Monday September 18th Burlescombe to Calne

We left the B&B visiting the tiny village of Burlescombe and the not so grand Grand Canal as we went. We had a fair bit of ground to cover back to London, so we got on the M5 and M4 only leaving them at Chippenham to have a look at Bowood House. It's lived in by the Marquis and Marchiosness of Landsbury and although it had beautiful gardens I was a bit disappointed at how little of the house was open. I wanted to see bedrooms, dining room and kitchen, but we had to make do with the Orangery (now an art gallery) and the rooms above that.

Calne seemed as good a place as any to stay and although our 16th century B&B The White Hart was a bit pricey, it was really comfortable (nice to be on a ground floor with the car close by for a change). We enjoyed a nice long walk around the tiny streets of the town before dinner.

Dinner was good and a young guy we got talking too recommended we should visit Avesbury the following morning.