stones, baths and 2 smoking barrels

Today's journey west consisted of:

• Stonehenge
• Salisbury Catherdral
• Bath

Stonehenge
The day started out leaving at 8.30am from Paddington Station and heading to Stonehenge. Although the day was quite clear, there was also a very high level of fog around. It is a 5000 year old stone circle, construction started around 3000BC. Each of the larger stones weighs 4 tones, and were hauled 250 miles.

We had 40 minutes to check out Stonehenge, and take as many (funny) photos as we could before moving on.

Salisbury Cathedral
A short trip away from Stonehenge, and we found ourselves at Salisbury, which was the home of our next pit stop and mandatory rest break. Lunch for the 3 of us consisted of old fashioned bangers and mash at a pub right near the cathedral.

This is supposed to be one of the oldest gothic type cathedrals in England (if not the oldest?). The cathedral was constructed during 1220-1258. The spire was erected some 15 years later, at 123 meters, it is the highest spire in Britain.

Half the regulators wouldn't be who they are without the thing we saw today - the Magna Carta. This is one of 4 copies that still exist (Chico was very happy to say the least). The Magna Carta agreement was made between King John and his Barons in 1215.

Bath
With only 1.5 hours to spend here, we really were a bit rushed, and definitely would love to come back here (maybe when its a wee bit warmer). All the streets and buildings were very beautiful and definitely had a nice vibe to the place. The main part of our short stay here was to check out the Roman Bath spas, which were interesting, however we certainly rushed through it, and probably didn't get to take it all in as best we could. At the end of the tour, we got to sample some of the bath water (see the photo below) which I didn't mind, but Lisa and Chico couldn't handle it.

We had a quick stop at the fudge factory, packed a few blocks into our bags, and then headed off to do a quick run around the town to check out as much as we could before the bus left.

we were able to sample the Bath spa water

From Bath, it was full steam ahead back to London - the days are getting incredibly short here, with it getting dark by around 4.30pm. And thats about all we've got, so until next time.