Any pleasant towns within 2-3 hrs of LHR
Sep 17, 2017, 12:05 pm
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Sep 17, 2017, 12:24 pm
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I stayed here and found it very pleasant.
http://www.leightontownhouse.co.uk/
http://www.leightontownhouse.co.uk/
Sep 17, 2017, 12:32 pm
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Sep 17, 2017, 12:32 pm
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this looks awesome.....
I stayed here and found it very pleasant.
http://www.leightontownhouse.co.uk/
http://www.leightontownhouse.co.uk/
we may poke around and change our current plan
Sep 18, 2017, 7:58 am
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Avebury has a fine pub in the center to eat at, or stay overnight (I have only eaten there). One can of course picnic among the stones, but in November, that will be ... an interesting cultural experience for a Californian. I suggest you eat at the pub.
One of the trees by the central stones can be extremely lively; it's a rookery, the degree of squabbling over the roosting there is most amusing.
If you do want to use public transport, you can take train to Swindon then bus to Avebury.
Meanwhile in Bath, the Hilton followed by the Royal Crescent seems entirely sensible. I still recommend having a go in the Thermae Baths.
If you want to walkabout, on a fine day, you can get a very good view of the city from the top of the hill with Brown's Folly on it: take the bus number 3 to the end of the line in Bathford, then walk up Dovers Lane (look at the google map) and keep walking up the hill at the end of the lane across the field and into the woods, then follow the paths in the woods up and bearing gently right until you get to Brown's Folly. It will certainly help you walk off the Sally Lunn Bun the day before, it's a steep hill :-) Or, get a car and drive up to Farleigh Rise towards Monkton Farleigh and walk from there, it's fairly flat on top of the hill.
One of the trees by the central stones can be extremely lively; it's a rookery, the degree of squabbling over the roosting there is most amusing.
If you do want to use public transport, you can take train to Swindon then bus to Avebury.
Meanwhile in Bath, the Hilton followed by the Royal Crescent seems entirely sensible. I still recommend having a go in the Thermae Baths.
If you want to walkabout, on a fine day, you can get a very good view of the city from the top of the hill with Brown's Folly on it: take the bus number 3 to the end of the line in Bathford, then walk up Dovers Lane (look at the google map) and keep walking up the hill at the end of the lane across the field and into the woods, then follow the paths in the woods up and bearing gently right until you get to Brown's Folly. It will certainly help you walk off the Sally Lunn Bun the day before, it's a steep hill :-) Or, get a car and drive up to Farleigh Rise towards Monkton Farleigh and walk from there, it's fairly flat on top of the hill.
Last edited by flatlander; Sep 18, 2017 at 8:15 am Reason: add pub accommodation
Sep 21, 2017, 6:53 pm
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If you have means of travel from Bath, November sees the night time Somerset Carnivals. The internet will give you the details and videos of what it sounds and looks like. Various towns starting 4 November. It can get crowded with up to 150,000 people a night.
Sep 22, 2017, 11:09 pm
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This would be my nightmare!