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 busines...

A rather ominous sky behind the church in Lacock (yup, it did keep snowing...)

 
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Tom on a bridge in Lacock

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 history.

Enjoying a brief spell of sunshine.

 
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Mmmm... Picnic lunch: Salad with left-over roast chicken!

Tom enjoying his picnic, while it rains/hails/sleets outside!

 
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At the Avebury stone circle

Some of the standing stones are ENORMOUS!

 

 
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Druidic Tom searches for his gloves

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...

A pensive Tom surveying the scene

 
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Another big stone...

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

More stones and a church

 
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Druidic Tom

Tom between two big stones...
(are you getting the idea yet?)

 
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Braving high winds, we pottered up to Long Barrow (near Avebury)

Tom at the entrance to Long Barrow

 
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Inside Long Barrow

The top of Long Barrow

 
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A wind-swept, cold Tom


On the drive home - a white horse and a monument

 
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Some sunshine!!


 

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