Wells, Caen Hill Locks and Avebury - A busy day!

A day out with John and friend Martin. A 2 hour drive to Wells started the day. The plan......

Wells Cathedral. Lunch. Caen Hill Locks. Dinner. Avebury Circle at Sunset.... we will see!

Fabulous Architecture

ISO was struggling,  so not happy with results, but a nice memory

Vicars Close, just around the corner from the Cathedral. Said to be the oldest residential street surviving in EUROPE!
From mid 14th century.

A look inside one of the gardens in Vicars Close.

The start of a long series of locks at Caen Hill. In there somewhere are two boats.

Here comes the lock keeper ...... on his quad bike

The boys at work. These locks are tricky to photograph to capture the scale.

Heave!  Not for the faint hearted.

His Missus having a laugh with John

On the up, as the water starts to come through the lock gate

And off they go...... to repeat the exercise a few  more times. This couple will have gone through 144 locks on this trip!

Next boat coming UP the way.

Dad at work, while teenage daughter relaxes up front.

Her brother's turn to open the lock gates

An elevated Martin, at the top... the Cafe.... which closed half an hour ago! Oh no!!

Time to head back downhill..... sky looking ominous.

..... where the couple we met earlier were finally at the bottom. The boys lend a hand... just one hand in Martin's case.

Dinner stop. The Red Lion at Avebury, whilst waiting for the sunset.... look at that sky!!
This was NOT the plan. 

A practice run for my sunset spot. Shortly after this any trace of light just disappeared. Was hoping for an amazing sky and shadows from the ancient stones. 

The rock hugging lady, who was happy to model

Apparently she is a regular visitor

Another possible shooting point for another time. Just squint and imagine what these undulations COULD look like with the light from
a sunset.   A great day out, with lots of challenges for photography. Not all successful, but it all helps with experience.