I'd read a book about unusual days out in Britain and the Avebury stone circles was one chapter of the book that sounded reasonably interesting.
We had to fly from London Gatwick to Marrakech, so we thought we might as well spend a day or so in the south of England, visiting places we had yet to visit.
So, off we went towards Salisbury and on the way we visited Avebury.
Avebury is a small town close to Bristol guess, in general terms, and it's main feature is a set of massive stones, similar to Stonehenge down the road, that have been placed in a circular design.
Interestingly, the town itself has been built pretty much around the stone circle.
Some of the stones are massive, so it is pretty amazing really.
We have no real idea why they were placed there, but it's definitely an interesting experience.
Following Avebury, we visited Salisbury, famous for its brilliant Cathedral.
The Cathedral actually houses one of the versions of the Magna Carta but unfortunately, when we visited, this section was not due to open for a few hours, so we decided instead to wander through the fabulous Cathedral and then have a slow meander through the city of Salisbury.
We've seen our fair share of Cathedrals in our travels, with some of the better ones being in Italy and France, not to mention Durham's brilliant Cathedral.
Salisbury's Cathedral has the highest spire in Britain but the best part of the Salisbury Cathedral is the interior.
It's a beautiful Cathedral with delicate colours and designs, along with a very stylish design.
We were very impressed and whilst we spent a good amount of time there, we intend to revisit at a later time, hopefully to also see the Magna Carta.
So, after Salisbury, we drove up the road a short distance to Stonehenge.
Stonehenge is a worldwide attraction and we were never really that bothered about it. However, the reality is that, despite the rain and reasonably low temperatures, it was actually pretty good.
It's difficult to even contemplate how the people who built Stonehenge, thousands of years ago, managed to place the horizontal stones on top of massive vertical stones.
Plus, they even installed a type of lego joining section on these stones to hold them in place.
Not only that, apparently the stones are from West Wales, which is bloody miles away.
Amazing! Truly!
We even joined up with the English Heritage to make some day trips around the country at later times!
And onwards to Winchester for a very brief visit.
This is a small city, but quite picturesque.
Winchester also houses a Cathedral, but we decided not to go in, and instead have a wander around the town.
Quite a decent place in Hampshire.
Overall, we enjoyed travelling through Southern England and visiting some of the spectatcular attractions of the area.
