Blogs from Avebury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Day 3… I managed to get a goodnight sleep even with the ruckus from other campers late into the night, and after porridge for breakfast and a black coffee I packed up a now dry tent and headed to my next Historical site. This was the Marlborough white horse a whopping 2 miles away, the only problem was finding a place to park as usual, being early on a Sunday I decided to just park on the road, which turned out to be ideal as it was quite close to the white horse; only a round trip off around 1 mile and I had a lot to do today including the drive home. A little history about the horse; This white horse was cut in 1804 by pupils of a boys' school run by a Mr ... read more

well all we can say about today can better be told by looking at the pics.....had breakfast...headed off to ride our bikes first to west kennet long barrow. of course we got sidetracked all the way there...first we came across st.mary's church..an old saxon church..brilliant place..amazing..been a church there since ad 1000.....of course it said go see the rectory just behind the church..so we take the path behind the church..behind a little row of trees and pop out.....at the bigger church that overshadowed that little parish church for a few hundred years.....not as old..but really old still as well...and beautiful! nice big bell tower....and a yew tree on teh side..that is 1700 years old......i stood inside it..it had become almost 2 trees its so big and old.....awesome. ok continue on up a hella big hill...but finally ... read more

So, I was planning to spend this weekend in Katowice as I booked a £2 RyanAir return a few months back, coinciding with what I thought might be another show in Prague, but this turned out not to happen. However some important uni commitments came up and tbh, I can't really afford to spend 4 days in a city where I know no one and didn't fancy sleeping rough in the forest in the bleak Silesian midwinter. Instead I took one day off uni and with this rather wonderful character Jitka (who hadn't left London in months - something which I believe to be seriously dangerous to one's health), headed down to Avebury, a place my friend Gabriela recommended to me due to its high energy, ancient stone circles and rather spectacular "natural" features. It was ... read more

Went to see anopther little village close by with Greg and his parents. Avebury is known for it's stone circles that have been around since prehistoric times (4500 to 5000 years old...). This country has so much history that it's hard to retain everything! The Stone Circle is similar to Stonehenge as in no one knows how it came about and what it was for........ read more

With an early start we headed for Avebury to see the 335 metre diameter ancient stone circle, flanked by older massive ditches and embankments (dating possibly from 3400 BC). The town itself was especially pretty with thatched-roofed Elizabethan style buildings, atmospheric old stone church and church yard which was sited at one end of standing stone starcens. Not far away was 40-metre high Silbury Hill built from chalk (dating from 2750BC) and the West Kennett Long Barrow, a tomb complex (dating from about 3600 BC and apparently in use until about 2500 BC). Further South was the famous Stonehenge, where surrounding earth and ditch works date to 3100 BC and the bluestone monument dating from perhaps 2500 BC. All these were most impressive in both their longevity and mystery. We arrived at Stonehenge only an hour ... read more