Tuesday, 28 June, we hit the road early for Stonehenge. We had reservations for the opening hour, so it was not crowded. They have
demolished all the shops, ticket offices, loos, parking, tunnel, and
closed the road, so the stones sit a mile from a new visitors center
all by themselves in the middle of the fields. So one is delivered to the site
by means of a shuttle. We headed next to Stourhead where we toured the
house and gardens. Bath was our final destination of the day. We had a
problem with our large (comparatively speaking) people carrier. It was
too tall to reach the upper level of a parking terrace and became wedged
under a cement beam. We barely scraped out and this near miss will be
remembered as the first of four low points of the trip. It rained
intermittently so we ducked into Marks and Spencers for lunch before
looking around the city. From Bath, we took the M4 all the way back to Berkshire and the village of
Pangbourne near our cottage. There we enjoyed a very late
pub dinner at the Cross Keys.
New visitor center at Stonehenge
Interesting design
World Heritage site
The whole crew
It's a mystery
Dickie and Goat Cheese
Stourhead: a Palladian house
Palladian massing
Fine traveling companions
A beautiful view of the Wiltshire countryside
Henry Hoare's magnificent garden
Foxglove or digitalis
View across the lake to the Temple of Apollo
The entire crew at the Pantheon
Temple of Apollo
A Darcy/Lizzie moment
Umbrellas on a rainy day in Bath
The rain didn't dampen anyone's spirits
The crew at Robert Adam's Pulteney Bridge
"Water is best"
Exuberance in the Assembly Rooms
The Royal Crescent
Jane Austen's House on Gay Street
Bath Abbey
Late dinner in Pangbourne
The Energizer Bunny finally ran down in Pangbourne
Yet another fun day.
OXO
D.
2 comments:
Fantastic trip!
Such a wonderful day!
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