That’s me walking a path in Avebury. We had come here today to visit the stone circles that surround the (tiny) town. Here’s a portion of the stones:
And here are a couple of shots showing the scale:
Avebury is not as stunning (or famous) as Stonehenge, but it is different in that we can walk right up to the stones and touch them. There are many stones in and near the town and we only saw a small portion.
We then headed north to Warwick, to visit the famous castle.
This is a beautiful and well preserved castle which is now owned by the company behind Madame Tussaud’s and ran as a very commercialized tourist endeavour. Despite this, it actually manages to be an educational and extremely interesting experience with quite a few good attractions.
I particularly enjoyed the giant trebuchet (which fires a burning ball of ammo), the walk up onto the battlements and the scandalous exhibit based around the love affairs amongst the victorian nobility.
That’s me with a bear, and a ‘waxwork’ figure of ‘Edward The Caresser’. Lovely stuff. And here is a clock which was apparently once owned by Marie Antionette!
And to end todays post, a fancy sheep we met in a field in Avebury (they lived with the stones, you see…)
I don’t suppose you can get to the cricket while you’re over there. Not that the Australians are covering themselves in glory at present…