Saturday, 29 March 2008
Bainbridge, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire
This is where the Bain, the shortest river in Britain at about 2 miles in lenght meets the Ure.
Catrigg Force, near Settle, North Yorkshire
Catrigg Force, waterfall near Settle was a favourite spot of the composer Elgar.
Quarry Wood near Crookham Dean,Berkshire
Quarry Wood is connected with Jerome K. Jerome's three men in a boat and Kenneth Grahame's Wind In the willows
Sunday, 23 March 2008
West Kennet Long Barrow,Avebury,Wiltshire,England
West Kennet Long Barrow,England's largest chambered tomb is over 4,000 years old and was used as a tomb for about 1,000 years.
Silbury hill,Avebury,Wiltshire,England
Silbury Hill near Avebury, is the largest man-made prehistoric mound in Europe,and is 130 feet high.
Fyfield Down,near Marlborough,Wiltshire,England
Fyfield Diown, noth of marlborough is where it is believed that the sarsen stones for Stonehenge were quarried.
Monday, 10 March 2008
Charterhouse, Somerset, England
Here the Romans mined lead 2,000 years ago.,some of which was used in pompeii.
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