Hi everybody!
This morning we started off bright and early to head to Sham
Castle. What is Sham Castle you say? Well the City of Bath felt that they did
not have enough castle heritage in their town. So the council decided to build
a facade of a castle so that people could look and take pictures in front of
it. Well Council of Bath, your ruse worked, and these four tourists fell for it
hook, line, and sinker. So here’s pictures of me in front of this silly castle!
I do have to say that there was an amazing view of Bath, and
that was definitely worth the trip up.
Then the four musketeers traveled to Stonehenge! Basically
it used to be a circular ancient burial ground with 56 stones. Then, humans
slowly changed the stones and added the huge ones. It eventually developed to
the structure we see today that acted like a big time keeper for the summer and winter
solstice. No one really knows what it was meant for, but watching the videos
and trying to imagine how they moved such stones is really intriguing. Like look at it, they lived in huts but moved many stones like this!
Either
humans had super strength that we gave up at some point in time, um hello
pyramids of Giza or Machu Pichu, OR we got dumber and lost some skill we had in
the past. My favorite personal theory is that we abused our super strength so
the Gods punished us by removing both our abilities and our memories/knowledge
of such time hehehe. I know, I’m a bit of a dreamer, but hey, if all the Mensa kids
can’t figure out Stonehenge, then my theory is just as good as theirs.
Afterwards we headed out to Salisbury for lunch. Does Salisbury
sound familiar to you? That’s because it was in the news a few years ago when
the entire town got evacuated after Russian spies tried to kill and ex Russian spy
using Novichok this terrifying drug that kills you just by touching it. Jes
was joking the whole time saying things like “don’t touch the Novichok doors.”
Mom was appalled, whilst I was laughing saying that there’s no way there was
any Novichok on all these touristy things. What can I say? Living life on the
edge suits me, I’d say I’m a moderate adrenaline junky…I mean have you seen the
real adrenaline junkies? My parents got it easy with me.
Tired of paying our dues to the Church of England, we kind
of snuck into the Salisbury Cathedral. I mean all the people were really old in
there…so it’s not like they really noticed. God probably noticed, but I don’t
think she minds, I mean I literally just paid my zakat from my own personal savings
and that went to the poor directly instead of getting diluted in the church.
Also, the four of us have given more than our fair share to these pastors here,
don’t get me started again on how much of a rip off Westminster Abbey was. So yes,
the four of us snuck into a cathedral and I’m really going to enjoy sharing
that story with other friends thirty years from now.
Top two things in this cathedral:
1. The oldest working mechanical clock in the world
is housed here. This clock has ticked around 4.4 billion times since it was put
to use in 1386 (and that’s with the clock taking a break for a few years!)
2. The best kept Magna Carta is kept here. Which basically
is the fundamental to our Declaration of Independence and Constitution, which
is basically the foundation to my job, so basically I saw the original
inspiration for my entire career. Cool right?! Unfortunately no pictures allowed, so you all will just have to use google.
After we survived Salisbury - no Novichok for these pro
spies! – we made our way to New Forest. Your city girl here thought that if a
place is called a forest, then it must be a forest? Lies, this place had a Bentley
dealership lol! I was definitely in for a surprise. I would like to point out
though, that this “forest” has WILD PONIES. Well, and cattle too, but that’s
not important. We are talking about WILD PONIES guys. Can you tell I’m excited.
I don’t think I stopped looking out the window for even a second.
We stayed at the Filly Inn, I know, I know, I might have a
problem. I feel really guilty for making the mums suffer a bit since the accommodations
were less than ideal. BUT it did have an amazing garden and patio. The lighting outdoors was amazing...hello golden hour!
Mumma Bailey,
mom, and I just sat outside enjoying the sunshine, listening to the birds,
and identifying flowers while we had fizzy drinks and then dinner. We laughed
because the portion sizes were so huge, it was hopeless for us to be a part of
the clean plate club. But like always, we definitely had room for dessert. Jes doesn’t
like meringue and Mumma Bailey doesn’t like chantilly cream. So we ordered and
Eton Mess to share but asked them to make it an Eton Tidy. Literally they
deconstructed it and we each made a spoonful of Eton Mess that catered to our tastes
one bite at a time. The waitress must have thought we were insane! But we
enjoyed ourselves immensely.
Tomorrow I’m going horseback riding in the New Forest with Jes. SO
EXCITED! I hope I can fall asleep tonight.
Love you guys,
Carolyn
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