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Salisbury Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Salisbury, United Kingdom
Stonehenge
Left London at about 11 today, and finally made it to Stonehenge. Took a ton of photos, and bought a tshirt that says "Stonehenge Rocks". I just couldn't pass it up. It was amazing to be standing there after all these years of dreaming about it. We ...
Gateway to history
... top level and front seats!!! Great vantage point. The tour bus had an audio guide which told us much about Stonehenge and Salisbury itself. We learnt that the Salisbury Cathedral has the tallest Spire in Britain and was therefore used by German pilots as ...
Catching up slowly
... they are funneling the natural hot spring! After we finished we headed back to the car and began our journey to Salisbury. Adapted our original plans and headed to Salisbury Cathedral prior to going to the accommodation. The attraction to this Cathedral ...
You can't drive down a mall.... Apparently.
... morning for Exerter.. It's not far, only 2 1/2 hrs. But first we need to get some supplies. We follow the sat nav into Salisbury. Only problem is that as we get into the middle of Salisbury the sat nav said go right when there was no right turn. I asked ...
Off to a great start
... the sim cards to have data/phone coverage. For those that have no idea what I just said, the story continues..... Here. Salisbury Cathedral was built in the 13th century. I tried to image what it felt like to walk into this structure in the ...
Surprising Stonehenge
From Dad From all accounts, Stonehenge was supposed to be an underwhelming experience. I found it very interesting and a well-organised attraction. I am now sold on the idea of audio guides for attractions. They let you progress at an orderly and ...
Salisbury, Moments of Enlightenment
As one photography enthusiast possible to another I learned something very important this early leg of the trip. Regretably I felt the pressing urge to format my camera and or memory card. No it could'nt be, did I really, did I really just delete all my ...
Olympic torch handover event
Working with Production Plus for two days on an event that headlines Bjorne ...
Stonehenge Rocks
Salisbury is a lovely town, having Stonehenge and the Salisbury cathedral makes it a popular tourist spot. The White Hart is a great hotel, with a bit of period charm rather than bland functionality of some other hotels in the Mercure chain. Stonehenge ...
Hooning in a Motorhome
... the motorhome (“campervan” in Australian). From there we had our first experience of the English Motorway as we drove to Salisbury in the south-east. Taking that wide vehicle through some of those village roads was a tad scary – there is ...
Thanks for the memories
So we survived the long and exceptionally tedious journey home. I know that while each of us is glad to finally reach home, our hearts are still very much in Bulgaria with the kids we have gotten to know and love. We certainly will never forget ...
The Mystery of Stonehenge
... some pretty nice countryside. Enjoyed a nice relaxing day and about. The weather was a little warmer which helped. We visited Salisbury Cathederal which has the largest Spire in England. Then we visited Old Sarum - an ancient castle and cathederal - ...
Day 8 - Caerphilly/Bath/Salisbury
... Britain. We left and drove to Bath and went to the ancient Roman Baths. We took the tour and then had dinner ath the Crystal Palace where we enjoyed Shepherd's Pie. We then drove to Salisbury and the "Old Bell Inn", which is over 400 years ...
Day 101 - STONEHENGE
We boarded the bus this morning for Salisbury where we were staying with friends of mine, Udo and Leighanne Fuehrer, who had moved out to England 18 months ago. Salisbury is quite close to the famous Stonehenge, and on arrival Leighanne packed us into the ...
Stonehenge
... 5,000 years old. Not bad for a bunch of rocks. After I dropped Aaron and Sally off at Southampton, I drove back upto Salisbury. Salisbury was actually a nice town. In the middle of town was a huge chapel with a whole heap of old buildings surrounding ...
Stonehenge
I realized my greatest dream, I finally visited Stonehenge. I don't have a word to describe how I was. Very nice moment!!!! The try of my life. The 5 hours of tren was obligatory, but to go to Stonehenge, I would have done anything. Bye Bye ...
Final day of touring
Wanted to do a wandering day in the south west direction. Wanted to end up on the coast somewhere down there but only got as far as Salisbury. Nice day, still windy, beautiful ...
Visiting the Queen and the Mysterious Stones
We decided to drive up to Windsor Castle to visit the Queen, or something like that, except she wasn't there, but we still got to see the castle. The castle is quite large and is set sort of in a square shape with the courtyard in the center. Two very ...
1st Visit Day Two
... made that help us to know more about the place we now know as Stonehenge. From Stonehenge, we ventured across the Salisbury Plains. This area is heavily populated by the military including an experimental aircraft facility. Across the terrain, ...
La Odisea del Stonehenge
... Asi que cogeremos un bus a Amesbury y haí ya veremos. Mientras esperamos que salga el bus vamos a ver la catedrá de Salisbury, la catedrál más alta de toda Inglaterra, con una altura de 123 metros. Impresionante. Paseamos por sus jardines y nos ...
Bath & Stonehenge
... there. Still absolutely worth a visit! Last on our trip before heading back to Heathrow to drop the car off was the city of Salisbury, just one main attraction – the cathedral. With the highest spire of any in the UK it was quite a sight to ...
I can't believe this holiday is nearly over
... to have listened to the audio tour, but it wouldn’t have been much fun in the rain. Our last stop for the day was Salisbury, famous for its Cathedral and the place where one of the remaining copies of the Magna Carta is kept. When we arrived it was ...
Stonehenge
We drove here to visit Stonehenge. Stonehenge is a big pile of rocks that have been stacked on top of each other. Nobody knows how they were put that way because they are very ...