Devere Swindon
Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Whitehill Way Swindon, Wiltshire, England, SN5 7DW, United Kingdom
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Stonehenge
... in time to get some good sunset shots. You can grab a personal audio device which highlights some interesting theories about how it all came to be and what it all means.
Having visited ‘Woodhenge’ in the 80s we thought we might squeeze a look in at that too. Disappointing really as all that’s there is a bunch of concrete posts in place of where the wooden posts once stood. Anyway, took the mandatory ‘dead ant’ photo then ...
New Years Eve in England - 10hrs after Oz
... worst carpark traffic jam I've ever seen! But we finally got on the road and arrived in SouthHampton around 5pm. We had predrinks at some peoples apartment where really most of the drinking took place thanks to the 1L bottle of 50% vodka purchased in Abu Dhabi for AU$16! We then headed to the bus station to get the coach to Bournemouth at 9pm and arrived around 10pm. From here we headed to ...
Pizza Mamma's
... Next morning when we checked out (after panadol and strong coffee) first thing we saw was the Pizza Mamma's cafe - straight in front of the hotel, could have sworn it was further away than that! We had a good laugh over that one. Pablo and his two friends we discovered are all from Sicily very strange set up the owner of the cafe was (too many red wines can't remember his name - but do have his business card somewhere) in his mid fifties ...
Regeneration Of Swindon
... course it isn't right that people live hard, impoverished lives with poor medical facilities and unsafe water and food supplies and dilapidated surroundings; but neither is it right that the natural world and evidence of our history are sacrificed for short-term "luxury" at the expense of future generations.
I will return to this theme again as it is one of the reasons that travellors want and need to keep records by writing blogs. ...
Day 17
... were no men in the car.
I have since decided that after hearing my "strange" accent, they just took the **** and gave me the wrong directions. From here, I ended up in Swindon. Only about 40 miles from Bath but after 4.5 hours of driving I was in no mood to continue. At 2pm I headed for home. Or so I thought.
Heading towards London (as EVERY sign in England seems to say) I got to slough and then ...



