Sunday, 29 April 2012

Back in England Again

I arrived back in the UK on 18 April this year after a fantastic flight from Melbourne via Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei and Dubai on Royal Brunei Airways.

this is a link to their website http://www.bruneiair.com/australia/

I arrived in England to a cold and wet welcome.  The weather, apart from a couple of days has remained so with daytime temperatures usually ranging from 7 to 12 degrees C.  The rental car I picked up is a Vauxhall Meriva which is OK except for the fact that it has an electronic handbreak which disengages as you pull away.  It has taken some getting used to!!  http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/vehicles/vauxhall-range/cars/new-meriva/overview.html

After picking up Mum from My Cousin Alan's place in South Godstone we headed West.  Our first stop was Petworth House in West Sussex



Two Views of Petworth House
Daffodils in the Park at Petworth
Two Garden Features in the Park

We then stayed overnight at Amesbury (near Stonehenge) and the next morning we drove to the Village of Avebury in Wiltshire not far away.  Avebury is the site of many prehistoric sites as well as a very nice manor house

Mum in the main street
 Avebury Church
 Two views of Avebury Manor
The stone circles



The start of the stone avenue leading away from Avebury to the Sanctuary and the West Kennet Long Barrow
 The site of the Sanctuaru
Silbury Hill - apparentlythe biggest man made hill in Europe
 Two views of the West Kennet Long Barrow

 The Entrance

Inside the Long Barrow

We left at about Midday for Saltash, but stopped for Lunch at Devizes in Wiltshire beside the Caen Hill locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal which runs from Bristol to the Thames.  Whilst eating lunch, I found that there wer far more locks than the three I first noticed


Looking Downhill - A ladder of locks

Looking Uphill
Some nesting Swans aggresively defending their nest

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