ENGLISH COUNTIES-(WILTSHIRE)- A WHISTLE STOP TOUR

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cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa	quotePosted at 22:45 on 1st September 2010 Who haunts Room 4???? I'll be sure not to book it, lol!! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK	quotePosted at 22:46 on 1st September 2010 OK.teabreak over and time to hit the road again, as we travel along we pass the Fovant Badges, carved into the hillside during WW1. Picture by Luc Dejonghe The road now takes us through Wilton and into Salisbury with its magnificent cathedral with it's 404ft high spire which was built starting in 1220. Salisbury has five rivers to mess about on loads of shopping and museums and when I was last there even the "Batmobile". Picture by Belinda Neasham Picture by Stephen Picture by Ruth Gregory Onwards and upwards and just north of Salisbury is Old Sarum, first built around 500BC and later occupied by Romans,Saxsons and Normans. A lot of history to take in here. Picture by Jo Adams No introduction needed here-Stonehenge, just the question,is a stellar clock or alien landing pad? Picture by Robert St.George We now cross Salisbury Plain, an Army training ground on a huge scale but with vistas all around Picture by Steve Lacey Now onto a real gem-Crofton Beam Engines. Built to maintain water levels in the Kennett and Avon canal these two steam driven beam engines have worked insitu for a very long time. Now restored they still pump on steaming days(chack in advance) otherwise the job is done by modern motors. Trains on the London to Bristol line thunder past between the canal and the pumping station. Picture by Jim Thorne Picture by Jim Thorne Back to the road again and onto Marlborough a market town with a famous college that was built in 1843 Picture by Paul Hilton The town itself grew up around an 11th century castle. Our road will now take us onto Swindon, this is a town that grew up with the railway and many buildings and homes purpose built. There is a museum to visit for railway buffs. Picture by Paul Bainbridge Back now into the depths of history to a stone circle bigger than Stonehenge, we are now at Avebury. A very spiritual place with reports of hauntings in the Pub,or is that the spirits? Picture by vera howarth Picture by Carla Watson Do not miss out another historic spot here and that is Silbury Hill Picture by Paul Hilton The next stop is Devizes , a small market town with it's roots right back in the bronze age. A major feture of the town is the Kennett and Avon canal passing through and just outside the famous Caen Hill flight of locks. Picture by Penelope Williamson Picture by Robert white A day out for our boating members don't you think Patrick? The next town to see is Chippenham, another market town originally built as a river crossing over the Avon. Used by the Romans as well as reputedly also having a hunting lodge for Alfred the Great here. The town continued to grow with the GWR railway passing through. Picture by Cathy Longley Our journey is now coming to the end and we arrive at Castle Combe. We find here a motor racing circuit but more famously a village often quoted as Britains prettiest village. What a place to switch off our engine and soak up a Picture Of England!! Picture by Bill Swan My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa	quotePosted at 22:51 on 1st September 2010 Well done Vince, lots of stunning places and fascinating information. Great Tour! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 23:15 on 1st September 2010 Castle Coombe does look very similar to where Dr Dolittle lived.But, after visiting Wilton, we can also see a second Wilton in Wiltshire and atop the hill, it's working windmill. Picture by David Thomas My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 23:22 on 1st September 2010 And if Wiltshire is noted for some of it's ghostly goings on, it also has its' own ghost village of Imber in the middle of Salisbury Plain; open but a few days each year for church services, after the military moved the villagers out during WW2, and little now remains of the original village once there, replaced with training buildings and such like. Picture by Paul Hilton My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 23:39 on 1st September 2010 After going east from Marlborough---or as the locals pronounce it, Mulburrrrrr----we go through Savernake Forest which was once under the custodianship of John Seymour and his family; land landowners in Wiltshire and where Henry VIII would visit to go hunting with the Seymours----and noticed Jane Seymour who he would later marry. John Seymour's tomb is in the church at nearby Great Bedwyn. Picture by Jim Thorne My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa	quotePosted at 05:34 on 2nd September 2010 Thank you very much Vince and Paul for a stunning tour of Wiltshire. And as I thought you were able to add so much more information than I could have done because you have knowledge of the places and their stories. Great job guys. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
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