While we were staying in Bath we drove out and saw the famed Stonehenge.
We arrived at precisely the wrong time - behind 5 tourist buses. The buses offloaded their excited and giggling cargo into the 'queue here' line, and we stood behind them patiently looking at the sky which threatened rain wondering what we would do if it started raining, why didn't we bring an umbrella, and would it kill them to put the line undercover.
We didn't really know what to expect from Stonehenge....but it was 'wow'. I can't tell you anything that you can't find on the internet about these stones, except that, like every major tourist attraction around the world, the experience was slightly ruined by the tourists (you have to wait 10 mins for them to clear out of your way for just long enough to snap a picture which doesn't have a group of Chinese girls doing the peace sign in it, nor manly men taking photos of their manly friends not smiling because they need to look like manly tourists).
Once inside, there is a track that you can walk around the stones. The first bit of the track (where everyone crowds) is th closest part to the stones. Then the track does this big loop thing way away so you can appreciate them at a distance..and see the freeway which is stupidly close.
But the experience was totally worth it. Stonehenge is simply amazing, and it's really maddening and saddening that people break in and graffiti the stones.
