Stonehenge and Old Sarum and Salisbury

This weekend was Stonehenge and Salisbury. Stonehenge was cool, but the castle ruins at Old Sarum(which were already old when the Romans first came!) provide much more space to run around and pretend we were fighting off invaders. You can just make out the boys climbing one of the outer walls that Bridget is guarding. We ended up in Salisbury whose Cathedral has the tallest spire in all of England. They also keep 1 of the 4 remaining copies of the Magna Carta there. Nick and I discussed how back then people with neat handwriting got the cool jobs ! It looks like a type font it is so regular and small. As we wandered the town exploring other medieval streets, we came upon "the Endless Street", which the children claim is ALWAYS were we take them!!

Beach Head

Another week, another hike. This time to Beachy Head in East Sussex. It was horrid weather at home, so we headed for the beach and were surprised by glorious sunshine, albeit cold. But, we hiked the most glorious white cliffs I have ever seen and that little red dot at the bottom...is Nick, climbing the cliff. We have learned that no hike here is complete unless you cut through someone's pasture. That is me, ankle deep in cow dung, about to climb the ladder stile. The moss covered sign posts are the "finger signs" that you look for as you hike. Can you imagine how many times we get lost! Below Matthew is contemplating the strange rocks with a while chalk crust and back centers. all very cool.