St Swithun's church

Today I met up with my friends, J and C. We had hoped to visit the  gardens at Mottisfont  Abbey but as the  weather forecast was for rain all day we changed plans, and met for lunch in the recently refurbished  Cart and Horses pub at Kings Worthy.  It was a good decision. Afterwards, the rain had briefly paused so C and I went for a short walk to nearby St Swithun's church, at Headbourne Worthy, to look at the snowdrops there. We were fortunate  to bump into the rector who was  locking up the church, but who willingly agreed to show us around the interior. I had visited the church quite recently but it was locked so I couldn't see the unique  11th century rood made of Quarr stone, or the fine  wooden ceiling in my photo. The rector  explained he had just been showing around an architect who will be redesigning the lighting to reveal the interior to better  effect, as well as other  necessary refurbishments. We were so pleased to have a personalised tour. See this entry for the exterior view and more detail on the church's history:  St Swithun's Church
Later, I visited  my mum who was on good form, and happily making greetings cards at the Art Club.