When President Gubler told us to go on vacation the first week, we didn't waste any time and I knew where we needed (wanted) to go ... back to Devonshire, where we could see sites on the way that Elder Hewlett had never seen, and where we could do a little family history. Old Sarum, Stonehenge and Bath were all on the itinerary. None disappointed, but all were much more developed that when I had been there with my mother and aunt twenty years ago. It was the most beautiful week and really we have only had one day of rain since we arrived in England and that was yesterday, and we really aren't in England. I had never been to Sarum before, which is just outside of Salisbury, but I had read about it in Edward Rutherford's book,
London.
They say that the earliest fortification of Sarum was probably built around 400 B.C. (crazy old) and is touted as "one of the most enthralling historic sites in southern England." It is combination of a royal castle and cathedral. In about 1070 William the Conquerer decided to build a royal castle in the middle of old earthworks.
Stonehenge is a masterful engineering feat. To move the stones and have alignments with the rising and setting of the sun speaks to the intelligence of early inhabitants of the area. And Bath, although every time I go I am lost, is also one of those "must see sites." We stayed the night in Bath, and spent some moments as night fell sitting on the side of the River Avon in the shadows of the cathedral.
When President Gubler told us to go on vacation the first week, we didn't waste any time and I knew where we needed (wanted) to go ... back to Devonshire, where we could see sites on the way that Elder Hewlett had never seen, and where we could do a little family history. Old Sarum, Stonehenge and Bath were all on the itinerary. None disappointed, but all were much more developed that when I had been there with my mother and aunt twenty years ago. It was the most beautiful week and really we have only had one day of rain since we arrived in England and that was yesterday, and we really aren't in England. I had never been to Sarum before, which is just outside of Salisbury, but I had read about it in Edward Rutherford's book, London. 
They say that the earliest fortification of Sarum was probably built around 400 B.C. (crazy old) and is touted as "one of the most enthralling historic sites in southern England." It is combination of a royal castle and cathedral. In about 1070 William the Conquerer decided to build a royal castle in the middle of old earthworks. 
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