Saturday, 17 November 2012

Stonehenge

Ahhh,  the infamous Stonehenge. I finally made it! Would it be cheeky of me to say that it isn't much more than a pile of large boulders? Nifty how they are placed in a pattern though (the 'Aliens' were clever in their signs--how DID they move them anyway?). It's been around since 2400BC. That in itself is impressive.  Apparently there are even more of these rock patterns throughout the UK although this is the most famous of them all. The stones are now fenced-in but for a price of £6 ($10) you can pay to go around the gate and get close but not actually touch or walk through the stones. (They are still protected and fenced up to keep travellers from breaking pieces off and carting them home with them--or perhaps to keep you from falling in between them and travelling to other time periods). If you're in a real hurry and don't have time to stop at the car park and walk across the road to see Stonehenge; catch a glance of it from the A344. You can see the stones on top of the hill whilst driving up to it.

UPDATE: Ticket prices in 2019 are about $20 per person now *Insert my shocked face!

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