Ridgeway

During the week we went to 'The Kings Speech' quite a sad story which provided some further insight into the life of the royals.  The acting was up to Academy Award standards we thought.  Then on Saturday we took off for a trip up Ridgeway Way.  The plan - to go for a walk along the top to the fort and long barrow.  It was quite cold - well icy really - so it was a brisk walk with a few stops to take photos of pretty puddles and ice, before and after we jumped in them (we are really kids at heart).  We stopped for a few minutes at what is probably the best example of a Long Barrow we have seen at Waylands Smithy (prehistoric monument dating back to Neolithic times, often rectangular earth mounds which are thought to be communal tombs - there is about 300 of them in England and Scotland and we have seen only a few.) The fort a bit further on was actually two on different hill tops with a stylised white horse on one slope but we stayed only long enough to snack on some Shapes before being blown back along the path.  A real treat for me on the way to our digs for the night was to see some frozen icicles - nature at its best - and probably another for my WOW list!!  I could have stayed for ages. 

1. Mt Kau Kau, Wellington
2. Cathedral, Milan
3. Giant Causeway, Northern Ireland
4. Newgrange, Ireland
5. Quantock Head, England
6. Food, Poland
7. Tower, Glasgow
8. Cemetery, Milan
9. Cycling in the Snow, Amsterdam
10. Walking the Cliffs of Dover, England
11. The Pavilion in Brighton, England
12. Waffles, Brussels
13. Hawkstone Park, England
14. Scara Brae, Orkney Islands
15. The Bridge Teashop, Bradford on Avon
16. The Alcazar, Seville
17. Icicles in the Cotswolds

On Sunday we caught the underground into London (and for the first time experienced enough closures to disrupt our journey) to meet Rebecca and Nylan for a jazz cruise on the Thames which included lunch.  An enjoyable way to spend a Sunday afternoon, with the sun peeping through the clouds, and cruising past some parts of London (inland Thames) that we hadn't seen before.