!
Below : dancers everywhere we went, batons, ribbons, bells on feet...fun!
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