Winchester Cathedral Collage

Today we had a quick visit to Stanley, my stepson in Southampton - we had to detour from the A31 in Ringwood but it was a bonus as we went through the edge of the New Forest and saw lots of ponies. After coffee with Stan we decided to visit Winchester, a place neither of us had been before prompted by the excellent programme with Prof. Alice Roberts which we watched last night ‘Norman Winchester’ .
I hadn’t realised Jane Austen was buried there and I felt quite tears looking at her memorial by her family .
Alice Roberts mentioned the Diver, who at the turn of the last century saved the Cathedral from collapsing by diving underneath it . There were several memorials to him including a pub opposite named after him - William Walker.
http://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/our-heritage/famous-people/william-walker-the-diver-who-saved-the-cathedral/
Choral evening song was about to start whilst we were there, so we were unable to see the Crypt with it’s Anthony Gormley sound sculpture so we will definitely return . It’s a much more impressive cathedral inside than from the outside.