Well,
It has been a while since i last updated you all on our journey. Things have been busy!
Over the weekend that just went, we have covered a lot of ground. Starting out on Saturday morning, we hit the road and went on to Stonehenge. On the way we had breakfast at a little chef, a very cute roadstop diner. A breakfast of fruit salad and pancake. What was interesting was the soundbites that played in the toilets from the 1950's. Following that stopover we then arrived at Stonehenge. I was not sure what to expect, but i was not expecting about 70 druids in robes and staffs to be performing a ritual since of the summer solstice. It was impressive in the same way the pyramids would have been - that it would have been mainly brute stength to construct. Myself and monique went up past a lot of sheep to the burial mounds to see how it all linked up. Not very many tourists did this, which was a nice break from the regular horde of them.
Onwards to Bath! after another drive with Sarah and Phil we came to Bath. Such a very pretty town - most of which is heritage listed. We met up with Sarah's friend Christie and had a High tea, so much (Most would say too much) food. Following our massive meal Monique and I went to visit the old Roman Baths -which is why it's called Bath in the first place. And funny enough they were old. It was really nice, and we managed to see a statue of a male gorgon, snakes in his beard and all.
On from Bath we went to Bristol, to which we checked into a hotel, then tried to find Sarah's friends house of Chris and Christie. Following an amazing meal of Mexican feast, we drank and played a board game. We then stumbled home, and fell asleep.
The next day we drove to Cheddar. And on the way stopped off at the nicest pub i've seen. It was called the crown inn at Winston. Since of the summer, and hottest day of the UK summer, it was 28 degrees. The beer garden was so lovely and green. We drank a somerset cider and listened to some great accents.
The Gorge of Cheddar was amazing. The town was actually set into the gorge, not just on the side of it. There was a bikey convention there, but it didn't stop it from being amazing. We did some climbing on the side, but we weren't as keen as some people who were doing rock climbing (and by some people i mean loads of people). Also, side note, good cheese.
Other highlights have been:
Seeing David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Much Ado about nothing. A good show, 4 stars from me. However, they used the revolve too much and the stardom of Tennant took away from the performance. Mon then had a chat with him after the show at the stage door - surrounded by loads of teenage girls.
Seeing the play The 39 steps. One of the funnest shows i've ever seen. And we even saw Stephen Fry in the audience with his very young boyfriend (who we thought at first was a woman).
Going on the London Eye. Despite all of the horrible tourists, it was really nice to see the city from high up. it was probably the biggest tourist trap that i've seen so far.
Foyles bookstore, being the largest commercial bookstore in london.
British museum. Mummies. Old Greek statues. Massive. MASSIVE.
St James and Hyde park. We met an old man who feeds the squirrels there everyday. Had a chat to him, and he gave Mon a nut to give to one. And we met some very nice birds.
The view from what is called "Suicide Bridge". Thankfully we only saw one man there, and he was telling a bewildered Monique that there is so much more to live for.
Camden town, and the cheapest second hand DVD/Game/Electronics store i've ever seen. (Got fallout: New Vegas for 12 pounds!).
Tomorrow we are off to Brighton. Hopefully we won't see any scumbags. Get it? haha
Also, because of my brother Adam, we saw some kung fu. Loads of it.
-Josh
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Sounds great. :D
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