Hi all,
Had a good week at school (at least it finished better than it started!). Kristin may start work next week (her Police Check has arrived). Billy and Declan are very settled at the school and are involved in the sporting teams. Declan represented the school in the indoor athletics and performed well.
The Head teacher asked me at briefing on Friday to say something about Australia Day, I replied "it is usually an excuse for a long weekend and I'll see you on Tuesday!" She didn't see the funny side of that!
Thursday night, I went with Les (Dave's Father-in-Law) to his local club (2 min walk) and had a few beers. One of the fellows we were drinking with has offered us the use of his apartment in Cyprus anytime we want (gratis :) ). So I'm telling Kristin I need to get out and mix with the locals more often!
On Saturday we headed off to Stonehenge. First we arrived at a little village called Avebury (About 30 mins from Stonehenge). The entire village is surrounded by large stones (see photos on the Web album) in a perfect circle of a diameter of about 600 metres. As this is all maths, this part of the trip is definitely claimable for tax! Just out of Avebury there are 2 other historical sites: Silbury Hill (a man-made hill - burial/spiritual/??) and the Kennett Long Barrow (a large tomb on top of a hill). The Stone Circle of Avebury was just as impressive as Stonehenge.
From there we headed towards Salisbury Plain. Close to Stonhenge is Woodhenge (as the wood hasn't survived the 5000 years - there are concrete bollards to represent the wooden posts - disappointing to say the least!)
Stonehenge is one of the those tourist things you have to do and tick off -having said that we were very happy we went there. It is amazing to think that 5000 years ago this was built with just manual labour! It is a must see for anyone who comes to England.
From Stonehenge we travelled to Salisbury. A medieval city with a Cathedral (which has the tallest spire in Britain). At the Cathedral there is one of only 4 surviving original copies (there were about 40 made in 1215 and sent to all important cities in Britain) of the Magna Carta and allegedly the best preserved.
It is Sunday morning and we will probably go to some local Castles today and do our weekly shop.
Bye all, and keep in touch!
2 comments:
We didn't get to the Woodhenge, but we did have a meal at the pub you photographed. It is a really good day out. It would be interesting to find out how many at your school have been to Bath or Stonehenge. Happy Australia Day, I'm glad you went to Cheddar Gorge, we enjoyed the walking there. Look forward to half term break. We are just starting the new school year on Wednesday.
Agree Andy....Stonehenge is a must see!! The Maths of it all is incredible. Happy Australia Day....and as expected, the temperature this week is around 40....all week!!!!
As is the usual practice, the "new staff" have meetings tomorrow (Tuesday) and a few of us lucky ones get to start a day earlier!!!!
Regards,
David K
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