Hadaway and shite

thepieman says on Jul 9, 2009, 14:14:

i would be surprised if any non brits would have heard of gateshead and any brits would think of going there for a holiday!
Ive never been to gateshead though, only heard of it in connection with athletics

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 9, 2009, 15:42:

vinod says on Jul 9, 2009, 16:17:

My dad told me he was always wet wherever he went in the UK.

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dwmte7 says on Jul 10, 2009, 03:01:

loid....are you familiar with the 'rollrights' they're much older than the stonehenge. not sure exactly where they are, i just read about them and some group of latter day 'druids' (i think) who have annual ceremonies there.

patriarch

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dwmte7 says on Jul 10, 2009, 09:47:

kalder.....what's up with the 'rollrights'? where are they?

patriarch

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thepieman says on Jul 10, 2009, 17:36:

we are still uncovering roman and pre roman artefacts as cities and towns are redeveloped.. its good having so much history under your feet!

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billyb says on Jul 10, 2009, 20:07:

Doug. You might want to ask Kernow62, he's something of an expert on these ancient British monuments and such. He was mentioning the find of the outlines of a neolithic village , some of it on their own property in Cornwall (Kernow) a while back.

"The Rollright Stones are a complex of megalithic oolitic limestone monuments near the villages of Long Compton, Great Rollright and Little Rollright in England, lying across the present county border between the counties of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire....."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollright_Stones


Pieman, you are right about all that history, it was my favorite part of living there (that and the ladies of course)

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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britabroad says on Jul 11, 2009, 08:26:

How yea! Kalder! Haad ya gob and leave off Gateshead, man!
Birthplace of such illustrious Brits as Gazza, .....and ..... nearly me, but me mam n da mooved 3 miles farther sooth te Washington.

If you´re looking for stone circles you can´t miss out the village of Avebury, Wiltshire. The entire village is built within a huge stone circle and earthworks. Look for the hippies hugging the stones, or go on a solstice or equinox and watch the Druids and Pagans enjoying themselves.

Leave the big stick at home...carry a cannon!

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dwmte7 says on Jul 12, 2009, 07:41:

yo kalder.....wherefore art thou?

patriarch

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