Today we did a tour to Bath and a special access tour to Stonehenge that lets you into the stone circle in the evening, (usually you can only walk around the outside).
We met the tour at the Thistle Victoria in London which is a very swanky place with a beautiful 3 storey lobby. Our driver, John, took us out to Bath with the motormouth tour guide, James, giving us a running commentary on the areas of London and the countryside we passed though.
Our first stop Bath had beautiful honey coloured stone on all the buildings. Our tour included going through the Roman Baths. They are huge with lots of areas excavated and some parts still functioning after 2000 years. We tried the spa water to make us young and healthy but I'm in trouble because while Jon finished his I couldn't drink it. It was like trying to drink hot toilet water!
After a walk around Bath we had a VERY late lunch (5pm) at Lacock. Over lunch we met a lady called Rachel and her mum from America as they shared our table. They have given us their email and kindly offered us a place to stay if we are ever over there. Lacock is a medieval village bought by the National Trust who rent out the houses to caretakers. It has only 4 streets but 4 pubs as it used to be a market town.
Then it was back on the bus past a White Horse carved into the chalky hillside and lots of burial barrows to Stonehenge. We arrived at just before sunset and got to walk around the henge and touch the stones in the setting sun. It was very nice and we got some awesome photos and film.
The earliest parts of the henge are around 5000 years old and the stones are massive some weighing around 50 tonnes and moved from 25 miles away with no wheels!
After getting dropped off back in London, we walked back to our hotel as it was such a nice night.
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