STRATFORD 3 - BLENHEIM PALACE

TRAVEL DOWN THE ROAD A BIT TO THE ROLLING ROCKS SITE.

BRONZE AGE STONE CIRCLE SET ON A MERIDIAN [EARTH'S ELECTRICAL POINTS AND LINES] BLOOMIN FREEZING WINDSWEPT AND SLEETING!

THE KIDS POSED IN FRONT OF THE NORTH STONE IN THE CIRCLE, YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE MY SHADOW INDICATES DUE SOUTH.

ACROSS THE ROAD A BRONZE AGE BURIAL MOUND DATED TO ABOUT 2500 b.c., 4500 YEAR AGO! A SPOOKY PLACE ATOP A MASSIVE HILL WITH EXTRAORDINARY VIEWS OF THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE.

THE LARGE STONE IS KNOWN AS 'KINGS STONE' PRESUMABLY BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE BURIAL? A LOCAL CHIEFTAIN PERHAPS? A SPECIAL AURA HERE SOMETHING OTHER WORLDY.

THEN, A SPOT OF LUNCH AT THE 'TITE INN'

LOCAL SAUSAGES, LAMBS KIDNEYS, THE KIDS [HOW ORIGINAL] ETT FISHNCHIPS! A COUPLE OF LOCAL ALES INCLUDING A SWEET PORTER TO WRITE HOME ABOUT.

TOWARD THE M4 AND HOME, WE DECIDED TO VISIT BLENHEIM PALACE, ALTHOUGH I THOUGHT PALACES WERE ONLY NAMED FOR ROYALTY, BUT THEN MAYBE THIS GUY WAS AS CLOSE AS YOU GET. A MOST EXTRAVAGANT GEORGIAN MANSION BUILT BY WINSTON CHURCHILL'S ANCESTOR, GEORGE?, FIRST? LORD MARLBOROUGH AFTER HE WHUPPED THE FROGGIES AT BLENHEIM, 17-SOMETHING, QUEEN ANNE GAVE HIM A BUCKET FULL OF CASH AND HE BUILT THIS GRANDIOSE PLAYGROUND WHERE WINSTON GREW UP, WITH SILVER SPOON!