It has been a fantastic few days in British politics. All the lies that Boris Johnson has told over the past year has finally caught to him. Watching all his cabinet ministers resign, while he stubbornly held on to power was fascinating. It came as no great surprise, that he finally had to announced his resignation today.
Today we decided to go to Stonehenge. Stonehenge is a
prehistoric monument close to Salisbury. It consists of an outer ring of
vertical standing stones, each around 13 feet high, seven feet wide, and
weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal stones. Inside is a
ring of smaller stones. Inside these are free-standing trilithons, which two
bulkier vertical stones joined by one horizontal stone. The whole monument is
aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstice.
Archaeologists believe that Stonehenge was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which form the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC.
Surrounding the structures are several burial mounds. Human remains and early stone aged tools were found in these mounds.
On our way back to Salisbury, we went through “Woodford
Valley.” This area was where King George
2nd hide after being deposed from the throne.
The city of Salisbury is filled with history. The cathedral has the tallest steeple of any church in England. It also contains one of only four remaining copies of the Magna Carta. During the Second World War, Salisbury was the main manufacturing location for the Spitfire.
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