The Eve of the Autmn Equinox
Friday 22nd September 2023
Took the train to Swindon then a bus to somewhere near Avebury in plenty of time to have a long walk around the surrounding area, taking in Windmill Hill, West Kennet Avenue, Silbury Hill, Swallowhead Springs and West Kennet Long Barrow before finding a place to make dinner and hunker down for the night.
Avebury Autumn Equinox 2023
John's Pictures

12:16:55
Inspecting the weather prospects from the train on the way to Swindon.

12:29:40

12:34:53

16:07:10
One of those knitted post box toppers in Avebury.

16:21:16
West Kennet Avenue.

16:21:20

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16:23:38
Look a rainbow!

16:23:52
Maybe slightly easier to see here.

16:24:07
Me, the rainbow, and one of the stones of the West Kennet Avenue.

16:24:09

16:25:39
Lovely skies now.

16:25:45

16:37:10
Falkner’s Circle - only really one stone of it remaining now.

16:37:48

16:51:28
Slibury Hill looking other worldly as usual.

16:52:33

16:52:38

17:04:26
Me and Silbury Hill.

17:04:45

17:16:52
Swallowhead Springs looking very dried up!

17:17:02

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17:28:50

18:16:52
Possibly somewhere near the Ridgeway.

18:16:57

18:30:22
Sun starting to set now.

18:31:23

18:48:41
Lovely skies.

18:48:45

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18:57:10

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18:57:23

20:42:30
Starry night - there’s the plough.

20:43:20
The moon.

21:00:22
Had a little fire for morale… abnd of course some Gevrey Chambertin.

21:00:33

21:10:54

22:07:50

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