Stonehenge

Amid ceaseless noise,
Potent with dark mystery,
Silent stones stand.

..... on this day of our mini-adventure Greg and I went to have a look at Stonehenge. Last time I came here you could just wander freely amongst the stones (a long long time ago), now it is all more controlled, with shop, visitor centre and queues.

The visitor centre museum/exhibition is good and makes the most of the few facts which are known .... and adds some stories of what life was like to fill in the gaps, but it's rather re-assuring that nobody really knows for sure, what this and the surrounding mounds etc were really about, or even how the hell they managed to build this out of stone which came from somewhere else .... .. which is kind of how I like history ... only partially explained... you can let your imagination do the rest.

Afterwards it was back to Salisbury for more meandering, eating and drinking, then sleep before the big day to follow ...