>There's something comforting about them...<

I feel that way about the Downs from Wroughton to the Vale of Pewsey (including the Avebury area of course). It was my playground as a kid and it always felt safe and enfolding. It actually wasn't until a few years ago that I made the connection - that landscape, with its soft curves and flowing lines, is very feminine, very sensuous -a landscape that is at once alluring and protective... or perhaps I really have lost my marbles :-)