A Bus Journey on the 49 from Devizes to Avebury



Me and Avebury Monolith.

 I recently won a writing competition, a competition to describe a favourite bus journey and, much to my surprise, my piece of writing won an entry into a travel guide to be published later this year.  I chose to write about the journey from Devizes to Avebury Stone Circle on the Trans Wilts Express, TWE 49 bus, a shiny doubledecker with much prized upperdeck front seats, that afford magnificent views of the rolling chalk downland of Pewsey Vale and the Marlborough Downs.

There is so much of historical interest to see on this journey, the Roundway Down English Civil War battle site, the Millenium White Horse, facing uncharacteristically right for a change, (most chalk horses face left,) Bell Barrows, the Lansdowne Monument, Silbury Hill and prized above all, the Avebury Stone Circle and Stone Avenue.  What a journey, can any other bus ride in the UK take you through so much prehistory and a World Heritage Site?  Let me know if you know of one.