Although we had never been to Uffington White Horse before we had visited Avebury many years ago now. I don’t recall the parking being so expensive last time we visited (£7 this time unless you joined the National Trust on the spot :-/), but since we were there we rifled through the change bag, parked and went for a wander. It’s such an amazing place to visit (though the shops are a little on the odd side 😉 they did serve a useful purpose when it started to pour with…
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Visiting the Rollright Stones was one of our quicker visits of the trip as it was pouring with rain and windy. Luckily there was enough light for a photo or two.
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For some reason we both thought we’d visited Uffington White Horse the last time we were in the area, but as we drove towards it we realised that we’d never seen it in real life before. Parking up we had to run the gauntlet of the National Trust warden trying to get us to sign up as members so we could park for free :-/ but we resisted and paid to park instead. It was blowing a gale as we walked to the view point but it was nice light…
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During our trip away we discovered that our site wasn’t too far from Kelmscott Manor, the Cotswold retreat of William Morris and Co. The Manor is only open a couple of times a week so we decided to reschedule a few things so we could fit it into our trip. It was certainly worth it, you can tell why William Morris liked the place so much, and why they were so creative in those surroundings. The first part of our visit after leaving the car park was to visit the…
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We had the opportunity to visit the Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth exhibition at the Bodleian, Oxford earlier this month as we were visiting the area (okay, we visited Oxfordshire because the exhibition was on ;-)). I had read various reviews online both from friends and in the media and was rather keen to see it for myself. The exhibition didn’t disappoint, seeing the original maps that J.R.R.T. and his son worked on was something I never thought I’d see, and his original illustrations were simply amazing. I must admit to…
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