Day 2 - Road Trip

Today we set off early for our trip of the long weekend. Due to date issues with booking we stayed Sunday night instead of Saturday. Anyway, our plan was to take in Stonehenge, stay in Salisbury the night, then check out Salisbury Cathedral on Monday and a leisurely drive home.

Stonehenge
Stonehenge is situated in a district called Wiltshire, which is about 2 1/2 hours South West of Rugby, and just to the South West of London. We were driving along the road, turned a corner and bang, in the middle of a field is freaking Stonehenge. Was a bit of an anti-climax, because we weren't expecting to see it just standing there. Apparently plans are afoot to cover the road, and create a tunnel so you can only see it on foot, which would add to the experience.

Stonehenge itself is awesome. It's humbling to think that these stones were put there by men maybe up to 5000 years ago - no one is really sure. I thought it would be a little bigger than it was, but it is a must see nonetheless. Unfortunately, it was munting down (bloddy English weather!) so we probably didn't stay as long as we would have liked, but still saw it from all angles and took heaps of snaps. (more on that later).

After we got back in the car, we decided to go an see the lesser known Stone formation at a place called Avesbury. We drove thorugh several little towns to get there, one that was twinned with OAMA-FRICKEN-RU!! Frighteningly small world. The stones at Avesbury encompass a whole town, and the circumference would be, and I'm guessing here, maybe a mile. The cool thing is that they are just in a paddock, so you can touch the stones and get amoungst them. Unfortunately because it was still wet, we decided not to take the buggy into the field where the stones were. We will definately come back though.

The other man made attraction at Avesbury was a mound, about 40m high and 100m wide, made entirely by hand. I guess with no Internets or TV the people of the day had buggar all else to do?

After Avesbury, we drove to our Hotel in Salisbury, caught a bit and hit the hay. Tomorrow - Salisbury Cathedral.