Chichester

The main train station in our City is at the start of 6 weekends of engineering works. This means that some destinations which are normally a change of train and longer journey time away can now be reached more easily and from our local station 10 minutes walk away.

G wanted to go to Chichester as he had never been. I used to go there Christmas shopping with my mum and sisters. We would alternate one year going to Salisbury with Chichester the next but it's probably been 10 years since my last visit.

Just look at the blue sky above the Chichester Cross.

The cross cuts across the four main roads in the city centre and decided to turn left into East Street where we saw this clock. Anyone for a paste sandwich? Shippams was founded in Chichester, never knew that.
As we headed further and further down this route we noticed there were lots of people walking in the opposite direction and the reason why became clear when we spied a car boot sale being held in a car park. Of course we nipped in for a nose round, my buys feature at the end of the post.

After a little light browsing we stopped off at M&S to buy some sandwiches and made our way to the Cathedral. This was our view as we ate lunch.

You can't keep a 9 year old sat down for too long on a sunny day and once lunch was eaten S was up and playing with the skip ball she had bought in the Poundshop. You can't see it very clearly in the photo but she has her tongue poking out to help with the concentration!

We walked along the Cloisters admiring the workmanship and the beauty of the wood

We saw this very modern looking gargoyle which I have since found out is modelled on a recent Dean of Chichester.

Another wonderful shot of the blue sky from the opposite to where we sat

and this was the view to my right

and to my left.

Outside the west front is a statue of Richard of Chichester.

From here we walked down to Priory Park where S spent some time in the children's playground. The park is set in a really lovely spot and a small cafe was under construction. Maybe we'll return in the school hols for a visit.

I spied a Susie Watson shop on our way back to the station and lingered by the window long enough to take this photo and say I would like one of everything should anyone need to know!

Here are 2 of my 3 buys from the car boot. The other is a set of measuring cups for my sister which were proving really difficult to photo so I gave up. This top is for her. I think she'll probably wear it with a long sleeve top underneath. I would have liked it for me for sadly it is too small. This was 50p and will form part of her birthday present in October. 

This top is for me. Stripes are my second love next to polka dots and I like the pink and grey combo. I paid a pound for this one. Happy days.