Monday November 10, 1997
London, England to Bath, England
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Current Time
GMT (+0):14:48
Seattle (-8):07:48
Bath (+0):14:48

Bath, England :
Latitude:51° 22' 12" North
Longitude:2° 21' 45" West
From Seattle:5346 miles
Altitude:625 feet
Lodging:Hostel - YHA Bath
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Today's Travel:
Country:England
Regions:Greater London
Wessex Ferry
Route:Bus: London - Stonehenge - Avebury - Lacock - Bath
Stops:1. Stonehenge, England (+)
2. Avebury, England (x)
3. Lacock, England (*)
4. Castle Combe, England (+)
Linear:125 miles
Weather:Mostly Sunny / Overcast
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Available Photos:
All photo images © 1997-2000 Anthony Jones
Images may not be used without prior written approval.
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Subject:Stonehenge
Location:Salisbury Plain, England
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Subject:Stonehenge
Location:Salisbury Plain, England
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Subject:Stonehenge
Location:Salisbury Plain, England
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Subject:Stonehenge
Location:Salisbury Plain, England
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Subject:Whitehorse chalk figure
Location:Salisbury Plain, England
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Subject:Whitehorse chalk figure
Location:Salisbury Plain, England
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Subject:Silbury Hill
Location:Avebury, England
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Subject:Silbury Hill
Location:Outside Avebury, Salisbury Plain, England
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Subject:Church and grave yard
Location:Castle Combe, England
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Subject:Castle Combe Village
Location:Castle Combe, England

Trip to Date:
Day:214
Linear Dist:39020
Countries Visited:12
Regions Visited:63
Nights in Hotels:40
Nights with Friends / Family:77
Nights Camping:35
Nights in Hostels:38
Nights in Transit:24
Beers:844
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Entry:
Managed to book a spot on a coach going around England, Wales, and Scotland for seven days. First stop was Stonehenge. Stonehenge is impressive, especially considering that it datesback over 5,000 years. Unfortunately a freeway runs about 25 yards from the Heal stone. One of the most striking things to me was to look around and realize that in every direction there were burial mounds scattered around to the horizen.

The next stop was Avebury. Avebury is the site of a stone circle that is at least an order of magnitude bigger than Stonehenge. Unfortunately it's so big that you can't really take it in like you can Stonehenge. It's so large that the village of Avebury sits within the ring.

We stayed at Lacock, which is a quaint little village with no modern intrusions, basically a tourist trap (although a pretty one).

Castle Combe was the next stop. This village was supposedly voted the most beautiful village in Brittan. It's cute, it's old, but by this time in the day the important fact was it had a pub open. This is the village where the film version of Dr. Dolittle was filmed. After walking through the village streets and the church grave yard, what I found best about this village was the pint of ale I found at the single open pub.

Pulled into Bath after dark. After doing a brief tour of the village (in the dark) we arrived at the hostel. Took the city bus in to town from the hostel and spent the evening at a pub (surprise).


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