A relaxing day in Avebury

Today we indulged and slept in. We had only scheduled Avebury and so no "leaving schedule" was pre-planned. Therefore, we left around 1030 which seemed late since we'd been leaving earlier on the previous days.

In the truck we headed for petrol and then on to Avebury. As it was closing on lunch time, we decided that we would eat at the Red Lion as soon as we arrived in Avebury and then see the stone circle after lunch. Before ducking in for lunch though and while David parked the truck; Dave, Linda and I wandered into the little antique store across the road and browsed briefly. Then, we were off to lunch.


Lunch was good but evidently they had extra people over the past weekend because they were out of things . . some of which they forewarned us about and some of which they didn't. David wasn't able to have bacon on his bacon cheeseburger and Dave and I were unable to get tarter sauce with our fish & chips. We all left full from the table though, so that was a good thing.

As I've noted before, Avebury is a larger circle and it is split up with the town and roads running through it so you don't get a full perspective of the circles until you see it from the air. However, you can walk among the rocks and touch them, have your photos taken by them, etc. This makes for a nice way to connecting with history.



Having walked several of the areas we decided it was time to head home and enjoy the rest of the evening. On the way home, David took the scenic route I think because it sure did seem to take us longer to get home than it did to get to the site. Although none of us minded the extra sight seeing, and it even allowed us the opportunity to see (from a distance) another White Horse (c1700's) and the monument marking a hill fort. None of us felt inspired enough to walk up the foot path and actually check it out in detail . . so we're leaving that for another trip. *smile*





Once home we set to making plans for the next day's travel (Pembroke) and then, at David's request, headed to The Fox in Yate for dinner. The dinner menu there is diverse and everything is always good and we decided this time to test that not only for dinner but also for dessert. They lived up to their good reputation and all the food was enjoyed. Dave did say that the spicy meatballs are, in fact, spicy so that is a good thing to know for next time. For dessert, because that is the most important part of the meal right, I had Irish Creme Cheesecake with chocolate ice cream that was WONDERFUL. Linda opted for the warm cake with chocolate fudge inside, Dave for the Blackberry pudding with ice cream and David for the warm apple pie with ice cream. It was all good!

Once home we swapped pictures, planned hotels, and discussed networking computers for an Internet connection before calling it a night. All in all a relaxing and very enjoyable day.