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March 2008
Last Updated: 30/03/08
We had a very relaxing Easter this year, and pottered out on a couple of trips to explore the nearby(ish) area. Amidst snow flurries and hail storms, (as well as high winds and sunny intervals) this is what we found...
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Me on a street corner* in Lacock (home of Cranford, I believe), having just enjoyed one of the best Ploughman lunches I've ever had!
*No, I didn't get much
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A rather ominous sky behind the church in Lacock (yup, it did keep snowing...) |
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Tom on a bridge in Lacock |
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Me at Lacock abbey (where part of one of the Harry Potter films was, um, filmed. Whoop. I could barely contain my excitement. No. Really.) |
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Tom at Lacock abbey, which was
converted into a manor house in the 1500s. It has a very interesting
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Enjoying a brief spell of sunshine. |
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Mmmm... Picnic lunch: Salad with
left-over roast chicken! |
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Tom enjoying his picnic, while it rains/hails/sleets outside! |
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At the Avebury stone circle |
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Some of the standing stones are ENORMOUS!
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Druidic Tom searches for his gloves |
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Me at Avebury The stone circle is much larger than Stone Henge (and has a village in the middle of it). Some of the stones are far larger than at Stone Henge, too. |
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Hoping the hail will stop... |
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A pensive Tom surveying the scene |
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Another big stone... |
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Tom looks at the path ahead (which is currently closed due to erosion) |
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You can see about a quarter of the
stone circle in this photo |
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More stones and a church |
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Druidic Tom |
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Tom between two big stones... |
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Braving high winds, we pottered up to
Long Barrow (near Avebury) |
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Tom at the entrance to Long Barrow |
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Inside Long Barrow |
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The top of Long Barrow |
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A wind-swept, cold Tom |
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Some sunshine!! |
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