The next stop, Salisbury, featured the largest non-London tourist trap on our trip, as well as the beautiful Salisbury
Cathedral.
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Access to Stonehenge is controlled by an outfit called English Heritage. A visit typically
involves parking in a paid lot (£3) next to the visitor's centre, followed by a bus ride up to Stonehenge. Once there
paid visitors can walk along a fenced path around the standing stones. All this for £30.90 each (over USD80, or AUD125,
for two).
We decided forgo this expenditure and instead walk from the visitors center along a well-worn path, a total of 3 miles
round-trip.
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Without the expensive tickets we were relegated to a public footpath that is separated from the paid footpath by a
wire fence. We still had a decent view, enhanced by the fact I still had 60 plus quid sitting in my pocket.
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We hiked back on a slightly different path to the car. That path took us past some old barrows which had been well picked over in previous
centuries. We then searched for a quiet pub for lunch far from the madding crowd and found the Bridge Inn at Upper Woodford a short drive away. As
with many (all?) English pubs, dogs are welcome, and in this instance a cozy bed was provided.
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Interior of the remarkable Salisbury Cathedral, a short walk from our hotel in town.
