Blogs from Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

Friday – 16/9/2016 Picking up from my last blog, in Bristol we picked up our dispersed travellers and returned to Bath, where we’d moored before on the river. The last time we were there we were wondering if we could continue with our trip. Thankfully, Paul’s back was considerably better. He was still in some pain but there was improvement. While chugging up the river, Susan tried her hand at the locks and did very well. Dale was a pro and a great help. One of the deeper locks was interesting to watch. Jill ducked inside, so that she didn’t get wet, but was like a coiled spring, jumping up and peeking at everything, wanting to see what was going on. The lock took ages to fill; such a great force of water. Another interesting sight ... read more

Travels without Claud 20160910 Home to home I really enjoyed writing my circumspect travel blog on the joys of cycling in the Netherlands; so I thought that as and when the mood takes me I’d write the occasional piece. It’s Saturday morning, it’s already almost mid-September, and it’s pouring with rain. There’s just me and the dog at home for the weekend. I think this might be the very first time ever that I’ve spent four days alone in the family home. I’m not entirely sure what odd set of coincidences eventually brought that about, but it did, and here I am. I’m not feeling especially lonely, I’ve learned to quite like being on my own. I think it stems from being uprooted every two years as a kid, and moving to some new and foreign ... read more

Nice drive to Stone Henge today followed by a stop in the medieval town of Salisbury and the Salisbury Cathedral. Very impressive architecture on the cathedral and quaint old buildings. Stone Henge is amazing up close, pics don't do it justice, but we tried..... We popped over to South Hampton to have a look at some of the apartments Lynne Manages. Later we had fish and chips by the sea at Milford on Sea. Yum.... read more

Jolly Olde England, Salisbury Cathedral and Stonehenge! Tony Hayter, our driver, http://www.silver-fleet.co.uk/, picks us up at the docks in Southampton and we are off to Salisbury Cathedral to see the Magna Carta. What the heck is the Magna Carta you may ask? Well… (You can skip this part if you don’t care ;-) Originally issued by King John of England (r.1199-1216) as a practical solution to the political crisis he faced in 1215, Magna Carta established for the first time the principle that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law. Although nearly a third of the text was deleted or substantially rewritten within ten years, and almost all the clauses have been repealed in modern times, Magna Carta remains a cornerstone of the British constitution. Most of the 63 clauses granted b ... read more

good afternoon dear readers, from the frozen north - frozen north of France that is !!!! Before you settle down to be regaled with tales of Gallic gaiety, be forewarned that this missive concerns itself with the much more tropical climes of Devizes in warm Wiltshire, for it is to there that your correspondent and his intrepid gang (Wendy, Cusco and Claude) deposited themselves for a final meeting of the escape committee. After your correspondent once got lost in his own thoughts, Wendy was worried enough that she went out to the shops to buy a Europe based satnav - I say went to the shops, when I mean she walked all the way upstairs and ordered one online on the PC - I say walked all the way upstairs, when I mean she didn't get ... read more