Sunday, 17 November 2019
Our train back to London is before 9 AM, so we have to leave our AirBnB by 7 AM. The alarm went off at 5:30 AM...oy...so early. We got up, packed, and made it out of the house right at 7 AM. We walked to the train station and arrive at 7:30 AM. We bought a couple of sandwiches for the train, went through security, and got our 6 month Visa from the United Kingdom which was the main reason we did this trip to Brussels.
We boarded the train on time at 9 AM and were in London 2 hours later. This time we are in London for only the time it takes for us to walk to the car rental office and get out of town. Don't worry...we will be back in London soon with plenty of time to spend here.
We got the rental car and headed to the Avebury Stone Circle, a 2 hour drive away. We arrived in Avebury just before 1:30 PM. Avebury Stone Circle, built 4000 - 5000 years ago, is the largest stone circle in the world with a diameter of 1,088 feet. It has 2 inner stone circles.
We boarded the train on time at 9 AM and were in London 2 hours later. This time we are in London for only the time it takes for us to walk to the car rental office and get out of town. Don't worry...we will be back in London soon with plenty of time to spend here.
We got the rental car and headed to the Avebury Stone Circle, a 2 hour drive away. We arrived in Avebury just before 1:30 PM. Avebury Stone Circle, built 4000 - 5000 years ago, is the largest stone circle in the world with a diameter of 1,088 feet. It has 2 inner stone circles.
There is also an earthwork henge (a circular ditch) that has a diameter of 4,560 feet that runs around the outside of the stone circle. earthwork henge can be see in the photo below to the left of the dirt path. It looks like a natural ditch in this photo, but it is man-made.
Close to the Avery Stone Circle is The Avenue, a double row of stones.
Tim and I walked down The Avenue and then hiked up the other side and arrived to Silbury Hill. It is a 129 foot high artificial chalk mound that is more than 4,000 years old. it is the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe and one of the largest in the world. I found this interesting analysis on Wikipedia: "Archaeologists calculate that it took 18 million man-hours, equivalent to 500 men working for 15 years to deposit and shape 248,000 cubic metres (324,000 cu yd) of earth and fill." Wow...incredible.
We returned to the car and had a 1 hour drive to our overnight town of Salisbury. Tonight we are staying in a Wetherspoon hotel, the same Wetherspoon as the restaurant with awesome beer and drink prices that we have gone to multiple times during our travel.
We checked into our room that was actually really nice and relaxed for a bit before heading across the street for dinner. We decided to try a different restaurant other than Wetherspoon tonight. The dinner wasn't the best, but it was inexpensive and hit the spot. We then returned to the room, watched some TV, did some blogging, and then went to sleep. Tomorrow we plan on touring a church here in town before hitting the road and visiting Stonehenge. The church opens at 9 AM, so we want to be there around that time. We want to eat breakfast before visiting the church, so the alarm is set for 7 AM.
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