Jurys Inn Swindon
Fleming Way Swindon, Wiltshire, England, 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
1 January
First day of 2012! Wooot! Today consisted mostly of sleeping. The rest of the day was spent eating kfc and being stuck in a 2hr long traffic jam on the way back to Cirencester. New Years Eve was spent in a place called Bournemouth, 30mins from SouthHampton which is 90mins from Swindon. The journey there was delayed by a ridiculously long exit line out of the Alda ...
Jetlag Recovery in the Costwolds
At 6.30am on 20th December, London time, I arrived at Heathrow airport. At 8 am I was finally through the customs queue and out the door into the very fresh London air. From here it was a 2 hour drive to Cirencester in the Cotswolds which is so beautiful with tiny roads taken up by horses and little stone houses and a big stone church, and my favourite – a big tesco ...
The simple life - lessons from Methoni
... huge houses, is not difficult in a sunny country. In less favourable climates we can go some way towards it by using our space well, improving insulation and maximising daylight by design; thereby helping to conserve our planet's resources and probably our personal resources too.
More details about simple lifestyles at: www.trigonogroves.com/thelifestyle.html
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A week in the sunshine
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From there we visited Wallingford, medival town with much history to be had, but signficant place to us as while we left the van in the car park for a look round someone made a big dent in the wing and bumper of the van and disappeared without a trace (arrrgh!)
Wallingford village is on the Thames, so we took advantage of the good weather and spent a day ...



