Great Benches of Great Britain

We have enjoyed many benches over the years, a simple sit down with a Mint Cornetto often providing the perfect respite from the day's stresses. This has never been truer than on the day we found the bench that inspired us at the top of the hill in Combe Martin, Devon. A bench that continues to offer a resting place for the young, old, weary and well-travelled. A perfect place to rest your muddy boots. This blog is an attempt to capture the simple majesty of those moments in pictures and words.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

They probably are

The first bench?

This is a huge stone and part of the Avebury Ring, one of the finest and largest Neolithic monuments in Europe, about 5,000 years old. On the eve of May, after a couple of halves at the Red Lion, the local girls sit on this bench as a fertility rite.