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Jessica and Erika at the tearoom where we went for tea before lunch.11:19:19
Tried to get a picture of our table but Erika and I are only slightly in it!12:09:53
The girls in front of Chepstow Castle.12:15:16
More of Chepstow Castle.
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Lunch at an Italian restuarant in Chepstow.18:28:51
After dropping the girls off in Abingdon, my room at the Bed and Breakfast near Avebury where I'd be staying tonight.18:57:57
I walked from the bed and breakfast in East Kennet to Avebury. I had a torch with me which proved quite handy as it was pretty dark by now.18:58:00
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West Kennet Avenue on the approach to Avebury.19:15:49
More stones in the dark.19:17:15
Selfie by one of the stones.
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The torch helped out quite a lot with taking photos of the stones.19:30:15
On arrival at Avebury - nobody here!
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The stones at Avebury.19:33:25
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Oh well. I was a bit disappointed to find nobody else here, but thought I'd crack on and have a glass of wine regardless.20:41:51
More stones in the gloom.
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The Red Lion looked tempting, but I decided to do more walking instead of going in.20:46:01
The track heading east(ish) out of Avebury.20:57:42
A muddy bridleway which would connect with the Ridgeway.21:09:28
I noticed a lot of these permissive footpath signs around Avebury on this visit - these aren't marked on the OS map, and it seems the only way to know where they are is to be here.
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A triangular piece of stone.21:21:23
A sarsen.21:30:30
The hedgehogs, near the Ridgeway.21:34:47
These are barrows / tumuli with clumps of trees on top.
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I stopped at this one to sit for a while and have a glass of wine.21:40:04
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Selfie in the dark.21:43:06
Nice silhouette of branches in the moonlight between these two trees.
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Another selfie helped by the torch light.21:59:34
On the Ridgeway now - back in the summer there had been camper vans all along here, but tonight only a handful right at the end by the road.22:03:55
Looks like somebody had a camp fire here. Envious.22:05:49
More of the Ridgeway, and you can just about see the lights of the few campervans there were down at the end.
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The moon occasionally poked through the clouds, but it was hard to catch it in a photo.22:07:47
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At The Sanctuary now.22:18:57
The little concrete blocks were handy for providing a flat surface to rest a glass and a bottle on.
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Night Sight shot making it look a lot lighter than it really was.22:31:18
Not sure why I took a video here.22:31:44
Selfie using Night Sight again giving the impression it was a lot lighter than it really was.
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The moon.23:06:43
Heading back towards East Kennet now - another tumulus beside the path.23:10:56
Moonlight through the branches.23:18:56
A wall in East Kennet.
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Nearly back at the bed and breakfast now.