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Salisbury Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Salisbury, United Kingdom
Stonehenge and the poppy fields
Stonehenge had a feel of greatness to it. There were druids and other costumed folk come to pay homage to the ancient stones and the lines to enter were ridiculous. More impressive for me were the fields ablaze in red from the poppies that were ...
Three nights in Salisbury, Wiltshire
... a half hour drive north of Salisbury. It includes dressing up in period costume, dancing and a short ceremony at Salisbury Cathedral, a parade through the small village of Great Wishford, a VIP lunch, a fair filled with booths and amusements for ...
R&B - The Union
... . Trafalgar Park is miles away from everywhere, but Rachel’s parents live in a quiet, leafy, quaint English street in Salisbury, which was overrun by the London Massive (both black and white). A total sensory overload as the neighbours were not only ...
The Wheels on the Bus (Go Round and Round)
I was not sure if Stonehenge would be worth visiting but I was pleasantly surprised. We took a bus tour of Stonehenge, Avebury Stone Circles, Lacock Village and Castle Combe. We had a tour guide named Nick who was from Bath. He ...
Salisbury
Salisbury, England is a small English town with creaking store signs hanging over the sidewalks, and stone and timbered buildings lining the streets. We stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast, the Old Bakery, just walking distance from the market square. We ...
Lunch with Uncle Alf & then on to Salisbury
... had Duck a l’Orange. Uncle Alf has a silver Rover which is a beautiful car. Then left and drove straight through to Salisbury. Lovely countryside with little villages. Arrived Salisbury 6 pm and it was dark. Found B & B place near Cathedral in ...
3,882 Christmas Boxes hit the road...
Today several Trussell Trust staff and volunteers have bruised upper arms from loading hundreds of boxes filled with a reocrd breaking 3800+ Christmas Shoeboxes onto a rather large lorry... The bruises were worth it to see the lorry pull away and begin ...
Bruce learns how to drive the motorhome!
Tuesday 12th 2010 – Ridgmont to Salisbury, (Overcast, mild, fine later) Wow – we must have been tired!! We didn't surface till after 8.30am; we had slept for 12 hours straight!! We are feeling really rested this morning ready for ...
A Wonder in a Day
... the local bar, I quickly boarded the bus, climbed my way to the second story, and listened to all sorts of information about Salisbury and Stonehenge that I already don't remember. We got to the sight in early evening, picked up a headset that told me a ...
Stonehenge
Our next stop was a small town called Salisbury. We were unable to find a host in this town so we stayed at a youth hostel. There really isn't much to do in Salisbury, the only reason why we came here was to visit Stonehenge. The first day we stayed ...
Old Stuff
... , and all archaeologists. To start I walked through a park with lots of huge old trees to get to Old Sarum - the original Salisbury 2 miles up the hill. One of the trees had huge flowers something like rhodies. My B&B folks said it's ...
Bus tour in Salisbury
On May 4th, I had the opportunity to do a little bus tour in the medieval town of Salisbury on my way to Stonehenge. Here are a few pictures that I took that ...
Is it a picken or a chigeon?
... I had even decided it would either be called a chigeon or a picken. But to my disappointment, they were only joking :( We left Salisbury and skipped going to Stonehenge, but we arrived safely. As we stepped out of the metro station, i looked up to see ...
Evensong in Salisbury Cathedral
... day, I'm actually going to start at the end... Late afternoon sun streamed through the magnificent stained glass windows of Salisbury Cathedral as we made our way in awed silence towards the choir stalls and took our seats for Evensong. The ...
Train from Bristol to Portsmouth - 845pm
The train has just left Salisbury and I´m starting to fall asleep. There are two girls - perhaps students - bantering non-stop. They sound very excited - they´re obviously on the way to something. Others are sitting with their heads back, ...
Salisbury Cathedral
Another culture Wednesday jaunt - Roo, Sue and I headed into Salisbury once Roo had finished work and went up the Salisbury Cathedral Tower. Unfortunately it was raining so the views weren't what they could've been but the tour was very informative and ...
Southern England Day 1
... 's cottage. Jade, Helen and Greg did a tour of the cottage and gardens which was excellent. Left Stratford and headed for Salisbury where we stayed for the night at the Rokeby Guest House. We walked into Salisbury for a meal at one of the many ...
Cold. Wet. In dire need of a bathroom. What next?
... Todd's day. But another wonderful day it was! How could a day that included visits to the historic Tudor market town of Salisbury and magnificent Stonehenge be anything else? Let's back up a little... Tim has always wanted to see Stonehenge, so we ...
A day with the Wintons
... . However, we continued on our way and had a lovely day out; calling again at Wells, wandering around the centre of Salisbury and visiting Stonehenge. My National Trust membership is proving valuable now as that was free. I needed to touch the stones and ...
Salisbury
... past that we made good time. Enjoyed morning tea on the grass under the trees at one of the M5's service centres, and arrived in Salisbury just on lunch time. No parking this time, so we had to pay to park in the supermarket carpark, and then walk to the ...
Humble Beginnings
Mel and I have been teaching in the UK for over two years, and have enjoyed (nearly) every minute of it. This year we decided to do something both very scary and very exciting by taking the plunge and teaching abroad, we are currently applying for jobs ...
Salisbury
... on and just around the corner were war medals engraved in the chalk. There were 5 medals. These were quite recent. When arriving in Salisbury we looked for accommodation. We got in at the Old Mill Hotel in West Harnham only a 10 minute walk from the city. ...
Showing the Australians around the Stonehenge
... Matt, friends from my Kumuka tour, who were currently staying over in London came out to see Stonehenge, so I jumped on a train to Salisbury and then a tour bus to met them... I have been to Stonehenge before but its always fascinating to go and look at ...
Old Sarum
After Stonehenge we went down the road to Old Sarum, the old town of Salisbury which they deserted and went and made a new town down the valley read about it here My battery in my camera Died so as soon as I can get some from debi I will ...