Manky Monkey Motors

24 miles from Stonehenge, to the West of Marlborough, in the ancient kingdom of Wessex

http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/placestovisit/avebury/avebury.htm

It is a great place to visit, nice pub with good food, but who is the weird person standing by the stone ;D

Hello you! Yeah, you do get some odd characters turning up there for a bit of stone hugging don't you.
You looked great, as always.  :-*

smooth  :P

Beneath this snuggly exterior is a suave charmer trying to find the way out. :-*

bet you say that to all the women you meet :P

Only the loopy stone huggers. Piccie of you hasn't been posted yet has it? Yodie's got a dozen bike shots from our trip on Sunday to post but I think he's fast asleep by now.

its been posted :o

Posted where? Not in Rally/show piccies on MY 'puter. Yoda thinks my adzapper programme is stopping some stuff appearing, but I don't know how to disable it!

think its on the front page

Ah, logged on again this morning & the Avebury piccies were there. Where have they been overnight then? I really ought to learn how to use a computer!  ???

click on the refresh button in internet explorer every now and then if you cant see something

Yoda

Yeah. Switched my AdZapper programme off today too . Maybe that'll help.

Been to Avebury several times, and on the way down we used to stop at the Uffington White Horse.

(http://www.silverenchantments.com/images/AnimatedGIFs/white_horse_uffington.jpg)

Uffington. That's a name from the past. Used to fly kites there as a kid, & rode my first bikes there with my mates in my teens. Haven't been up that way for years. The whole Ridgeway trail is great for blowing the cobwebs out of your head. Some nice views & interesting little local historic spots tucked away here & there. Nick Knowles did a series on BBC South called Ridge Riders, taking celebrity bikers along parts of the trail & showing them places of interest. Don't know if it's out on video or DVD but worth a look if you spot it in the bargain bin.

Nice area that.

About an hour's run from us here in downtown Basingstoke. A nice spot on a sunny Sunday lunchtime.

I'm off down to avebury and uffington again on Saturday, I'll take some pics ;) ;D

Uffington -windiest hilltop in the World. Yup, piccies please mate.

The stone circle doesn't do a lot for me but the Avenue certainly had an odd effect when I went there - I felt a very strong urge to lie down in the avenue - I resisted cos it was rather damp at the time!  This pic was from another visit when I didn't actually walk among the stones so didn't feel anything, must try it again someday!

Yes we remember that programme, always watched it. It was really good. I met Nick Knowles once in Tunbridge Wells shopping centre as his Mum lives in our Town. He's very tall, but really nice, mmmmmmmmmmm :P :P and gave me his autograph ;D ;D
The Avebury circle is a  very  powerful place, when we visited although it was very quiet and no-one else about you had the feeling you weren't alone.

Hi folks,
Used to work at Marlborough as a postman (High Street delivery)

On midsummer morning (night, we used to Start at 4am) one of the lads nearly put his car up the bank.
There were dozens of naked girls dancing round the stones.
We had to sit him down. He was all " Afroth !"

Hi there Gary and welcome.
Glad to see you have found the forum. Would you like me to change your forum name. If so then PM me what name you require and I will do it for you. Looking forward to reading about your trike on here when you get going.

Hiya Tazet (and the rest of the faithful...!)
Many thanks for the welcome.
Yup, I'm raring to lob the phoenix egg into the fire.
I've designed my own house, in Thailand.
The trike is just as exciting (and alot effing cheaper)
The trike is the melting pot of many different motoring traits, all fused together.
It will be with you in a couple of months.

when i was on holiday last summer i went for a day out with the family to durdle dor,on the way back we saw one of them white horses,bloody amazing .we also saw an old steam train going along the coast beutifull,we also went to monkey world,great there int it.

Coo! Durdle Dor.  ;D
Fond memories of riding there with a bunch of mates from Basingstoke back in the late 70s, early 80s. One of those weekends when we didn't have a care in the World, the sun was blazing, the jokey banter flowed as much as the beer & even the inevitable breakdowns couldn't dampen our spirits.
Aah, the impetuousness of youth.  ;D

Funny but in 34 years of living in Dorset I don't think I've been ther more than once, and that was when I first came here!

i wish i could live in dorset,beutifull place .we stayed on a campsite called freshwater beach just near west bay

It takes some beating Tony!

Moved to Dorset 40 years ago and have no intention of ever living anywhere else!

