Good day today. Sunshine and nice weather. Today was all about large rocks and druids. First we went to Stonehenge. It's pretty much what you think it is. A bunch of very large stones arranged in a series of circles for no particular reason. Because it all happened so long ago, no one knows why it was done or how it was done. It's impressive and fascinating.
Interesting fact about Stonehenge. It's not a henge. Nor does it have anything to do with druids. Druids didn't appear until 1,000 years after it was built.
Next stop was Woodhenge. Yup, there is a Woodhenge. Not terribly impressive.
After that was Avebury. The largest stone circle in Britain. Impressive. Not Stonehenge-impressive, but still good. Had lunch at The Red Lion. Excellent food and it's haunted. And has an actual well inside the pub. After lunch we went to the Alexander Keiller Museum.
Then on to Silbury Hill. Another place that has no explanation. If you look at the photo closely, you can see a deer right on the top of the hill.
Finally, back to Stonehenge for an after hours special visit. Normally, no one gets to go close to the stones. But, if you are fortunate, you can book a private after hours visit. They only allow 30 people per visit. We got to walk among the stones for about an hour.
New photos can be seen here.
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