Dawdling Through England
Say Cheese in Avebury!
I finally had a tourist cheesey goodness moment in Avebury. It was my second trip to the lesser known stone circle in Wiltshire. Four years prior on my first visit to London, I took a day trip out that included a morning stop at Avebury. It’s a bit of a contrats to Stonehenge. A much larger circle and surrounding ditch and mound still evident. It lacks the horizontal stone lentils of Stonehenge, but if memory serves it is an older site. There’s also a village plop in the middle of it that has in fact harvested some of the stone for its buildings and over the years removed some of the stones due to their pagan past. All told, if you are in Wiltshire, it’s a must stop on your itinerary.
Reaching Back - Avebury Stone circle and Earth Works
Avebury Standing Stones In the Sun
Avebury - An Eternity of Sunlit Days
I just have to add to that last one that the British continually joke about their lack of sunny weather, but in some weird way it makes days like this one so special. Bright blue sky filled with puffed white clouds and a green carpet on the ground - what more could one ask for?
There are also many more photos from the Roman Baths, Bath Abbey, the city of Bath, and the wee village of Lacock to check out in my England September 2008 album. You can pick up where I left off with my last blog right here.
And to see you off, one bit of photoshoppery from the village of Lacock.
Selective Color Image from the Village of Lacock, England
