‘Elusive’ Christmas market slammed by bungling couple who by no means discovered it
A Christmas market has been blasted – by a bungling couple who thought it was the excessive road.
Ah December, the month the place cute and historic market cities and cities are remodeled into city wonderlands of dazzling lights, mulled wine and random tat that your auntie shall be re-gifting on the first alternative.
One such vacation spot excessive on Brits’ lists of getting absolutely into the festive swing of issues is Winchester, Hampshire, underneath the shadow of its cathedral – the largest of its type in Northern Europe. Yet, in accordance with Eastbourne natives Frank and Julie Woods who made the journey particularly for the alpine-like stalls, it was nowhere to be seen.
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They instructed the Southern Daily Echo: “We were excited to visit your town on a coach trip last week to enjoy the Christmas Market in particular,” they wrote. “However, unfortunately – and very disappointingly – over half of the people on our coach failed to see it.”
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Instead poor Frank and Julie had been left to wander the Roman cobbled streets with solely the likes of a adorned McDonald’s to offer that Christmassy heat.
They say they had been dropped off on the town and directed as much as the market however had been disenchanted to find a lot of them had been at an analogous market in Chichester they’d already visited. Heads low they returned to their bus, solely to seek out that different members of the coach journey had efficiently managed to seek out the true Christmas market, and as an alternative, the writer and others had been strolling round a daily excessive road market.
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Over close to the town’s well-known Cathedral grounds, dwelling to the world’s longest still-in-tact medieval cathedral, the true Christmas market had been in full movement. “Needless to say, all those of us who had not seen it were very disappointed and not a little annoyed that our trip had been a complete waste of time and money.
“If only there had been some signage somewhere directing people to the elusive Christmas Market, we could have enjoyed our memorable visit for the right reasons rather than for the disappointment, as well as supplying considerably more footfall – and thereby income – to the Christmas Market traders.”
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