Day 21 - Salisbury to LondonAuthor: jawapro
Date: Tue 10/02/2009 02:32 AM
For a hostel, the one at Salisbury is actually very nice - and the included breakfast was as good as any of the ones we’d gotten on the Contiki tour.
After getting up, we lugged our suitcases back through town to the Cat Tavern, which runs a Left Luggage service.
With a name like "The Cat", Emma couldn’t pass it up anyway.
From here it was a short walk to the station (which doesn’t do Left Luggage here) and the bus stop for the StoneHenge tour.
We were rather fortunate. The site has been closed all week due to the snow, and had only opened again yesterday. Two days earlier, and we wouldn’t have been able to see it.
Normally there is a walking track right around the circle, but most than half of it was still closed, so we could only see the one side. Still - it was worth the visit.
There were a number of officials hanging around to make sure people didn’t cross the wire barrier (someone did - and they sprang into action to chase them back) and Emma convinced one of them to take a photo of us together.
The bus trip back to Salisbury was quite nice too - and it included a running commentary on the area.
When we arrived back in Salisbury, we picked up our bags, and caught the train into London.
Tonight we’re staying at the London Euston Ibis Hotel - which is pretty expensive, but the best we could find on the net that didn’t have completely dreadful reviews.
We spent a very lazy afternoon watching tv and sorting out some of our stuff ready to pack in the morning. Space-wise, we’re pretty sweet - but weight-wise, we might have to jettison some stuff.
Sorry about the lack of photos and things this post. We’re sort of running out of inspiration - and besides, not much happened today other than StoneHenge.
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