and bluebury and strawbury
A little preface. Avebury is the location of one of the oldest stone-circles. like Stonehenge, and it is also the biggest. However, it is less well-known, less visited, and as a result less protected. It was awesome! It had homes and pubs built right in the middle of it and we could walk right up to the stones and there weren't a ton of people milling about. Some of Vinny's classmates visited here and had to deal with some poor weather but we were super lucky and had sunshine nearly the whole time we were there.
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| Avebury Manor. We have yet to tour a fancy home in England- this one was closed. Hopefully another time! |
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| The stones- the small little pyramids are where actual stones are missing. At some point in history England was ashamed of its pagan past and several of the stones were removed. |
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| A sheep pasture in the middle of it, too! I put me wellies to good use on this trip. |
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| Family Photo. Sorry Truman. |
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| My boys |
Next was Tetbury on the way home. Just a small town with a nice church and some nice shops. Could spend more time here perusing the antique stores.
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| Sick of churches? Yeah me too |
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| My favourites |
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| These buildings are just like a Dickens novel |
Very cool! I wish you(I) could spend a day in every single little town!
ReplyDeleteDoes Vinny ever have to go to school? I'm glad! This is so awesome to see all this and makes me want to take a girls trip too. 2025?
ReplyDeleteHa, over the churches already. Just picture an american lds cultural hall right before you walk into any church.
ReplyDeleteI love all of this!!!!!
Your boys... The pics of your two boys are just precious! I love the family photo too. I got a big bang out of your apology to Truman.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are the coolest for taking your little dude everywhere. No excuses for exploring chilly, unknowns. Trumoo seems to love crawling everywhere. Is he walking yet?!