I love it here and I’m not off the ship yet! 😂
It’s 60ishF with low clouds … room service has delivered our breakfast and we’re docking now.
Now THAT’S a fender!
Repurposed war ship … Mark thinks it’s being used to dredge the port. (We stirred up some sand coming in.)
It’s 10:30 local time and we’re an hour into our drive to Stonehenge. The countryside is beautiful and we passed through the picturesque towns of Portland, Weymouth and others. Here are a few pics Mark took from our bus. Maid Marion & driver Josh were informative and a bit of fun.
Drydocked for repainting
Weymouth, a nice beach area where King George the III bathef naked with his bathing carriage.
That’s the bathing carriage.
Weymouth … a favorite of Royalty. Plenty of hotels in the area.
Pretty harbor for pleasure boats
So, we made it to the Stones in England’s finest weather, pouring rain. ☔️ (Yes, I did pack at umbrella but … starting packing up the things we weren’t needing. Yup, the umbrella. 😂
That’s the closest we could get today after some kooks threw yellow cornstarch on them two weeks ago. Our friend Dennis W. informed us that if we were 10’ from the stones we’d have seen WWI soldiers names carved in the stones.
The buses rolling in to the parking lot (1 mile walk or another bus to the henge) were by the dozens. We stood half an hour in the rain.
After the magical mystery tour of Stonehenge we were taken to Salisbury Cathedral.
Built 1220-1258. It houses one of the 4 existing originals of the Magna Carta!
Obviously this isn’t the original … but we saw it in the darkened tent! Spectacular!
A few pics of the interior!
The black water baptismal pool
One of the pipe organs
The grounds within the walled/gated are beautiful. Some homes are privately owned!
Just another porch tacked on the side.
Beautiful gates to one of the private homes on the property.
Now we’re on the bus back to Caribbean Princess for dinner and a show.
Tomorrow we’re off to Gatwick for a night before flying home Wednesday! It’s been a great trip!
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