“Sorry for any Delays caused by
roadworks”. The English, summed up in a single road sign. I was nonplussed that
they had even spent the money to build a sign to warn about traffic hold-ups,
much less stick an apology on it for said traffic hold-ups. There were no
hold-ups, just in case anyone was wondering.
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| Some ultra hardcore English roadworks going on |
We’re on the move again today. We
had a quick breakfast, said goodbye to Chris, Margie & the dogs, and
climbed into our muddy muddy rental car, for the 5 and a half hour journey back
to London.
5 and a half hours in a car is
normally a really long time to me. In England, not so much, because I was so
fascinated by the braided hills and generally-beautiful countryside, and the
funny English radio. We listened to Jack Black(is he aware his name rhymes?)
promote Kung Fu Panda 3, the best English hits, and heard some guy call in to
play the British Board of Classification game and fail hideously at the Harry
Potter Question. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Elves, anyone? His answer
raised serious questions about whether or not he was a real person, and if he
realised that he was a British citizen. I thought Harry Potter was compulsory over
here.
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| So pretty to drive through! |
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| Gorgeous Countryside |
We hit Stonehenge (which was pretty
much on the highway) at just after the 3 hour driving mark. Pulling into the
car park, we saw that they were charging some completely absurd amount of money (£15.50,
or $30AUD per person) to see what is essentially a bunch of old rocks.
Instead of going to see the
Stonehenge, we made a quick facility stop at the ticket booth and headed back
onto the road, where 500m later, we saw Stonehenge for free. Tip for anyone
else wanting to see Stonehenge – just a few hundred metres down the road after
the car park (if you’re heading Eastbound) or just after you pass Stonehenge
(heading Westbound) there is small road you can pull off into & get a free closer
look at Stonehenge, from basically the same level as all the people silly
enough to part with £15.
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| Stonehenge from the car as we drove past |
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| Amesbury |
Just past Stonehenge we detoured
off to Amesbury for lunch…at surprise, surprise, a pub (“The Bell”) for a quick
£4.59 inclusive for burger, chips and drink.
Just after 3pm in the afternoon we
made it back into Heathrow for car drop off. I was driving the spaceship and Hugh
was navigation (usually he drives and I navigate), so it took a few goes of
circling Heathrow before he managed to tell me where to turn in time. But we
got there, dropped the car off quickly and easily, and jumped on the tube back
into Kings Cross for the night.
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