Only a Memory Away

This is a tad late considering that I went to see Stonehenge on Thursday, but oh well.   We went on the Stonhenge tour that started from Salisbury bus station.  One thing I like about these tours is that you get to go on a double decker bus!  It’s so strange to be riding so up high and seeing the trees and buildings from that angle.  It gives a completely different view!  Anyway, it went through Old Sarum, which was made by Iron Age settlers, and the Normans were the last to settle there.  It has fallen into ruin over the years. 

Stonehenge was an interesting site.  When we went in, they have us little phones that told us about the history of Stonehenge.  The odd thing is that they really don’t know why it was built.  It has been around for over 4000 years in alignment with the midsummer sunrise.  They are made with these bluestones, but they have absolutely no idea how they could have brought them there over the great expanse of land from Wales.  Some believe it was built for astonomy purposes, or rituals having to do with the sun, as simple as raising succesful crops, and many others.  They have no idea what the stones were actually meant to do.  The reason it is so important is that it draws people in to look at it.

When you go on the tour, they give you those phones I mentioned, and you walk around the stones in a roped off area.  It is cool to see it from so many different angles, though I wish I could have touched the stones.  They do not allow you to get close enough.  I truly enjoyed the landscape of the area around Stonehenge.  It is so pretty, and there is a field of sheep that I personally liked to see.  However, I’m not used to seeing sheep, so that’s probably why.  I wish you could do more with Stonehenge, while it was fun to see, not being able to touch or go near them was a bit disappointing.  I really wished I was one of the birds that could just perch on the stones!  It would be so neat! 

You know, Stonehenge would have made for a fun playground!  Who knows, maybe that’s what it really was!!!