On Saturday, D, M and I headed out to the country to Bath and decided to stop and see Stonehenge along the way. It was such a glorious day - sunny, 70 and perfect. We had such a great time laughing and telling stories - driving vs. taking the train made such a difference. When you drive to Stonehenge, you go through some pastoral country, etc., and then you can see it from the highway - sort of odd given it's historical significance. Once we arrived, we walked the circle to see it from various angles. I will save the description of what Stonehenge is, etc., but we were so lucky in that it wasn't too crowded and the day was bright and sunny. You cannot get up close to the stones, around it is a small fence so you can't get close - it would be easy to jump the fence and walk up to it but any respectful, smart person wouldn't do so...of course that didn't stop some people and a couple of children were lounging about on the grass - no security, etc., but you'd think the parent's of these brats would be responsible. I am so glad we saw it, it's really amazing but after 30 minutes, one is ready to go.
We then headed onto Bath but realized that the directions we had didn't match the roads we were on. We knew enough to head west, but the roads in England aren't marked very well. So we were driving through a bunch of small towns and every so often we'd have to stop and ask along the way if we were headed in the correct direction..hence the title of my post "is this the road to Bath". I am glad the roads we ended up taking were through the small towns as we really got a sense of the countryside and saw a lot of charming towns, farms, etc. I was really interested in seeing sheep, luckily, D's nose was in fine working order and as we were driving down one of the roads, she announced "I smell sheep" and sure enough, there they were doing what sheep do. Nothing. More on our Bath trip later...
On Saturday, D, M and I headed out to the country to Bath and decided to stop and see Stonehenge along the way. It was such a glorious day - sunny, 70 and perfect. We had such a great time laughing and telling stories - driving vs. taking the train made such a difference. When you drive to Stonehenge, you go through some pastoral country, etc., and then you can see it from the highway - sort of odd given it's historical significance. Once we arrived, we walked the circle to see it from various angles. I will save the description of what Stonehenge is, etc., but we were so lucky in that it wasn't too crowded and the day was bright and sunny. You cannot get up close to the stones, around it is a small fence so you can't get close - it would be easy to jump the fence and walk up to it but any respectful, smart person wouldn't do so...of course that didn't stop some people and a couple of children were lounging about on the grass - no security, etc., but you'd think the parent's of these brats would be responsible. I am so glad we saw it, it's really amazing but after 30 minutes, one is ready to go.
We then headed onto Bath but realized that the directions we had didn't match the roads we were on. We knew enough to head west, but the roads in England aren't marked very well. So we were driving through a bunch of small towns and every so often we'd have to stop and ask along the way if we were headed in the correct direction..hence the title of my post "is this the road to Bath". I am glad the roads we ended up taking were through the small towns as we really got a sense of the countryside and saw a lot of charming towns, farms, etc. I was really interested in seeing sheep, luckily, D's nose was in fine working order and as we were driving down one of the roads, she announced "I smell sheep" and sure enough, there they were doing what sheep do. Nothing. More on our Bath trip later...
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