After happily leaving Glastonbury and its Goddesses, we went to Salisbury (much better recommended!). Our goal was to rent bikes and to cycle to Stonehenge. We got ample route descriptions at the local tourist information, so off we went. The tour from Salisbury to Stonehenge was about 16 km and turned out to be quite a beautiful ride. We mostly followed the river Avon, passed some cute villages, a lovely English garden (complete with Japanese tea house, apple tunnels and, most importantly, a coffee house with home made cakes and lunches), and Sting’s house.
The guy at the tourist information office already warned us that the last mile of the tour would be along a very busy road towards Stonehenge. He urged us (we had to promise) not to cycle on that road, but to walk, or use the sidewalk. He was right. It was a very busy road. So busy that we actually passed the traffic jam of people watching Stonehenge. After watching Stonehenge from a distance for a while, we decided not to go in. We saw loads of tourists circling (in a wide circle) around the stones, which we could see very well from the distance. Next time we’ll visit Stonehenge, we’ll try to buy tickets for entrance at sunrise or sunset (only sold to a very limited number of people and sold out months in advance).
Again, some photos:
Bright orange, slightly smallish cross country bikes (with Old Sarum in the background).
Sunglasses! Not so much on this photo, but we had wonderfully good weather during our trip. No rain at all!!
Lovely cottages.
(Very hot) Soup, in Heale Garden, with a view on river Avon.
Cycling past the Stonehenge traffic jam.
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Stonehenge with a circus of tourists circling it.
Crop circle trip 2010 