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My home ground this evening - Tony Robinson starts at Avebury - making reference to the other T Robinson who was responsible for smashing many of the stones - as well as Stukeley and Keiller. He takes his life in his hands to cross a dual carriageway on the edge of Swindon to visit Richard Jefferies's home at Coate (now a museum) - then onwards. Stopping at Barbury Castle, Wayland's Smithy, Uffington White Horse ending in a pill box at Goring. Nothing we don't already know but a gentle hour's viewing. Tony Robinson addressing the lay person rather than archaeology enthusiast in an almost disingenuous manner.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/britains-ancient-tracks-with-tony-robinson

It's the 2nd viewing of this series for me. It beats the usual "travelog" into a cocked hat, IMHO. It reveals Tony's constant urge to connect with our heritage, which can't be wrong.

Really enjoying this series, as you say, it's all fer the laymen, but it's all shot in a lovely fashion, and it's nice to hear the kids repeating (quite often) where we've visited over the years, and recounting the daft things we got up to whilst out and about, and long forgotten (well I thought so) arguments getting re-aired and laughed at. I've a lot of Time (team..phnar phnar) fer ole' Tony R, as stated above, he does a lot to keep our heritage in the public eye. Plus, it's less 'geography' lesson than Coast, which I did enjoy, but felt it was a bit meh! at times. Looking forward to next weeks already :)