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  • TravelerStudy abroad
    1
    Day 97

    Stonehenge and Avebury!

    April 9 in England ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    Two more world heritage sites checked off the list! That brings me to 22 which is 1.7% of the world heritage sites…. I’m getting there! Stonehenge has always been a bucket list thing to see so I am soooooooo glad I got to see it. The Neolithic people might just be my favorite people from history. I love how mysterious things are. Of course we saw the huge stones but there was so much more to the site of stonehenge. About 500 years before the stones we’re placed there were earth works made in the ground. They made one long rectangle shape across acres of land and me and Dana think it was a landing strip. Maybe they had planes or maybe they had wings who knows! They also had mounds that people were buried in around the site. Avebury was another stone circle but this one was way bigger than stonehenge. It took us about 30 minutes to walk all the way around but here we got to go right up to the stones and could even touch them. My favorite fact from Avebury was hearing that early christians settled here and tried to bury the stones because of their pagan connections. The Neolithic people also build an enormous ditch outside the circle. I think maybe they filled it with water from a nearby river to move the stones around so they could place them in the circle. Today there is a town built right in the middle of the stone circle and it was super cute and just what I picture an English farm town to look like. Just outside we saw one last thing which was a white horse earth drawing. It was made by scraping away the top soil in the shape of a horse revealing the white chalk underneath. I thought this was Neolithic for a minute but turns out its 18th century.Read more

  • TravelerThe Oldies Trip
    1
    1
    Day 15

    A tour around the Cotswolds

    October 7, 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    What an incredible day! We headed off 9.00 am. Barney was our tour guide. He was fantastic. Stonehenge first, we thoroughly enjoyed it. A stone has been discovered at Stonehenge that was transported from Scotland 5000 years ago. Went to a little village, Avebury, which also has stones with sheep
    Not as well known at Stonehenge. The round stone structure in this village is where they locked up the trouble makers of the village. A bit to eat and then to Laycock.
    Parts of Harry Potter, Pride and Prejudice ( Colin Firth) were filmed. Back on the bus with Barney - Castle Coombe next stop ✋️ A bit like Bruges, an extremely pretty village. The film War Horse filmed here. Not many tourists were around today , and the weather was perfect 👌 🙂    Read more

  • England/Schottland
    Day 3

    Goodbye London

    August 5, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Hüt hemmer London wieder verlah. Mer send zerscht no i de nöchi vo Waterloo ines vegans resti (fed by plants - sehr z'empfähle, esch sehr ruhig & schön gsii) und denne hemmer eus in zug richtig Tisbury gmacht.
    Dete sind denne die erste onfreiwillige abentüür uuftaucht. Mer send schwups ei haltestell z'wiit gfahre ond händ denne 1 stond am bahnhof wartend of de zug retour gwartet.
    In Tisbury ahcho hetts leider kein Bus meh gha zum BnB (mer send zemli im nirgendwo glandet) weshalb mer echli lost am Strasserand vonere sehr nette Ihheimische ufgläse worde sind ("you poor things" -metem perfekte british english), wo eus denne zu oisem wonderschöne BnB gfahre hett.
    Zom abschloss vom tag semmer met sandwich bewaffnet ofen högel ufe gwanderet ond händ dete de tag loh usklenge. Mer send froh, d grossstadt hender ois chönne loh ond z'metzt i de änglische wildnis ois mol z'erhole (met perfektem englischem wetter 🌧)    Read more

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  • TravelerAuszeit
    Day 626

    Stonehenge

    July 3, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    ... gratis, ohne Eintritt zu bezahlen.
    Zwar in der zweiten Reihe, aber dennoch prima 😂.
    Stonehenge ist ein Megalith-Bauwerk der Jungsteinzeit nahe dem Avon bei Amesbury, Süd-England. Es wurde ab wenigstens 3000 v. Chr. in mehreren nach und nach aufeinander folgenden Versionen errichtet. Die Anlage wurde mindestens bis in die Bronzezeit weiter genutzt und danach aufgegeben. Seither wurde sie stark beschädigt.

