http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Wiltshire , Stonehenge en-us Fri, 11 Dec 09 22:46:28 +0000 Fri, 11 Dec 09 22:46:28 +0000 The girls and I spent October 4th in Bath Stonehenge area for some touristy funBath No rubber duckies hereStonehenge Big RoxThe city of Bath was reminiscent of Oxford with its beautiful architecture. From a distance you can see the honey coloured stones that the buildings are made of. Quite beautiful. We were here mainly for the Roman Baths not to be confused with ensuite baths harhar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-443078.html Hullo Before I say anything else I would just like to mention that we can't say Stonehenge without adopting the accent and tone of voice used in Spinal Tap. For those of you in the know best scene ever is the 12 inch Stonhenge lowered behind the band while they sing Stonehenge on stage. HilariousAnyway so we are on our holidays in St Ives in Cornwall at the very far South West corner of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-435999.html We started out this morning with a slight glitch. I was mistakenly booked onto the wrong day trip and didnrsquot notice until it was too late to try and change it there are benefits to waiting until you get to London to book these tours instead of booking them online through a third partyhelliplesson learned. Instead of a ldquoStonehenge Windsor Castle and Bathrdquo trip we ended up o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-421539.html The bike is no longer roaring and growling with Linda on together with some extra baggage it's more of a blasting through the british countryside pelting the villages with engine noise.The pace is leisurely 40 mph for most of the time although on some parts it feels more like wishful thinking from the authorities side considering the poor state of the road the winding curves and the hedges lin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-418919.html It was a great experience to have finally seen the famous ring of massive stones Ok the fact that loads of tourists were around really did ruin the whole mystical feel about it and also the fact that we couldn't actually get closer to the stones but only stare at them from the distance. Nevertheless there is something interesting about them and the thing that strikes the most is probably that http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-415886.html Hi everyoneToday we got up and headed into Salisbury to see the cathedral there and then made our way to Stonehenge. These were probably my favorite places on the trip so far. The Salisbury Cathedral is really incredible. The inside is absolutely stunning. The photos really don't do it justice. It's also home to a copy of the Magna Carta which I of course couldn't take any photos of.Salisbury i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-415516.html I am taking a break from Wimbledon tennis and the big City with a short but long 2 hour bus tour down to see ancient Stonehenge near two miles west the city of Amesbury in Wiltshire South England. Noted historians tell us that Stonehenge was built in three phases over a period of 1400 years. it is the most outstanding prehistoric monument in the British Isles I say after St. Andrews hah http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-415210.html After the noise of London Barbara's house in the country is gloriously quiet and we all slept in today. After breakfast we pointed the GPS for Stonehenge and set off.Much of the route took us along small country roads and through some of the small villages including Sheffield where my brother Richard went to school when he lived with Barbara and Victor.After the small roads we got on the highwa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-414209.html Watch this space http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-398161.html Last weekend I just stayed in Bangor. Friends from home came to visit others here so we just spent time with them. I didnrsquot go anywhere but I got a lot of work done on my essays and journals so the weekend here really was worth it.During OP on Tuesday we went sailing on the Menai Strait It was a lot of fun and something very new to me. It was an absolutely gorgeous day but there was one http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-384686.html STONEHENGE is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire county. Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. The iconic stone monument was erected around 2300BC. The function of STONEHENGE remains unknown it is believed that its role was that of an astronomical observatory. It is not denied the possibility of having been used by Druids for worshi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-376528.html Stonehenge Sunday.Salisbury I went into the cathedral but for some reason I missed looking at the magna carta AghHave written and read so many words in the past few days that I think my brain has retaliated by making me very laconic at the moment. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-345911.html Day163 Taking full advantage of Carlyrsquos recent 25th Birthday we decided to hire a small car for the trip to Bath and Stonehenge. We also picked up an additional passenger in Kara from Ballarat that works with Carly for the trip. We set off early Saturday morning with the best weather we have had in weeks.Stonehenge has itrsquos beginnings almost five thousand years ago. Some huge piec http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-332658.html So I've been pretty slack about updating my blog since I've been back mainly due to lack of travel fatigue and just plain laziness. Windsor CastleSo I started off by myself at 8am and got on a Evan Evans tour out to Windsor Castle. Going on another tour proved to be a weird experience as the people on the tour were slightly uh... more aged then Contiki 1835. Basically I wasn't going to get http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-332491.html This morning we left really early to make the long journey to Stonehenge. We arrived at Salisbury at about 1040am but it took us a while to figure out which bus to take and where to catch it. By the time we figured it out we had just missed a bus so we decided to visit Salisbury Cathedral first. This cathedral is so beautiful. It only took 38 years to build and most medieval cathedrals t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-325503.html Did a day trip up to Stonehenge and Salisbury and caught up with my dearest friend and partner in crime Naomi. Was blown away by this structure and how it was constructed thousands of years ago. Salisbury is a cute little English town known for its cathedral. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-322297.html Since we arrived in London it has been unseasonably cold and rainy. I was exhilarating to see a blue sunny sky on the day we traveled through country roads to see the famous Stonehenge.I read about this prehistoric monument in books. I watched it on the Discovery channel. Finally I saw the Stonehenge with my own eyes.Situated in a vast plain Stonehenge was truly impressive I was awed by thes http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-314786.html Today we went on a bus tour over to Bath and Stonehenge. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-307455.html In the last few weeks of my England stay I'm trying to do as many things a possible. Upon asking anyone if they wanted to go to Stonehenge Krystel informed me that they were going in two weeks for the Summer Solstice. This sounded like a good plan so I signed up for the trip.Meeting up after work at Shaun and Krystel's house the tree of us and Matt and Gill headed to the famous stones in ou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-290783.html This weekend we decided to hire a car and take off on a day trip with our friend Kathleen. Our first destination was the historic Roman city of Bath. Bath is famous for its hot springs Roman period baths Medieval heritage and stately Georgian architecture. The drive to Bath took approximately 2 hours. We made our way to a car park and then wandered the streets and visited the Roman baths. The b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-290068.html