I hope to get down to the Great Dorset Steam Rally again this year.  3rd year running.  First time came down on my Virago 535 and we had a 'run out' with some of Sid's sons army buddies.  Just passed through Avebury and never got a chance to stop, but it looks awesome.  Unfourtunatly we were in a camper unit last year and it was too much bother takin it back of the site once we had settled in.

Hope to go down in cars this year and camp, if we do I fully intend to back to Avebury to have a walk around.  Supposed to be a great biker friendly pub there.  We passed it and it was full of bikes.

Went to Stone Hendge and was'nt reallt that impressed. :P

There was a hill fort that I fancy going back to see as well, think it was on the A30.  That was when we were heading towards the M5 to get to Barnstable.  Some awesome views from the A30 down towards the South coast, but did'ny stop ::) :'( :'( :'(

i've just booked a hotel for the v-day weekend near stonehenge. we're gonna go up to avebury and look at the rocks :)

i've not been since i was a kid... i assume they're still there? ;)

although i heard that you can't go up and touch the stonehenge ones anymore??

Check our visitors guide to Avebury on the main site

Favourite places to visit (http://mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/visit.htm)

I've never actually been to Stonehenge but been past it hundreds of times. Personally I think Avebury has much more atmosphere &, yes, you can climb all over the stones there, whereas Henge is fenced off these days.
If anyone has a favourite place they'd like to recommend, write us a review & we'll add it to the site.

we go to avebury every year when we are at a rally that way - makes for a nice ride out before the drinking ensues, and there is a nice greasy spoon near by, with a lovely girl thats worked there for that last few years who has a huge pair of personalities  ;D

Were's the greasey spoon Sumo as I'm planning a small ride out at work to have lunch at 'The Red Lion' but it has been given some really bad reviews of late, so I may need an allternative. I will be doing a dummy run soon to find out if things have improved or we may use your info. Many thanks m8 ;)

can remember without being there but general direction is turn right out of avebury down the hill and where it picks up the main road there are a few roundabouts. on one of them is a pretty big cafe on the left - not a great deal of help i know but i tried.... its easy when riding, i may well have missed out a few turns haha. ill ask if any of my mates actually know the name of the place

Many thanks for that Sumo.

I'll take a look and follow your directions to the letter ;). Might be nice to get very lost in that part of the world. :D

i seem to remember quite a long gently curving road that goes up and down quite a bit also... but then again that might be in an entirely different part of the country haha

have sent out messages to friends saying "anyone remember that cafe with the lass with the big tits"  they will all know the one i mean  ;D

The Red Lion was always a great place to eat. Huge portions, (like the lass in the cafe), & good quality too. It does get very busy at weekends though. Very popular with the biking fraternity, (like the lass in the cafe).

oh and by the way - i organise a bike run each year - i promise better directions for that one though haha

the cafes easy to find just follow the signs to devizes from avebury about five miles up the road does a good allday brekkie aswell as stunning views of OUTSTANDING natural beauty! :o ::) ;D

just so you know - ignore the long curving rode bit - been looking at a map to try remember and that is up at the rollright stones miles away...  [ http://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/ ] and none of my friends remember the name of the cafe

Never been to the cafe but I've been to the Rollright Stones!

this is the one i thought you meant ;)
http://maps.yell.com/client/yell/?&nat_id=5565169&businessType=CAFES+%26+COFFEE+SHOPS&qs=SN11+

Me and the missus have a ride up there once a month...so I might bump into some of you at sometime...cant miss me I am the miserable looking Bald git with a walking stick and a wife nearly half my age woohoo lol....Dave...
Oh and just incase you are not sure if its me or not (as 90% of bikers are bald, & possibly miserable after a 40 mile ride on a hardtail) I got my name on my cut off lol....Voodoo....

 ;D Taz & I were in the Red Lion only last week.

this red lion?

http://www.pub-explorer.com/wiltshire/pub/redlionavebury.htm

Aye, that be the one -it wasn't covered in snow when we were there though.

Give me a shout when any of you lot are nipping in there and we might have a ride over and say hi...Voodoo...

Mr & Mrs Brock & I visited Avebury only a couple of weeks ago. The Brocks live just up the road in Marlborough but it's a 2 hour drive for me.

We are seriously thinking of visiting lunch time one day next week. will be in car as trikeless at the moment, saying that...im off out into workshop to get some work done on the gs850.

Voodoo...PM me for my number and maybe meet up for lunch.
Cheers
 :)