On the road from Salisbury to Avebury to wander the old sarsen stone circle, the on to meander around the Costwold stone villages of Upper and Lower Slaughter, and the picture-book Stow-on-the-Wold.
Avebury is a very relaxed ruin site, with sheep munching around the ancient stones, and nimble feet needed to keep out of the extraordinaruly large sheep poos all around - they are not at all like the dainty little pellet-type I am used to, but large steaming piles!!! The stones are smaller than at Stonehenge, but the circle is much larger, involving clambering over stiles and through farm gates to complete the circle.
From there I headed for the Cotswold stone village area, and indeed they are a beautiful series of villages and towns of honey-coloured stone, ranging from tiny villages up one-way roads, to larger towns such as Stow and Burford, replete with a thousand tourist souvenir shops. The Slaughters look so perfect they seem like a movie set, and the people all look correspondingly affluent. I wonder where the postie manages to live?????
I am now ensconced in Nic Smith's little bijou house in the centre of Oxford, with spires all around, and bicycles everywhere. I am setting off today to immerse myself in the history - and my internet time has run out!!!
Avebury is a very relaxed ruin site, with sheep munching around the ancient stones, and nimble feet needed to keep out of the extraordinaruly large sheep poos all around - they are not at all like the dainty little pellet-type I am used to, but large steaming piles!!! The stones are smaller than at Stonehenge, but the circle is much larger, involving clambering over stiles and through farm gates to complete the circle.
From there I headed for the Cotswold stone village area, and indeed they are a beautiful series of villages and towns of honey-coloured stone, ranging from tiny villages up one-way roads, to larger towns such as Stow and Burford, replete with a thousand tourist souvenir shops. The Slaughters look so perfect they seem like a movie set, and the people all look correspondingly affluent. I wonder where the postie manages to live?????
I am now ensconced in Nic Smith's little bijou house in the centre of Oxford, with spires all around, and bicycles everywhere. I am setting off today to immerse myself in the history - and my internet time has run out!!!
2 comments:
testing Josephine -delighted to read your blog hope the weather isn't too awful. let me know more about the bijou lol Lydia
Hey Ma it's always good to hear more news. Where you are staying sounds wonderful. Hey if you want to really splash out on a flash dinner while you're in Oxford I can recommend Gee's Restaurant 61 Banbury Rd.
---Kath
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