July 23 - Tanks Crossing!
The next day was a whirlwind tour of the
South West. It was basically raining all
day, but this seemed fitting given that we were in little stone and thatched
villages and looking at stone circles.
The first stop was Salisbury, where we visited the famous cathedral and
wandered around town for a while. After
this we drove to Stonehenge, and to be honest, probably shouldn’t have
bothered. If you go here be prepared to
be slugged for parking, then an (in my opinon) unreasonable charge for entering
the pathway that allows you to walk around the outside of the stone
circle. Given that you can see the whole
thing just as well from the roadside if you don’t mind peering over the fence and
given the amount of interference that has been done to the circle in the last
few thousand years, it’s hard to see the justification for that level of “security”.
July 23 - Tash trying to sneak into Salisbury Cathedral without paying!
I know it’s a national treasure, but so are
many other things. Like the stone circle
at Avebury for example, which is bigger than Stonehenge but which has the
Village and several roads cutting through the middle of it. Not to mention the sheep grazing
alongside.
So if you plan to do a lot of the national
trust things (like stately homes and the stone circles) it’s probably worth
signing up for a years membership. And make sure if you've got a car and are interested in ancient stone circles that you go to Avebury as well as Stonehenge.
