Stonehenge

On our way out of town heading towards Bath, we tried to not be terrified of the fact that everything including our perceptions were backwards.  I think the not being terrified bit was harder than remembering to stay on the left side of the road.  But we managed to still soak in some idyllic pastoral landscapes.  Of course we could not pass by this way without visiting Stonehenge.

I know I use the word amazing a lot and maybe I should expand my vocabulary but Stonehenge is truly awe inspiring.  From various things that I had heard, in my head I pictured this impossibly massive stone structure, that was set just off the road but far enough away as to fit comfortably within your zoomed in camera frame, and that you couldn't get very close to it.

So when I first glimpsed Stonehenge, my thoughts were that I was much closer to it than I imagined I would be, and that the stones were not as big as I saw them in my head.  They were still impressively massive, but no longer seemed impossible.

We were able to walk around the entire structure, and take pictures at every possible angle.  Every few feet the view was different, new stones visible, and the light changing so we could be amazed anew.  There are many theories, but no one knows why the stones were put there or what would motivate such an epic undertaking.  It is one of the earliest forms of creative expression that I have ever seen and maybe humanity's compelling need for expression, for memory and legacy were motivation enough.  

Tonight we stay over a pub outside bath in a little town called Warminster.

~ Sara