My wife loves old things, which makes me wonder why she decided to hook up with a guy six years younger than herself.   Due to her love of old things, we decided to go and visit Stonehenge, and from there Salisbury cathedral.   I’m not usually that interested in visiting dusty old museum places, but I thought I’d cave in on this occasion as it was part of our British heritage.

They day didn’t start that well though as I managed to slip in the shower.  I first hit the edge of the bath with my shoulder, simultaneously smacking my knee, I then swung around grabbing at the curtain, but landing on my back at the same time smacking my elbow on the bathroom scales.

So having virtually crippled myself we set off for the day, and arrived at Stonehenge for a look around.  Julie went a bit weird and did some sort of Pagan worship thing and I left her to it.  Druids regularly perform rituals at this ancient site as do many other Pagans.

The stones weren’t that interesting for me as I’ve studied their history, and quite frankly it’s just a pile of stones to me.  The kids weren’t all that interested either, so I took some pictures of the them and Julie.

Then we looked at the sign which had other spots of local interest, and decided we’d have a look at which ones were on the Tomtom.   The closest point marked was Old Sarum and it was en route to Salisbury,  so we decided to go there.   Old Sarum is a ruined old castle, which English Heritage describe as earthworks.  However it was quite an interesting visit.  There is also the site of the original cathedral at Old Sarum, and some lovely views of the Wiltshire countryside.

With my knee and back now virtually crippling me found a place to park in the city itself, and had some lunch at Subway which was lovely.  Ummmm…  Subway!

So after hobbling towards the Cathedral we went to one of the museums which was right outside.  It had a whole local history on the area and was very good.  One of those dusty old houses which has been converted into a dusty old museum.  Not my cup of tea, but the kids found it interesting.

However my pain was increasing and we decided to head back.  I was hobbling and my hip was aching partly because of my sore back, and partly because I was over compensating for my damaged knee.  We took some pictures of the Cathedral, but both Julie and I would not enter.

As a place of Christian worship the scale just shows what a privileged position in our society the church holds.   I wonder if there was a real Jesus how proud he would be of the grand and boastful creation of his followers.