Salisbury and Stonehenge

After our first night in our motorhome at Folkstone (near Dover) it was time to move off down the coast to visit a couple of England’s major beach resorts, Hastings and Brighton – although I’m not sure how the poms can call a pebbly seashore a beach !!!!! Although out of season, both places were pretty busy and we soon learnt that our motorhome is too big to fit in normal parking spots and the poms haven’t made any provision for them in many towns. Needless to say our appreciation of these places was limited as we couldn’t stop. We ended up spending the night at a very overpriced caravan park at Worthing.
Next on our itinerary was the city of Salisbury – a medieval cathedral city in the southern English county of Wiltshire. Fortunately they had a place for us to park, so we were able to wander through the medieval town and visit the magnificent cathedral that dates back to the thirteenth century. It has the highest spire in the UK and houses the original Magna Carta document that was signed by King John in 1215. We also checked out a WW1 display including a recreated Bristol Scout aeroplane. Lunch was traditional steak and kidney pudding, mash and peas. Yum !!
After Salisbury we travelled just 8 miles north to visit the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge. This ring of 4 metre high stones created more than 2000 years BC has baffled generations ever since. Stonehenge is a huge tourist attraction in the UK and there were plenty of people there when we visited. From there, it was on to Bath for the night.