Flight of the Elams: Stonehedge

A couple of weeks ago, I had a week off of work for our half term break. (one of the wonderful things about working for a UK school system) Kit asked for two days off and we planned on going somewhere fun. Our first thought was Spain, but that ended up being to expensive, then we thought Scotland, but we would rather give Scotland more than 3 or 4 days. We ended up choosing the Somerset/ Wiltshire area about a 3 hour drive south of here. We ended up only staying two nights, but it was so relaxing and reviving to be out of the city and in the country again. We stayed in an actual pub, with rooms above the bar/restaurant. The pub was called the George Inn and was in a town with around 100 people in the middle of nowhere, so nice.

On our drive there we stopped by Stonehenge along the way. It is a place that we have always wanted to go and were very excited to see. You expect Stonehenge to be out in the middle of nowhere, but it is actually right next to the highway. (as you can see below)

Stonehenge is a place that we have always wanted to visit. You can't walk right up to the stones anymore but it is still amazing to be near an artifact that is from 3100 BC!

I think if you ever get the chance it is worth visiting Stonehenge.

After Stonehenge we visited the medieval village of Salisbury. It use to have a wall around it and still has part of the wall and gates still there today.

Salisbury Cathedral was suppose to be beautiful and a can't miss attraction. It did not disappoint at all. It has the tallest church spire in the UK, and you can climb up it but it was closed while we were there. It is also home to one of the 1215 Manga Carta. It also has the world's oldest working clock.

We walked into the church choir rehearsing which was very magical.

This is a baptism pool with running water.

When we were walking along the grounds we found this post with a frame on it. So we decided it was there for us to take pictures of ourselves with. We realized afterwards it was to hold up to the cathedral and take a picture of....

Driving along the villages in the Somerset country side

A village we drove through

English countryside

We went to Cheddar Gorge, a place I never thought I would see in England, but it was beautiful with 450ft cliffs. We enjoy actually hiking a bit and being surround by animals and green landscape.