UK, Ireland, and Paris 2025

Driving from our accommodation, near Evesham, we passed through the greenery of the Cotswolds to head towards Stonehenge after we called into Evesham for coffee.

Stonehenge, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, is classified as a World Heritage Site. It was built as a temple - a place of ceremony, burial, and celebration. Initially, about 5000 years ago, in the period of Neolithic or New Stone Age, it was a circular ditch and bank. By 2500 BC, both larger sarsen stones and smaller bluestones from west Wales were used over 800 years to construct a temple with standing stones arranged to mark the passage of the sun and changing seasons.
On the surrounding hilltops, burial mounds were clustered, and ceremonial sites were built.

Bath, Somerset, England is home to Roman Baths (hot spring waters), which are said to be one of the world's most preserved baths in the world. The baths are nestled within the Abbey grounds. Bath is a popular town for tourists and was bustling when we were there. We walked the city area to admire the buildings before heading back to The Wood Norton,En savoir plus