Who knew that there was another circle of stones near Stonehenge?  Well there is, and it’s 7 times larger and 600 years older than Stonehenge.  After we visited Stonehenge we drove about 25 miles to the village of Avebury.  It is a small village, encircled by a huge ancient stone circle.  These stones were brought here and erected about 3600bc and it’s as mysterious as Stonehenge.  Many of the stones were destroyed during the Middle Ages because the saw them as pagan symbols and therefore heretical.  They have erected concrete markers where the missing stones should be.  This place has a much different feel than Stonehenge.  Sheep and goats graze, people picnic, and white witches and neo-Druids pay homage to the moon amongst the stones.  No ropes, no guards, no admission charge,……..just go enjoy the beauty of the countryside as you ponder this mysterious

As we wandered around, we happened upon a group of……………I don’t know what the heck they were, getting ready to perform a ritual to celebrate the full (blue) moon.  I struck up a conversation with him (you know how I am), and he told me they come here and do this during every lunar cycle.  We moved along before the chanting and whatnot started.

At any rate, it was an interesting and lovely day to wander around in the English countryside.J