Today we’ve been to Stonehenge and Salisbury down in Wiltshire County, south west England (about a 2 hrs’ drive from Theydon Bois). It was absolutely freezing walking around the rocks at Stonehenge. It was such an open and exposed area that you could feel the winds smacking your directly in the face. I regretfully report that while we were walking around the trail around the rocks, I looked to my right to see one youth doing the Souljah Boy Crank Dat dance while a friend filmed. Some things in life you just don’t expect to see: someone cranking dat at Stonehenge.

After the self-guided tour there, we ventured into Salisbury which is just some 10 miles south of where Stonehenge lies. In this town is the famous Salisbury Cathedral which is celebrating its 750th anniversary next year. 750! The church was completed in 1257 and has the tallest steeple/spire in all the UK and the second tallest in Europe. Though Stonehenge did not strike us as a “spiritual” place as many pagans claim, Salisbury Cathedral, on the other hand, brought tears to my eyes. This was a connection to the church of the 13th century. They had raised an Ebeneezer for later generations and thanks to those who have preserved the cathedral these 750 years, we can enjoy it today and be connected in a tangible, experiential way to the medieval church. That gets me fired up!

Check out the pictures in the gallery of both Stonehenge and Salisbury.