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Pontypool bus drivers raise £1200 in charity walk

A GROUP of bus drivers who went on a gruelling 26 mile walk to raise money for the charity Help for Heroes are pleased with their grand total.

Three bus drivers from Jenson Travel in Pontypool completed the walk, that took them from Avebury to Stonehenge, in June.

Transport manager, Nicola Jenkins, and two of the firms bus drivers David Robinson, aged 43, and Mac Mcfarlane, aged 61, successfully completed the challenge.

Their sponsorship money has been handed in and they are pleased to report that they raised £1,260.

The family run business has previously raised £4,542 for various charities by doing on board raffles.

The firm was set up by Thomas Jenkins in 1970 with his son Gwyn and later Thomas' granddaughter Nicola joined the team, taking the place of her grandfather as transport manager.

Miss Jenkins, aged 37, said: "It was my idea to start collecting for charity. On tours I brought raffle prizes, but now passengers donate them.

"I asked the staff if they wanted to take part in the walk as I thought it would be good to raise money for our boys.

The Stonehenge Stone Circle Blog: Tours from Antiquity ...

A new London tour operator has launched guided tours that depart frequently from London.  Tours from Antiquity offers a unique opportunity to explore the awe inspiring world famous Stonehenge and Avebury Prehistoric Landscapes with an expert service, guided by a qualified archaeologist. Offering a superb day long tour from the centre of London to these fantastic prehistoric wonders. Avebury Henge, Stone Circle and West Kennet Avenue - The largest stone circle in Europe, Avebury formed the centre of one of the most impressive Neolithic ceremonial landscapes in Britain. The great circles, 200 standing stones arranged in an outer and 2 inner circles, surrounded by a massive bank and ditch, were the focal point of the area. They were connected by the West Kennet Avenue of standing stones to other locales in the region, including the Sanctuary on Overton Hill - the site of a postulated temple. Hundreds of great sarsen stones from the downland around, often weighing over 20 tonnes, were used in the construction of the site, some 2500-2200 BC. Durrington Walls - is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure. It is 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge. Recent excavation at Durrington Walls, support an estimate of a community of several thousand, thought to be the largest one of its age in north-west Europe. At 500m in diameter, the henge is the largest in Britain and recent evidence suggests that it was a complementary monument to Stonehenge Stonehenge Cursus - (sometimes known as the Greater Cursus) is a large Neolithic cursus monument next to Stonehenge. It is roughly 3km long and between 100 and 150m wide. Excavations by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2007 dated the construction of the earthwork to between 3630 and 3375 BC. This makes the monument several hundred years older than the earliest phase of Stonehenge in 3000 BC. Bronze Age round barrows - The Stonehenge UNESCO world heritage site is said to contain the most concentrated collection of prehistoric sites and monuments in the world. One monument type missed by the casual observer is that of the Bronze Age round barrow (burial mounds).

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