Here's a quick quiz: what are the two largest stone circles in the UK? Hmmm ... well, there's Avebury, that's obvious. Then there's  ... hmmm ..... If you're like most people, you wouldn't know that the Stanton Drew Stone Circles near Bath, Somerset, is one of the largest prehistoric sites in Britain. Indeed, Stanton Drew remains a mystery to most people, despite the fact that it is situated near major population centres, and constitutes one of the most imposing prehistoric sites in the UK.

Croyland Abbey is a lovely 8th century abbey, parts of which have survived as the parish Church of Crowland village.

Sharp-eyed readers will note that the name of the abbey and the village are spelled differently. The discrepancy is rumoured to be the result of a mistake in spelling by a Medieval monk.

If you travel north from Lochgilphead towards Oban, you will come to a long, narrow valley surrounding the village of Kilmartin. This is Kilmartin Glen, and it is the site of a quite extraordinary landscape of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains.

Here, within a few miles, you will find over 650 Ancient monuments, including stone circles, standing stones, a henge, burial cists, and a spectacular 'linear cemetery' of five aligned burial cairns.

In the year 1612 a Gloucestershire native by the name of Robert Drover decided that it would be a good idea to hold a special event, modelled on the Olympic Games of Ancient Greece,  to celebrate some of the local games and traditional activities of the north Cotswolds region.