Bath Part 2 (half day tour)

The sun was low on the horizon, the hills of Salisbury Plain were green and rolling, the air was crisp and crystal clear, the British Army was firing its artillery nearby, the sheep were grazing placidly beyond a little rope barrier, the traffic was wizzing by 50 yards away and I stood and gazed at the circles of stone that make up Stonehenge and I was entranced.

How do I describe Stonehenge... almost everyone is familiar with its form so I guess I really won't. The stones are dwarfed by their location, set high on a plain of open, grassed, rolling hills and yet they stand grand and impossibly large when you consider the people who put them there, their lack of tool and machine and distance they transported them.

The audio tour, that comes with your entry fee, can give no answers as to how they were moved to their location between 1500 and 3000 years ago and really, even why it was built... there are many hypothosies... but no definite answers. I guess it just adds to the allure!

You can no longer walk amongst the stones themselves. You walk around the monument behind a little, low rope fence (just like the sheep). As nice as it would be to get amongst the stones, the benefit of being held back means photos are devoid of other tourists! ...which is rare at any UK monument or even some vague place on interest.

...and I did get some nice photos!