We had a fairly long drive today, from Lyme Regis to Uxbridge, on the outskirts of London. The traffic was fairly bad even for London, I think, with big queues even on major roads, and our satnav changed our route several times to try and avoid gridlocked traffic. Uxbridge is fairly close to where Kieren and Mally live, so it will be easy to get to Zoe's party tomorrow from here.
Halfway to London we stopped to revisit Stonehenge, having last been there in 2004 with Lisa and James. They have completely altered the nearby roads and built a large new visitors' centre about 2 km away. Now you have to park at the visitors' centre, buy your ticket and take a shuttle bus to Stonehenge itself. I noticed that Google maps still shows the now-disappeared road, so it must have happened fairly recently. We had a nice sunny day, similar to the last time 13 years ago.
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| Found a gap in the crowds to take a photo. |
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| Stonehenge, still impressive. The big stones are 4 metres high and weight about 25 tonnes. |
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| Hmmm, coffee and mobility scooters together. Perfect for my old age. |
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| Salisbury Cathedral. |
Salisbury cathedral was consecrated over 750 years ago, and has the tallest spire in Britain, at 123 metres. The huge font (below) is filled with absolutely still water, forming a mirror surface.
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| The perfect mirror surface of the water in the Salisbury Cathedral font. |
