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Newbury and Avebury

5 August
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Swans on a Saturday swim in the river in Newbury.
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Clean clothes! This is pretty much everything we had with us with the exception of what we were wearing at the time.
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Canal-side at the Dundas Arms pub.
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Small locks like this one are operated by the boaters themselves.
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Looking back to our lunch spot.
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Peter (and sheep) at the start of the Avebury stone circle. The small pillars on the right mark the spots where stones once stood.
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One of the taller stones.
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Perhaps the biggest one we saw.
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More interesting trees and roots.
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A deep ditch runs along the outer circumference of the circle.
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All of the stones varied in size and shape.
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There is no way to photograph the whole circle. This shot is hardly a tenth of the whole thing.
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One of the white horses.
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Silbury Hill--the largest human-made object in prehistoric Europe. No one knows what it is or why it was made. For those who know it, Silbury might remind you of a 5000 year old Mt. Oberlin.
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One last proper English cream tea for Adina.
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Working off the clotted cream by chasing Glen and his (Frank's) sock around the yard.
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Glen won.
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A lovely dinner in the garden.