Day 4
The day after the party. Time to relax and enjoy the English countryside!
We went into Goring on Thames and walked along the river with my cousin and goddaughter. This is the path down to the lock.
A barge on the river.
Later that afternoon we went to see the Uffington white horse and Wayland's Smithy, a neolithic site near by.
Here is a European black slug we found (Arion ater). It was huge!!
Wayland's Smithy a burial chamber dating back 5500 years! Legend has it that if you leave your horse and a silver coin Wayland, the Saxon god of metal working, will shoe your horse!
Mummy, sis and me by the tomb entrance
After we left Wayland's Smithy we hiked up to the Uffington white horse which dates back to 1000 BC! Some people think it is more of a dragon than a horse and that the valley below is the site where Saint George slew the dragon.
Check out this link for a view of the horse from the sky!
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/img_400/se_uffington_horse_01.jpg
Sunset over the fields!
We went into Goring on Thames and walked along the river with my cousin and goddaughter. This is the path down to the lock.
A barge on the river.
Later that afternoon we went to see the Uffington white horse and Wayland's Smithy, a neolithic site near by.
Here is a European black slug we found (Arion ater). It was huge!!
Wayland's Smithy a burial chamber dating back 5500 years! Legend has it that if you leave your horse and a silver coin Wayland, the Saxon god of metal working, will shoe your horse!
Mummy, sis and me by the tomb entrance
After we left Wayland's Smithy we hiked up to the Uffington white horse which dates back to 1000 BC! Some people think it is more of a dragon than a horse and that the valley below is the site where Saint George slew the dragon.
Check out this link for a view of the horse from the sky!
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/img_400/se_uffington_horse_01.jpg
Sunset over the fields!