Morn Hill Caravan Club Site, Winchester Friday 28th May - Monday 31st May 2016

We arrived at Morn Hill Site on the outskirts of Winchester in just under 2 hours despite the heavy traffic and us going the wrong way twice!  The road from the A303 to the A34 South is not clearly signed and we ended up going North.  We also missed the caravan club site entrance and had to find a suitable turning place on a busy dual carriageway.  On arrival at site we found that some Alde heating fluid had again leaked from the header tank, this has been an ongoing problem for us with no one really knowing why it happens.
Morn Hill is an all grass site, the site is split in two, the upper site (where the site office is) is flat. The lower site is on different levels each "site" has a facilities block.  There are lots of trees and the main road runs along the side of the site, I think road noise is more noticable on the upper site but we were not really aware of it from our pitch on the lower site.  Friday night there was torrential rain acommpanied by thunder and lightning.
Saturday we did very little, we drove into Winchester late  afternoon just to have a look at the city.
We both slept very well on Saturday night, the temperature was a little cooler. 
Sunday morning after a very late breakfast we drove into Winchester and walked to the Military museums at the top of the town.
The buildings look like they are all old military baracks, they are now private flats.  There is a gatehouse that houses a museum as do several of the other buildings on site.  We were interested in visiting the Ghurka museum.  Unfortunately all of the museums were closed but the setting for them is magnificent.  The ground are beautifully kept with fountains and formal raised beds.  We would love to come back again when the museums are open.









 
We made our way back down through the city past King Arthur's Round Table and Winchester Cathedral.
 
The story of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table is everywhere in Winchester with claims of this being the original Round Table.
The cathedral and grounds are breathtaking. We didn't go in to the cathedral as it was very busy.  Another thing to be added to our list for a return visit.

Monday morning we packed up and made our way home.  

Our journey home was easier we didn't get lost!




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