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StevoTrip2006 Thursday, October 12, 2006
Stonehenge With a Farm In It
I'll try to just very quickly cover the week I spent down in the south of England, commenting on a couple of highlights. This is partly because I'm way behind and want to get to the more interesting stuff (ie Paris), and partly because I didn't see as much as I'd hoped. A combination of poor planning, a couple of days where I was feeling under the weather, underestimated travel times, and other factors meant that I didn't see as much as I'd hoped in this part of the world. Bath got dropped completely, for example, and the Cotswolds became a lightning tour (basically an afternoon spent wandering around Chipping Campden - a town about which there is little to say other than to note that it is indeed delightful). There are also a couple of places, like the Brighton Pavilion, for which I have no multimedia to share because they didn't allow photos. One thing I did get to have a good look around was Avebury. I was in the general vicinity of Stonehenge, but had heard so many things about how disappointing and unatmospheric Stonehenge was, I instead went to Avebury, which is the next most significant ancient monument in Britain, and is quite nearby. Basically it's a huge complex of rocks, arranged in several circles with a giant ditch and embankment as well. Like Stonehenge, nobody has a terribly good idea of who built it or why. What's really odd about Avebury is that over time the locals have just worked aorund the stones, to the extent that there are farmhouses and a tiny little village right in the centre of the circle. Sheep graze around the stones themselves. Very strange, and in contrast to what I hear about Stonehenge (which is right next to a freeway) very pastoral and relaxing to walk around.    |
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