Silbury Hill etc

On the way to Silbury Hill we stopped at Avebury Trusloe to see the house where J’s mum lived during the war.

Farm house

We had a look at 4000-year-old Silbury Hill.

Silbury Hill

It was surrounded with water, with ducks swimming. We were going to walk around the hill to West Kennet Long Barrow but the track was flooded, so we drove down the road a bit and parked in the layby and walked up to the barrow.

Water

It was a bit wet in places, because it’s been raining since Christmas.

West Kennet Long Barrow

It’s a Neolithic burial chamber, nearly 6000 years old.

In the barrow
Hillock
Hillock

We stayed in the Duke Hotel, Hilmarton. Very nice.