Cornwall: Old Stones, Fish & Chips and a Castle

Sunday morning we had a decent breakfast in our Exeter B&B, where we sat next to a 60s-ish couple and their granddaughter. They were very chatty and immediately asked where we were from upon hearing our accents. They are from Dallas and their kids live in England; their cute little granddaughter had an English accent. Immediately after breakfast we set out on the road again, continuing west

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by Jour ~ Saturday, July 28, 2007 0 comments

The Rollright Stones

Saturday morning we went to see the Rollright Stones, a stone circle and other monuments dating from 4000-1500 BC. They were interesting, and best of all were only 20 miles from Oxford. They are on a small hilltop in the village of Little Rollright (hence the name) and there were really nice views of the countryside in both directions.The King's MenThe monuments all have great whimsical names,

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by Jour ~ Sunday, October 8, 2006 0 comments

Wells and Glastonbury Tor

Saturday we went for another driving day trip. This time we headed to Somerset, south of Bath to Wells and Glastonbury. The drive there was quite pleasant until we encountered terrible traffic in Bath. After crawling into town at about 5 mph and then taking 15 minutes to go around a single roundabout, we had to stop for a bathroom break. The honor went to the Bath Cricket Club, where we also

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by Jour ~ Sunday, April 30, 2006 0 comments

Prehistoric England: Uffington, Avebury & Stonehenge

Last weekend we went on a wonderful driving tour of prehistoric England and it was such fun! We saw Stonehenge, Avebury, and the Uffington White Horse.The Uffington White Horse is not too far from Oxford and was our first stop. It is a giant stylized image of a horse on a hillside, made from scraping away the topsoil to reveal the underlying white chalk. I don't have an article on my website yet,

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by Jour ~ Tuesday, April 11, 2006 0 comments