Bump :-)

Just to confirm that a few folks from here, the Stones List and the Megalithic Portal are getting together for an informal picnic at Avebury from around noon on Saturday, 5 August. This is a totally informal gathering of like-minded souls so just turn up and join in (or not join in) as the whim takes you. If you want to sound off for 5 minutes or so on your favourite stony subject I'm sure no-one will mind too much.

We thought the best place for the picnic would be in the north-east sector of the Avebury circle, a little east from the two stones that form the Cove, and roughly within the red circle that you'll find at -

http://uk8.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=410250&Y=170000&width=700&height=400&gride=410315.652321189&gridn=170065.413757362&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&pc=&zm=1&scale=10000

For those who don't know Avebury, the Cove is close to the Red Lion Pub (to which we can retreat if the weather turns bad ;-) and about ten minutes from the National Trust vegetarian restaurant, museums and shop. There are a few B&B's in and around Avebury for anyone planning to stay overnight, or there's the campsite at the Barge Inn, Honey Street, Alton Barnes, which is a drive of about twenty minutes from Avebury.

If anyone has more information on local B&Bs, campsites, pubs, restaurants and other interesting places to visit in the area please feel free to post it here.

On the same day you can go up in a hot air balloon at Stonehenge and take your own aerial pictures. However, that's for anoraks and geeks so numbers at Avebury will be little affected. ;)