Avebury forum 222 room
Image by Littlestone
Avebury

Bill Bryson in Avebury

close
more_vert
Sanctuary S
Sanctuary Oct 28, 2015 07:52:31
Replying to moss

moss wrote:
Kicking up a fuss;) Well founded criticism, or is Bryson highlighting his new book? And a small niggle, he must have seen stones if he parked in the car park, all he had to do was open a few gates.... think I'm on the side of the National Trust....


"Within minutes of arriving, I had paid out £7 for parking, £10 for a ticket to the manor house and garden and £4.90 for the small museum, and I still couldn't find my way around the stones, so I went into the gift shop and bought a big handsome map for £9.99, which meant that I had spent £31.89 at Avebury without even having had a cup of tea. So I went and had a cup of tea (£2.50) and studied my map. Then, feeling ever so slightly grumpy, I went and wandered among the stones and everything was suddenly fine, for Avebury is both awesome and entrancing," he added.


Read more: http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/National-Trust-fleece-visitors-cheesiest-Avebury/story-27998831-detail/story.html#ixzz3opCFkByL
Follow us: @WesternDaily on Twitter | WesternDaily on Facebook

Can't say I've ever met anybody that went to the Manor house and garden, Museum, Gift shop and had a cuppa before visiting the stones, let alone even seeing one. What an idiot if he thinks anyone is going to believe that claptrap!
Attention seeking for sure.

M moss
moss Oct 28, 2015 09:03:08
Replying to Sanctuary

Sanctuary wrote:
Can't say I've ever met anybody that went to the Manor house and garden, Museum, Gift shop and had a cuppa before visiting the stones, let alone even seeing one. What an idiot if he thinks anyone is going to believe that claptrap!
Attention seeking for sure.
Well I suppose he highlights the problem that many of us face, and that is having money in one's pocket to do all that! And yes, it was all about publicising his book. Years ago I read 'Notes from a small country' and it was funny, the American view of us British.
The thread that states we get charged too much upfront for most of EH/NT entry fees is probably the most interesting theme he brings up, but he is definitely middle class and able to afford it.
Funnily enough I think we need more satire in the land of stones ;)