Weekend away

AN AUTUMN STROLL IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF POET JOHN KEATS IS A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE GRACIOUS CHARMS OF WINCHESTER

Words: CLARE GOGERTY

The English Romantic poet John Keats stayed in Winchester during the late summer and early autumn of 1819. Every day he walked through the Cathedral Close and out along the River Itchen. It was on one of these walks that he was inspired to write To Autumn, one of the few poems that most of us recognise and can actually quote: ‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun…’ A couple of days in this gracious and prosperous town is enough to make anyone wax lyrical. It regularly tops those ‘Best places to live in the UK’ charts and you can see why: the homes are the stuff of property dreams, the cathedral is stupendous, and the town is wrapped in woodland and has a sparkling…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2019

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