Come Saturday morning we cast off early and headed for the Stone circle at Avebury. Arriving before the Sun was over the yardarm we went for a wander round the stones keeping a wary eye out for sheep poo which had been distributed in great quantity by the residents of some of the fields.

Lunch was taken in the Red Lion the town's pub. A fairly traditional boozer with a restaurant. Not too noisy with a selection of Greene King ales - Cook's type of pub.

I had a Stilton Ploughman's which came with a slab of home made bread, chutney, a salad of luttuce, shredded red and green peppers, red onion and tomato, a nice crunchy green apple and some evil celery which I hurled to Mrs F. No complaints, aside from the butter being too cold to spread (so many places do this) and the malevolent celery of course. This was washed down with a pint of Abbot and then a pint of Greene King IPA. Lovely stuff and good value too the five of us ate for around £21 with another £17 for drinks. Highly recommended boozer. Being close to Beltane the pub was full of colourful pagans too!

On to Glastonbury where we spent a pleasant afternoon in the tranquil surroundings of the Chalice Well Gardens, I enjoyed some of the water from the Red Spring (red because it contains iron and leaves a red deposit where it flows) found my favorite spot to settle down and watched the birds playing in the trees, then outside the Chalice Well and on to the White Spring (known as the White Spring as the water is clear and contains calcium carbonate) for some more water and then up to the Tor, I sat out the climb to the top (done that before and it was hot) and enjoyed the rest of a pleasant afternoon watching the wildlife.

Then on to Bath, the long way thanks to the local police diverting us all around the countryside still it was all very pretty. In Bath we headed to Rajpoot in Argyle Street, a really smashing Indian restaurant where you dine below street level in a series of small booths, its all very atmospheric. Still stuffed from lunch I went for the Chicken Shoshila, a very fragrant dish of chicken cooked with mustard seed and herbs, with some potato cooked with red cabbage, motor panir (Indian cheesy peas) and pilau rice all expertly cooked. With wine and more drinks we left Rajpoot each about £25 poorer than when we went in, which ain't bad at all Arrr. We then took a wander down by the Avon where the powder monkey ran off some of the sugar from her chocolate ice cream in a maze before heading back to our berths at the Beckington Travelodge for the night.

In the morning the crew headed back to Bath for breakfast in the Regency surrounds of the Pump Room, where the powder monkey gamely agreed to try the spa water. I declined the opportunity and instead enjoyed a Roman Breakfast which consisted of a slice of grilled Wiltshire bacon in a bap with a slice of tomato and a pot of English Breakfast Tea, a bit pricy, but then you are paying for the wonderful Georgian surroundings. Mental note to the cook - dressing completely in black is not a good idea when you eat a floured bap.

Then while the crew went around the Roman Baths (again I have already had the pleasure) I wandered round the local bookshops and just for a change bought nothing, then met up again with the crew for ice cream and more beer before we pillaged the Pasty shop for a tasty snack afore setting sail back east.

All in all a very pleasant weekend with lovely weather and good company