Today was a topsy turvy day. We didn't get to see the Brighton Beach huts yesterday so we ticked that one off this morning. They are bright, quirky and fun. They sell for around GBP19,000, or roughly AUD$38,000, just so you can keep your beach side stuff at the beach. I should also add, I actually really like the pebble beaches, no annoying sand getting into every nook and cranny.
From there we headed for Stone Henge, let's just say the Brits may have a good road system but they are not ones for having lots of actual names on signs, just road names like A236, A338, and many of the roads can be more than one of those increasing the confusion.So we got s little lost. It didn't help that our phone died and with it went the road maps.We ended up just ever so slightly too far east of Stone Henge. We eventually found Stone Henge after experiencing some really heavy traffic, fearing this was the throng of people going there, we soon realised this was the rubber neckers stealing a glimpse of Stone Henge, well probably only a few, but that is all it takes to screw up an entire road network.
Stone Henge was great, you can choose between a 30 minute walk, or 5 minute shuttle, we took the shuttle. It is simply unbelievable that people nearly 4,000 years ago built this, and so accurately, based on the summer and winter equinox times. When you see what they had to work with and what they achieved, you have to be nothing but impressed.
From here the fun and games started, my phone had not really charged that much while we were at Stone Henge, so luckily Lorraine cracked into the free WiFi and got a Google map up of how to get to Bath. If only I hadn't made the first wrong turn. We ended up on a nice Antiques Roadshow drive through the countryside, which really was quite nice. We stopped at one town hoping to get a better charger, ended up with a good power bank, unfortunately not a lot of residual charge in it.
Asking for directions proved surprisingly frustrating so we headed off anyway in the general direction of Bath. After some deviations, we eventually made it..
We arrived at Dorian House a few hours later than scheduled but it was a very pleasant surprise, walking downstairs to what seems like the basement, we find we are actually at the ground floor with our own private entry right at our car. Score one for Lorraine, she picked an absolute winner. The room is huge and so is the bathroom!
We then set off into Bath only to find that we were too late to see the Roman Baths so that will have to wait till tomorrow. We did however get to see the incredible Bath Abbey, a magnificent church right in the centre of town. Wow!! and we found a nice little restaurant with an outdoor dining area underneath one of the towers. Nice way to end the day.
We also found Henry's female doppelganger, so had to stop for a doggy pat fix.
Now settling back for a relaxing evening and plan out tomorrow.
2019-09-14 - Early morning Brighton
2019-09-14 - Brighton to Bath
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