Romsey

Tuesday we caught the tube to Waterloo for the train to Winchester, (Tim’s old home town). From Winchester we caught a bus to Romsey and were met by my SCQuilter friend Gay Jenkins. Gay has lived in or near Romsey for many years but spends almost 3 months each year in Australia because her daughter and family live in Sydney and that is how we met a couple of years ago.

Romsey in Hampshire is the most delightful country town and we look forward to taking up Gay’s offer of further visits while she is in Sydney, we are really looking forward to exploring the beautiful countryside and maybe making a visit to Broadlands, the home of the late Earl of Mountbatten.

We enjoyed two days packed with not only wonderful hospitality but delicious home grown home cooking (Gay has an allotment where she grows just about every vegetable and fruit possible) and a trip in the countryside taking in the only water driven mill left in the world. PLUS Quilts, Quilts and more Quilts, it was so lovely to check out lots and lots of Gay's quilts that I'd never seen before, we didn't sew a stitch but it was very special sleeping in the sewing room. Thanks Gay.

This photo was taken from Gay's Terrace, I love the glimpse of beautiful old slate roofs before the view of the wonderfully lush countryside.