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| Cherhill White Horse |
Went alone this year, the weather forecast put off my companion of the last few years, and we'd even scailed things down from cycling 25 miles there and back in a day to half the distance, to driving last year so I head out and got to Cherill in well under an hour. Not far to go to a secretive little turn off the A4 to park up a comfortable walking distance from Avebury without all the hassle of getting into the National Trust Car Park, and a nice place to go back to, to try and get some kip.
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| The rolling hills of Wiltshire |
Walked into Avebury as usual, past the quaint cottages, many thatched little beauties. Decided to head straight to Silbury Hill before losing the light, or the predicted weather came in.
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| Only noticed (or had forgotten) that the church in Avebury is called St James of ;) (patron and destination of a certain pilgrimage that I go on about a lot anyone?) |
Got to Silbury and resisted the temptation to use the path walked into the meadow, straight up onto it.
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| Aha Silbury Hill I see you peeking ;) |
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| Got an U.O. on the horizon and I stopped caring about them yonks ago |
Headed back and ran into two friends from past adventures. Lovely to see you both and check out your beast of a truck. Thanks for the beer, no thanks one will do me, I don't drink much anymore. Safe journey to the henge guys! :)
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| Ah The Red Lion, SORTED! (Lemon and Thyme chicken breast with new potatoes and dressed salad garnish yum) |
Settled in at the RED Lion, only to see three aquaintances from the Bristol massive! Awesome to see some friendly faces, I hope you enjoyed the summer solstice at Avebury, it's a bit different to the winter one.
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| Where the rain shy, and others hang out |
Walked back to the car a few times, to get squash and try to sleep the first time, and to get squash and bring it back to the campsite the next time, lots of walking around here and there, lots of running down and into the ditches and back up again, with that friendly dog, chasing a stick, hanging out with a lot of interesting characters. Met some awesome people, I hope to see you guys again sometime. Buckle get on my Facebook and set me up with info about that cool job of yours please :) And Pip was amazing to meet someone like you ;) and talk so openly about so many things. Seems to be a habit, people opening up to me, and opening up to people, nice change...
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| Torrential rain brought out frogs, toads, slugs and snails in the lots and lots |
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| Druid guy talks about the end of time (in December) |
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Stood waiting for the sun to rise and shine, waited a lot longer than 5:00am for the shining part ;)
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| Oh so what are the white flowers growing on the barrow hill? |
Took a stroll back past Silbury Hill and up onto the hill to visit West Kennet Long Barrow, so Silbury is the largest prehistoric human made monument in Europe (others may soon be recognised that are far larger ;) The Barrow is quite acoustically fine when drummers are drumming and others add their voices, all I had was a loud woman talking so all could hear about her drum getting wet and a snoring guy, but was good to revisit.
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| Oxeye Daisies by the many |
Honestly say the best solstice for years if not of them all, the people I met, the turn of events, magical little happenings, the timing of things, from the rain when everyone was just shattered and getting wet under the trees where we sheltered by the stones once it really came down, everyone virtually ran for it...
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| Discovered Hi Vis Spider |
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| There ya go, back to nature? |
The feeling of the place is extraordinary, it feels vaguely of coming home, having been to Avebury every year for the Summer Solstice since 2005, except trip to The Henge of Stone in '06... The little thoughts as you get close, the little things remembered from the other journeys, walking the last mile or so, meeting so many new and interesting people and running into a guy who came to the free party on the Badminton estate in April randomly, so all in all met lots of folks I'd met before, including a guy last seen at a Tribe of Frog but originall met at Cosmo last year, and someone new in particular that made my week day far less boring.
The buzz wasn't just from the Honey Mead, meditation in this place, the calming effect of the natural beauty of the surrounding area, all other thoughts just aren't important for the time you spend there, sending out and breathing in a loving atmosphere, or peace (at times) and joy.
Light &
Love
Jon
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