Day 20 - Cardiff - SalisburyAuthor: jawapro
Date: Tue 10/02/2009 02:26 AM
Today the sun came up (seems to happen fairly often) and we had a rather meager breakfast that was included with the room - just do it yourself toast and marmalade. Not a huge fan of marmalade - but that was the only option - and it’s better than nothing.
We left the room, and headed back into town the way we’d gone last night. Apparently it’s easier in the dark, as I led us up the wrong street for a while. After backtracking a bit (with our bags) and finding the right street, we headed for the information centre.
We left our bags at the info centre as they did the cheapest and best Left Luggage service in town (according to them) and we didn’t want to lug the bags around.
We caught the bus to Cardiff Bay, home of the Red Dragon Centre - which in turn is home to a Dr Who museum.
Meet the new doctor.
The museum isn’t terribly large, but they have a lot of actual props - not just replicas etc.
The Dalek display was pretty impressive. When you pressed a button, they sprang to life and did a little performance including firing lasers.
K-9, a Doctor’s best friend.
Sadly - the shop attached to the museum was a little below par - and I didn’t spend anywhere near as much as I thought I might have. They were down to the dregs of the collectible figures. Still - I didn’t come away with nothing... Wonder how much they'll charge for extra baggage at the airport...
As well as being where Dr Who is filmed, Cardiff is also the setting for Torchwood. I’m standing on the ‘invisible lift’ down to the Torchwood Hub. Couldn’t work out how to activate it though.
The Water Tower. As well as being home to the Torchwood Lift, it’s quite interesting in it’s own right. Water is constantly falling down the face of the tower, like a small waterfall.
Totally unrelated to Dr Who - this guy happened to be walking around a ‘Game’ shop - which is the local version of EB. I reckon he was looking for a copy of Fallout 3, but I could be mistaken.
After collecting some more souvenirs and our suitcases, we headed back to the train station. 2 hours later we were in Salisbury.
This nice little English town is the pitstop for this leg of the race... umm - sorry, got carried away there.
Salisbury is quite pretty with old building and things. Its also fairly small and flat - which is great news when you’re lugging suitcases right across town. The hostel does happen to be up about the only hill in Salisbury, but it’s still not too bad - and far better than Glasgow had been (way too many hills).
Tonight we took a walk and checked out the Salisbury Cathedral, and had some good old English Fish and Chips for tea.
According to the Visitor Centre, Stonehenge was open for visitors today for the first time during the week (lots of snow). Hopefully it’s open tomorrow when we want to see it.
We also heard in the news today about dreadfull bushfires back home in Aus (couldn’t quite make out where) - and Mum emailed us to say it would be 45 in Melbourne! We’re going back in a few days time - but if it’s that warm, I don’t think I’ll cope. If only I could bring some of the cold weather with me….
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