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Title: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: Manky Monkey on March 26, 2007, 01:17:06 PM
Young Tazet & I took a drive out to Avebury in Wiltshire yesterday.
More info here if you've never heard of it:

http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/visit.htm

A bright & breezy Spring morning -just right for a stroll among the standing stones to blow the Winter cobwebs away. Lots of sight-seers there, mainly families, but also a VW camper full of middle aged hippes, who insisted on walking around the circles, earnestly discussing leylines & cosmic energy & touching every stone. As we left they were sat around one of the meridian stones, holding hands & no doubt being very mystical & deep. Wonder if they knew half the stones were uprooted & moved by the local landowner less than 100 years ago.
A nice place though. Very tranquil. Well, apart from the 30 or so members of the Great Western Harley Owners Group who were also there. We enjoyed a huge lunch in the local hostelry then another quick jaunt to walk it off a bit, before heading home, stopping off in Marlborough on the way to visit my big bro, Brock. Not sure which impresses me most -his Black Pig chevy engined drag car, the new car he's building, or the huge ex library van he's customising to transport them in.
A very pleasant day out.


Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: Manky Monkey on March 26, 2007, 01:18:42 PM
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Post by: Manky Monkey on March 26, 2007, 01:21:48 PM
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Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: Manky Monkey on March 26, 2007, 01:23:23 PM
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Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: Manky Monkey on March 26, 2007, 01:24:18 PM
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Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: Manky Monkey on March 26, 2007, 01:26:01 PM
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Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: Manky Monkey on March 26, 2007, 01:26:55 PM
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Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: tazet on March 26, 2007, 01:29:57 PM
haha not brave enough to put the picture of you on here then  :-*  ;D


Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: Manky Monkey on March 26, 2007, 01:42:19 PM
Nope. Oh, alright then.
Some of us were born with the photogenic gene & some weren't. I wasn't one of the lucky ones so I prefer to hide behind the camera.
I'm very cute though.


Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: tazet on March 26, 2007, 01:44:59 PM
don't be daft babe, and yes very cute  ;D :-*


Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: rainbow on March 26, 2007, 03:48:48 PM
Its a lovely place.  Been there a few times myself ;D    Great roads for motorbikes.

Food from the pub is great

Not been for a year or too though ;D 


Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: BikerGran on March 26, 2007, 05:07:27 PM
My favourite place there is the stone avenue on one of the roads out of the village.  The stone circle doesn't do a thing for me but standing in the avenue I really could feel something - yep, even cynical old me!



Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: tazet on March 27, 2007, 06:25:15 AM
We didn't do the avenue but maybe next time  ;D
Is that your bike in the picture before she was triked ?


Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: Manky Monkey on March 27, 2007, 11:40:07 AM
Anyone notice the smiley face on the stone behind Tazet in this pic?


Title: Re: Sunday lunch at Avebury.
Post by: BikerGran on March 27, 2007, 11:47:47 AM
Is that your bike in the picture before she was triked ?

Yep that's Gertie.   Same day, just round a couple corners - Silbury Hill...