In the final few days of my time off we managed to squeeze in a trip to Avebury – where I did some more sketching and went for a walk down the Ave’ to see Silbury – The Mother Hill was all quiet but surrounded by cabins, diggers and wire fencing. Hopefully the dry spell will lead to more stable times for her.

Before heading for home, we drove into Devizes to go in search of a particular spot:

Above is an image of Ann Arnold’s painting “Wiltshire Wedding” (available in high quality print from Ruralist Fine Art) . Below is a photo taken yesterday of the Church beside Wiltshire Heritage Museum which must have been the inspiring spot. The trees are a good deal thicker now and some of the walls now have windows instead of doorways.

There’s a tall tree much like the one the painting further over, behind the church too.