    Die jüngste Version der Anlage besteht aus einem ringförmigen Erdwall, in dessen Innerem sich verschiedene, um den Mittelpunkt gruppierte Formationen aus bearbeiteten Steinen befinden. Ihrer Größe wegen nennt man sie Megalithen. Die auffälligsten unter ihnen sind der große Kreis aus ehemals 30 stehenden Quadern, die an ihrer Oberseite einen geschlossenen Ring aus 30 Decksteinen trugen, und das große „Hufeisen“ aus ursprünglich zehn solcher Säulen, die man durch je einen aufgelegten Deckstein zu fünf Paaren miteinander verband, die sogenannten Trilithen. Jeweils innerhalb dieses Hufeisens und Kreises standen zwei der Form nach ähnliche Figuren: beide aus viel kleineren und ehedem doppelt so vielen, aber nicht durch Decksteine miteinander verbundene Menhire. Diese vier Formationen werden durch den „Altar“ nahe der Mitte der Anlage, den sogenannten „Opferstein“ innerhalb und den „Heelstone“ ein gutes Stück außerhalb des nordöstlichen Ausgangs ergänzt (die Namen entstammen der Phantasie früherer Betrachter, die Funktion der Steine ist unbekannt). Außerdem wurden drei konzentrische Lochkreise innerhalb des Ringwalls angelegt und im größten davon vier Menhire zu einem Rechteck angeordnet, dessen kurze Seiten parallel zur Längsachse des Monuments liegen. In der direkten Umgebung liegen weitere prähistorische Monumente, so zwei grob rechteckige, als Cursus bezeichnete Erdwerke, die älter sind als Stonehenge, und zahlreiche frühbronzezeitliche Hügelgräber. Der sogenannte Prozessionsweg verband Stonehenge über die nordöstliche Öffnung im umgebenden Graben und Erdwall mit dem Fluss Avon.    Read more

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  • TravelerEurope
    3
    Day 30

    London day 2

    June 3, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Walked with bags to Andy's home to start road trip down to his parents Mike and Tommy dart.

    Accommodation is so cool...built in 1400 really low doors and ceilings... called Weeke Barton with owner Adam.

    Went to Mike and Tommy's and had a bbq for dinner. Andy did the bbq and I did the potatos.

    We all had a lovely night.    Read more

  • Harvey10 - Europe-bound
    2
    Day 90

    Dinton, Nr Salisbury

    March 9, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌧 8 °C

    We got to Dieppe ferry in good time, joined the queue, got to passport check, and were slightly alarmed when she told us we hadn't paid. We'd forgotten that we had to pay a £20 supplement for changing the date, which we had done a few months ago. So she sent us over to the terminal, right back on ourselves, paid our dues and rejoined the back of the queue. So we were the last. No one behind us. Customs came into the van, checked the toilet, and joked about our shoes rack. They were generally having a laugh with each other.
    The crossing was lovely and calm, I'd taken travel sickness pills but didn't feel drowsy. Had breakfast, and later on also lunch on the boat. Enjoyed the lovely peace and quiet plus the sun, up on deck for a while.
    The main thing that struck us on hitting the UK again was the amount of litter, mainly plastic, on the side of the road. That was a little depressing. Mainly in Sussex, it improved further on.
    We booked this site last night as we thought we'd be tired after an early start, a four hour crossing, and an hour lost due to setting clocks back to BST. Turns out we made the right decision. The campsite is more of a car park with facilities but serves a purpose for one night.    Read more

  • Nordic
    Day 3

    Stonehenge

    March 7, 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

    Stonehenge war schon lang auf der Must-See-Liste von Emilia. Nach langer Fährfahrt sind wir auf direktem Weg nach Stonehenge gefahren. Der Linksverkehr war mittlerweile entspannt machbar.
    Was Emilia stark verwundert hat, war das man Eintritt zahlen musste, um ein paar Steine zu sehen. Wir haben umgerechnet 57€ für einen Kreis aus Steinen bezahlt. Etwas dreist. Der Kreis an sich ist spannend zum anschauen, aber sein Geld kann man auch anders ausgeben.Read more

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  • Avoiding the heat EU tour
    223
    Day 110

    Rock Tetris

    December 22, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌬 9 °C

    This morning we rolled out of bed at an ungodly time and boarded a bus to head to Stonehenge for the winter equinox. This was one of the earliest events that we booked for our holiday so it's a bit weird that we've reached that point...

