Bath, Bristol and Boulders

On Friday 20th we drove to Gloucester to visit my Mums Brother and his family. They live in an old Cotswold cottage with thick, thick walls. Part of their house is over 400 years old.
The next day we went to the city of Bath, which gets it's name and fame from it's hot springs which are the only ones in the whole of Britian. The baths in Bath were created by the Romans with technology that is amazing for its time. In the evening we drove to Bristol to see mums cousin and walked across the famous Clifton suspension bridge, designed by Isambard Brunel and opened in 1864.
After Bristol we spent the next day visiting ancient stone circles. We saw the stone circles in Avebury
then went on to Stone Henge. Stone Henge is a world heritage site. Parts of it are over 5000 years old. The smaller stones in the centre (called the blue stones) were dragged 300 miles from wales and the enormous outer stone circle trilithons (two upright stones with another stone lintel across the top) were dragged 50 miles before they were put in place. The amazing thing is this was all done before there were proper roads or machinery to help. No one knows for sure what the stone circles were for. Stone Henge acts like a big sun dial but could have been a place of worship, sacrifice or palace.
Two miles down the road from Stone Henge is Wood Henge. It is a bronze age wood circle from 2000BC. In the centre of Wood Henge they found the ancient remains of a 3 year old child who had been sacrificed.

 With my brother Ivan and cousin Hebe at her house. The part of the house where the door is is 400 years old

 With my family at the Roman baths in Bath

 The Roman Baths on our mobile phones....not really we are listening to the recorded commentary about the baths.

 The Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol built 1864

 Climbing on the Avebury stones with the help of Ivan. We soon found out we weren't supposed to be on them!

 Stone Henge      (It's not a cell phone Dad!)

 Human Henge!

 Wood Henge. The wood has rotted away and been replaced with concrete markers.

 Grave at centre of Wood Henge