I apologise about last nights post, it was very uninspiring. Anyhow, we managed get to Romsey today.
On the edge of the New Forest, I haven’t quite worked out where it sits in history. Romsey itself is mentioned in the Domesday book, so it’s been about for quite a while. The Abbey, in the picture is big, to my untrained eyes it’s on the scale of a cathedral but it isn’t. We went inside. IT had a timeline set up on a board and people who have been associated were listed.
Fascinating names like; Edgar the Peaceful, Edward the Martyr (who was murdered at Corfe Castle) and Ethelred the Unready. I feel I should know a bit more about them.
We went back in to the town centre, which really felt like a centre An enclosed, round-ish…square, with four roads converging on it, but plenty of pedestrian space and obvious place for cafe-culture. If I’d had any choice in the matter I’d have banned cars completely. Making it completely pedestrian.
Oddly, particularly impressive was the bakery, It had a display of breads that made my mouth water, but it was the queue, it was there as we walked past one way, and even longer when we came back. If it had been shorter, I would have been tempted to join, but we were limited for time.
Anyhow, it was a very pleasant trip out.
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