    We imagined that this would be a relatively small event, so we were surprised when the bus was at a standstill from traffic kilometres before the visitor centre!

    We sat there inching forward while the guide was telling us facts about the area. After a while, it became evident that there was no way that the bus was getting to the centre in time to walk to Stonehenge itself before dawn.

    So we and a few other people got off and speed walked down the roadside and it's lucky we did as we reached the monument with about 1 minute to spare!

    There were hundreds and hundreds of people there, all who came to see the sun rise for the shortest day of the year. The centre of Stonehenge was chock full of people, as this is one of the few times per year that they let people onto the monument itself.

    As soon as we got there, the local druids started their celebrations which were quite fun to watch. The two of us just walked around taking in everything that was happening (which was a lot!)

    It's worth mentioning we got ridiculously lucky with the weather, it was warm, still, and not a drop of rain in the sky!

    After a while we met up with the tour group and listened to some fun facts, before heading back to the bus.

    We took a different track back to the bus which walked us past the Stonehenge Cursus, which is another even older monument which is composed of straight mile-long ditches which were initially thought to be related to Roman circuses until they realised it was much too old. Now all they know is that it was for more ceremonial things.

    Eventually we were back at the bus and on our way back to Salisbury where the bus stopped for an hour for breakfast. We grabbed some delicious food from a bakery and walked around a while before getting on the bus again and heading back to Bath.

    Once we got back we returned to our room and rested for a while before going out and grabbing dinner using our favourite cheap meal app (not from Gregg's this time!)

    Cya in Scotland!

    Step count: 15.1k    Read more

  • TravelerUK 2023
    1
    21
    Day 18

    Salisbury Cathedral

    August 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Paganism to Christianity in one day!

    We squeezed a lot into today. We visited Frome in the middle of the day as they had their Wednesday markets on. We had a lovely lunch there.

    We planned to head to Salisbury late in the day as we hoped to hear the choir practice for Evensong. For once we were in luck! We did have a quick wander around the Cathedral but mostly I wanted to listen to the beautiful music 🎶Read more

  • TravelerMit dem Käfer durch Südengland
    Day 3

    Schöner wohnen im Schloss

    July 11, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Wir verlassen Winchester und fahren nach Cornwall. Und sind wild entschlossen, unsere Mitgliedschaft beim National Trust quasi „along the road“ zu amortisieren.
    In anderen Worten, wir peppen unsere Fahrt auf mit ein bisschen Kultur und alten Häusern. Und zwar in Mottisfond und Kingston Lacy.
    Also leben tat es sich schon gut, wenn man reich und von jeglichem Bezug zu Heinrich und sämtlichen innerenglischen Konflikten unbehelligt war. Da hat es Zeit, einen Garten mit über 1000 verschiedenen Rosen anzulegen, sich um Mega Bäume zu kümmern und ansonsten sich die Zeit mit launigen Jagden und Bällen zu vertreiben.
    Kurz mal heiraten, möglichst geschickt, und weiter geht die Sause. Wunderbar!
    Aber… das schon sehr nachhaltig, denn sowing all die vielen Schlösser, Burgen und Landsitze heute durch die Bank eine Besichtigung wert.
    Und ja, auch wenn man sich diesseits der Menopause befindet!
    Was im übrigen eine 1a Überleitung ist zu unserem neuen Refugium in Cornwall. 😉
    Mitten im Gebiet der herrlichen Landschaften, Seeorte und Filmen, in denen sie sich immer kriegen.

    Wir kriegen uns jetzt auch, morgen geht es weiter mit Möven, Hortensienhecken und mehr hübschen Häusern.    Read more

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