Exploring Wiltshire: Suggestions Please
Aug 14th, 2010, 05:09 AM
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Dukey, it would be lovely to see you next October (don't know shy but I thought it was this year for some reason!)
Anyway, when leaving one of the local supermarkets this morning, I passed the rack of leaflets detailing local places of interest to visitors. I spotted one - 'WILTSHIRE what to do 2010' and brought it home with me.
It's a super little booklet, with information on more than 40 county attractions, from Avebury to Whitchurch Silk Mill. Included are a number of discount vouchers.
They give a website www.visitwiltshire.co.uk which has lots of information, but it seems kind of spread out. You can download the brochures online though.
So I recommend you do just that if you would like to see this booklet, but if you have any problems I can always pop it in the post to you.
Anyway, when leaving one of the local supermarkets this morning, I passed the rack of leaflets detailing local places of interest to visitors. I spotted one - 'WILTSHIRE what to do 2010' and brought it home with me.
It's a super little booklet, with information on more than 40 county attractions, from Avebury to Whitchurch Silk Mill. Included are a number of discount vouchers.
They give a website www.visitwiltshire.co.uk which has lots of information, but it seems kind of spread out. You can download the brochures online though.
So I recommend you do just that if you would like to see this booklet, but if you have any problems I can always pop it in the post to you.
Aug 14th, 2010, 07:14 AM
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Just want to put a good word in for Salisbury, which I thought was a really nice little town. In addition to the cathedral. Salisbury might make a good base for driving daytrips, but I'm not sure about the traffic in town.
Aug 14th, 2010, 11:13 AM
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Mimar -- I passed my driving test in Salisbury -- I do not recommend driving in it to anyone!
Just a quick note to say we visited Lacock today. It is a beautiful little town. We arrived about 3pm and decided to skip the Abbey and just follow a 2 mile walk route that we found online. It was a sweet walk, not the prettiest one we've done, but nice. We were caught out by heavy rain for a bit and had to find shelter under some trees while it passed. We got back to town just before 5 (our 5 year old slows us down) and had time to pop into King John's Hunting Lodge for some tea. Tea and scones were nice, but cakes were not! After tea we left because the entire town shut down! Everything closed. We found the playground, but all the equipment was wet so we called it a day. It was fun, but my husband pointed out that if you added his age, my age and our son's age we were still probably younger than the average visitor!
Just a quick note to say we visited Lacock today. It is a beautiful little town. We arrived about 3pm and decided to skip the Abbey and just follow a 2 mile walk route that we found online. It was a sweet walk, not the prettiest one we've done, but nice. We were caught out by heavy rain for a bit and had to find shelter under some trees while it passed. We got back to town just before 5 (our 5 year old slows us down) and had time to pop into King John's Hunting Lodge for some tea. Tea and scones were nice, but cakes were not! After tea we left because the entire town shut down! Everything closed. We found the playground, but all the equipment was wet so we called it a day. It was fun, but my husband pointed out that if you added his age, my age and our son's age we were still probably younger than the average visitor!
