Part Il: Visit to Stonehenge

Hi guys I am sorry I haven't been present much because I was busy making the most of Andre on his annual leave last week and also because I have not been well and the weather has been making me sluggish. I have missed all of you! As promised, here is the continuation of our Stonehenge visit. If you haven't read the part I yet please click the hyperlink.

From the Stonehenge Visitor Centre, we took a shuttle bus to the main attraction, the Stonehenge Cursus which apparently receives more than 1 million visitors a year. It used to be accessible for everyone but due to its fragility and in order to keep it preserved at a good condition it is only accessible to limited number of people outside normal visiting hours and it needs prior authorisation to do so as well. But I'm happy to walk around the perimeter as long as I can see it in close proximity.

When I saw the Stonehenge Cursus from afar, my heart did triple back flips. This is it! One of my bucket list getting ticked. For the longest time I have been content of seeing them in photographs. Some people say these are just rocks but to me it is ancient mystery and an architectural marvel. To think prehistoric humans managed to make such a structure in the absence of modern day technology is quite amazing to me.

Each silicified standing sand stones at the outer ring are around 13 ft tall and 7 ft wide. They weigh around 25 tons. The inner circle, on the other hand, is made of smaller blue stones. The whole monumental ruins is said to be aligned to the location of the sunrise during the summer solstice. Archeologists believed that the Stonehenge was built around 3000 to 2000 BC. It is also believed that it has been a burial grounds from its early beginnings up to 500 more years. Human bone deposits were dug around the site and surrounding areas. In fact some of this digs can be found in the Stonehenge Visitor Centre to this day.

Some folklore claims that the Stonehenge was actually created by the legendary wizard Merlin who magically teleported stones from Ireland where giants had assembled them. Others say it was built by Danish invaders. Some say it is a Roman temple ruins. While the more modern generation are convinced it is a spaceship landing for aliens. Take your pick on whichever you want to believe. I would stick to the boring side of it being a burial site as I am a realist.

Andrea and I walked around the whole structure and took loads of photos along with tons of tourists too. Long walk I would say as it was massive. We attempted too many couple selfies too as we did not have a tripod and we were to shy to ask others to take it for us. We were lucky as the cloudy weather dissipated when we were there so our photos turned out pretty great! When we finished walking around, we decided to head back to the shuttle bus as we have come quite a long way from home.

It was such an exhausting day due to the commute. But I was really very happy with it. I am very much grateful to my lovely boyfriend for taking me all the way to Stonehenge even though he has been there already and also for sponsoring the trip. Hoping for more adventures with him in the future. That's all for today. I hope you enjoyed our little tour! Cheers!

PS: Photos are all mine taken with Google Pixel 6 ❤️