Wednesday 24th to Thursday 25th July 2024
We had booked a stay overnight at the Bell Inn, Wylye, a small picturesque village about 7 miles from Stonehenge and made our way there via the Langford Lakes Nature Reserve, run by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.
Langford Lakes Nature Reserve:
We enjoyed a nice walk around the nature reserve. It was fairly quiet, but there were some birds;
Wylye:
We discovered Wylye to be a beautiful little village and enjoyed our wander around.
One of the street names drew a smile:
As I said above, we stayed in the car park of The Bell Inn, which provided a free park-up in return for our being a customer. There were actually three motorhomes staying over.
I am sure it is no coincidence that many pubs are right next to a church, providing a swift drink on the way home after the service. As well as providing an extensive menu and good food, the pub is also a micro-brewery
Stonehenge:
We chose to visit Stonehenge on our way further south on Thursday morning, in the hope it might be a little quieter. Perhaps it was quieter than usual, but it was still very busy. Fortunately, you can take reasonably clean photographs of the stones without crowds of people, as the path you take tends to hide them:
…but you do inevitably get lots of people on some images:
Surrounding Stonehenge, there are many burial mounds, all within sight of the henge:
"See-u-Later" 