Wednesday 19th June London to Dartmoor

Well I’m off again in a nice coach with eleven other travellers and Ken the driver, a friend of Trudy my last tour leader, and Tony who wears waistcoats and bow ties.

We left around nine and wove through the London Traffic and along the motorways to start with which are lined with trees, and sometimes woods, so very green, but a while before we saw any country side that had been hidden behind. 

We crossed Salisbury Plain and saw Stonehenge from afar, I was on the wrong side of the bus, but this was provided by Yvonne from Whanagamata





Salisbury plains, which looked more like rolling country to me is government owned and used for the army for training, there was a road sign - Tanks crossing - Apparently a lot of the tanks are in Poland. We were also told that there had been lots of training of Ukrainian soldiers. 

We stopped at Wells, originally we were supposed to visit the Cathedral, but that was not possible so we walked up to the cathedral which had a lovely green in front, where school children were playing sports.


Through an archway to a market, and to purchase some lunch, eaten seated on the lawn, before boarding on again and heading to Glastonbury, 






Visiting the ruins of the abbey was our compensation, I was really pleased as this was something to tick off my list that I wasn’t expecting. There is a plaque representing where Arthur and Guinevere were buried, could just be legend, or not.

It is really a massive Abbey and a lovely day to walk around the ruins, take some arty photos, and contemplate the serenity, watch some new wave people performing their rituals.






Visit to the garden as well.

A drive to Dartmoor, through some rather amazing lanes and some beautiful countryside

Just by magic we had some lovely Dartmoor ponies waiting to have their photos taken they are reasonably tame, but it is an offence to touch them, 



We stayed in Dartmoor, a place of outstanding natural beauty, at an Inn called Two Bridges Hotel, built in the 18th century, there is a history to it but I fell asleep reading about it,



After our dinner some of us went with the driver for a walk on the moor, which was a great opportunity as I had just been thinking it was a shame to be there and not go for a walk, Someone was obviously listening  this time!






Comments

  1. KerinJune 21, 2024 at 3:36 PM

    Ah England’s green & pleasant land. Glastonbury a real bonus.
    Stonehenge so touristy & completely lacking in atmosphere.
    The bedrooms on the Backroad tours seem just lovely & must enhance your enjoyment.
    Pity you missed Ascot though-ha.
    Loving the blog K

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  2. CarolJune 21, 2024 at 11:57 PM

    Loving all the photos and blogs Jayne! Can't believe it's been 6 weeks already! Have fun x C

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