Visiting The Longest Yarn at the 

Royal Garrison Church, Aldershot on 

Tuesday 5th November  2024

Instead of our usual walk, we decided to travel a bit further today and we visited the above display in Aldershot. It meant an earlier start than usual, arriving at the Royal Garrison Church by1pm.

The Longest Yarn is an 81m long knitted 3D depiction of D-Day. Scenes included troops landing on the Normandy beaches, paratroopers being loaded onto planes and a French family at home awaiting news of the invasion.

Our first stop was in the church hall where we were able to enjoy sandwiches and mince pies with tea and coffee before we began our tour.

With 80 different displays to admire, we spent a reasonable time in the church surrounded by people like ourselves obviously quite overawed.  Some images below capture the minute detail on display.

                        

                                  

A different day for us but we all agreed it was a lovely way to spend a beautiful autumnal Tuesday. The journey may have been a bit longer and our walk a bit shorter but the experience of sharing this outstanding display together was a treat.