{"id":3843,"date":"2008-06-16T05:05:19","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T13:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willdoherty.org\/wordpress\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2008-06-16T05:05:19","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T13:05:19","slug":"silbury-hill-avebury-and-west-kennet-long-barrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stardustdoherty.org\/?p=3843","title":{"rendered":"Silbury Hill, Avebury, and West Kennet Long Barrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written June 21, 2008, on train from Manchester, England, to Holyhead, Wales, for ferry to Dublin, Ireland<\/em><\/p>\n

On the way to Avebury, we stopped at Silbury Hill, a grassy mound which is apparently the largest prehistoric mound constructed by people living in Europe.<\/p>\n

At Avebury, the two women and I enjoyed a walk around the stones, those at Avebury far more deteriorated than those at Stonehenge. We visited the gift shop where we chatted with the friendly Irish proprietor.<\/p>\n

They went on their merry way to Bath and I explored Avebury in more detail, skipping the museums, and meeting a delightful woman over lunch.<\/p>\n

At her recommendation, I hiked through gated fields to the West Kennet Long Barrow, with its several subterranean chambers.<\/p>\n

After the hike back, I caught the bus to Amesbury and chatted politics with an Australian fellow until the driver let me off just across the street from the B&B. I freshened up a bit, then decided to go out for another walk to see King’s Long? Barrows and Woodhenge.<\/p>\n

On the way down the road to the trail gate, I ran into a cute French hitchhiker named Gr\u00e9goire. After chatting a bit about the best place for him to camp if he didn’t get a ride, I asked if he wanted to join me on my hike. We settled mostly on conversation in French and he decided to go on the hike with me.<\/p>\n

We checked out the barrows first, then after a couple of false starts, went to Woodhenge.<\/p>\n

As we returned to the B&B, I agreed to fill up his water bottle, then invited to pay part of his meal if he’d join me at a pub in a hotel in town. I enjoyed getting to know him better over a cider and lasagna, then we walked back to the B&B where I had stashed his backpack and sent him off to go camping in the wild blue yonder. We agreed we’d try to meet again, possibly in Dublin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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