Mist & Stone Tours

Locales

Standing in a crop circle, Looking out at Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, England	A typical, off-the-beaten-path, B & B frequented by The Mist & The Stone Tours. This one was built in 1660
Exploring ancient sites	A fine An example of an English garden The Great Houses and Castles fling open their doors and gardens inviting you in for strolls and cream teas.

British Isles by Season

The Mist & The Stone Tours are offered all year and are available for adventures
in Scotland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Any time of the year is good to visit The United Kingdom and Ireland.

SPRING/SUMMER Early spring through late summer you will find the British Isles become one big, beautiful garden. The weather is mild and it is the perfect time to bask in the long, gentle days.Country lanes and coastal paths become bouquets of wild flowers and the magnificent rhododendrons fill the whole country with explosions of brilliant colors.

Late spring and all summer are the perfect times to see Crop Circles in Britain. Glorious days are spent crop circle hunting from one lush green field to the next. The excitement of sighting of one of these mysterious and beautiful designs woven into the "corn" is undescribable.

Travel roads that will take you far from the madding crowd with The Mist & The Stone Tours of the British Isles. The fetes and fairs throng with music and laughter and long walks along the coastal cliffs, through moor and countryside will lead you to a fine pub for a good meal and a pint of local ale.

AUTUMN/WINTER By autumn, most vacationers have returned home and the whole world belongs to you. This is when the secrets of the beautiful fall gardens are told. The trees hold their brilliant colors through November in the south and the bracken on the moors is a chestnut brown against green fields stretching across the dramatic landscape.
The villages and churches are filled with the excitement of the Harvest Festivals and the markets are full of wonderful treasures of antiques, art and homemade crafts and foods.

The whole countryside inhales the last breath before winter and all is alive with celebration as Christmas nears. December is lovely. Candlelit churches are in their seasonal decor of the holly and the ivy and the halls of quaint villages are decked for markets, festivals and fetes. It is a wonderful time to shop for unusual gifts and antiques. The whole country turns into a stained glass window as Christmas lights reflect off the wet, bustling streets. Carols fill the churches and Cathedrals and rosy cheeked school children giggle and laugh as they skip down the ancient street on their way home to Christmas cake and tea. The mornings are crisp and clear and the days are cool making for brisk walks ending at ancient inns by cozy fires where hot soups, crusty bread and cider mulling since the 14th century appear before you.

Early winter can be both gentle and dramatic, but always beautiful. Great storms rage off the Atlantic sending spectacular waves crashing into brilliant sun drenched cliffs. One will find themselves wonderfully swept away by the headland winds at Tintagel and later the same day picking daffodils in the warm sun of Penzance.

Walking mysterious ancient sites
Merrivale on Dartmoor