Chichester Photos, Catch Up

Gosh - almost a month since my last post - that's terrible. The trouble is, once the weather improves and the days get longer, I spend so much time in the garden, there isn't much left for blogging.

I spent 2 weeks in Worthing, travelling to Chichester and back each day on jury duty. It was a very interesting if rather harrowing time. The case to which I was assigned was domestic violence - and pretty nasty. Still, it was good to see how the British justice system worked and how different it all is from the tv court cases. The jury were a lovely bunch of people from all walks of life and mixed ages.

The weather the first week was amazing. Really warm and I had to buy some new clothes as I was too hot in my jeans! I took advantage of the late afternoon sun to take some photos around Chichester, which is a lovely old Sussex town. Here are a few examples:


An unusual view of Chichester Cathedral.

Behind the cathedral is a lovely garden, called 'The Bishop's Garden'. I spent quite some time walking around it:


A tower in the corner of the garden.


The cathedral from the Bishop's Garden. The sun has turned the bricks a wonderful colour.


The bell tower is close to the cathedral.

Also in the town is the Market Cross - a splendid piece of architecture with lots of carvings around it:



The Market Cross. Below are some of the carving around the cross:



There were plenty of super shops in the town. This pretty window caught my eye:


I stayed at our Worthing house, where Jim's daughter Jenny, husband Matt and son Sonny are staying. Poor Sonny had an awful cold that went to a chest infection and felt very sorry for himself:


He slept a lot on the settee. The day I left he was showing signs of improvement thank goodness.

I also saw Poppy, Ali and Jo and we went and fed the donkeys, which Poppy loves to do:


Poppy has grown quite a lot and is a real charmer:


Ali and Poppy. We indulged in rather a splendid cream tea!


In stark contrast to our 5 acres in Ireland, this is our tiny little garden in Worthing! It goes as far as the large pink flowering tree. There is also a paved area at the side of the house and a small front garden. I spent the time I was there rediscovering the front garden, which had disappeared under a sea of weeds! I took this through the upstairs window so there is some reflected light, but you can see the results of my labours:


Jim and I have been very busy in our garden here in Ireland, but I'll leave that for another post. I'll try and make it soon!