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BROTHER ON AN EPIC JOURNEY

BBC Countryfile Magazine

August 2025

Using only local buses, John Green travelled the length of Britain in aid of one of England's oldest almshouses

Why did you start this journey around Britain - and why use only local buses?

The ancient Hospital of St. Cross in Winchester has vacancies because people don't know what a wonderful place it is for a single male retiree, over 65, to live. Not only is it a strikingly beautiful place, with its 12th-century chapel, with most of the other buildings dating from the 1450s, we have a community that enjoys each other's company, so you are alone only when you want to be. The principal reason for the trip was to raise awareness of the hospital - to let people know it was founded in 1132 and has provided accommodation to men for nearly 900 years - and the second was to try to raise some money for maintaining our chapel. Why by local bus? I have a bus pass!

What do you like about the almshouse?

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