Sonntag, 23. Februar 2014

Tombspotting

Avebury
As this is another grey, occasionally drizzly Sunday I decided NOT to go on a walk today. Instead I looked back through all the photos I took during my blogging hiatus. I had toured the nearby sites of Ancient Britain - the Ridgeway, the Uffington White Horse, Wayland's Smithy, Avebury and West Kennet Long Barrow.

Some of them I have visited on family holidays before and I keep returning to Avebury, which is a mere 20 minute drive away and holds a deep fascination for me, which I can't really explain. I have always felt drawn to burial mounds and monuments and some of my stories are inspired by them. My favourite site is in Schleswig-Holstein, near the Baltic coast in Northern Germany but Avebury certainly comes second!
On the Ridgeway - allegedly Britain's oldest road

Uffington Castle

Head of the Uffington White Horse

Wayland's Smithy

Wayland's Smithy

West Kennet Long Barrow (Silbury Hill in the background)

West Kennet Long Barrow

1 Kommentar:

  1. Hi, Große! Wunderschön! Erinnert mich, wie bereits auf Facebook gesagt an eine BBC Kinderserie aus den 80iger Jahren. Haben die wohl dann auch an den Originalschplätzen gedreht, u.a. Waylands Schmiede.

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