…I’ll give you a hint. Peter Gabriel wrote a song about it and it wasn’t ‘Sledgehammer’.
HOLY CRAP THE VIEW WAS AMAZING. I can see why there’s a song about that place. I saw the city, but not the lights, because it was the daytime. No eagles, either. Just some woodpigeons. Still beautiful, though. Apparently there used to be a Roman settlement on top of the hill, but it got burned down by the Visigoths (or somebody like that) because the Romans only dug a defensive trench on one side. Nice job, Romans.
That was Bath. Apparently, Solsbury Hill is in Bath, not Salisbury. (Note the spelling difference. I HAD NO IDEA.) Salisbury was nice, but I kind of just took it easy there. The cathedral…honestly, just like all the other cathedrals I’ve seen. I didn’t do a lot of sightseeing in Salisbury, but I did a lot of hanging out with cool people in the hostel, so that was fun.
Right now I’m in Cardiff, getting ready to go to bed. (Peter Gabriel was lying to you. One does not simply ‘climb up on Solsbury Hill’. It’s practically vertical. I AM EXHAUSTED.) Tomorrow…well, you’ll have to wait and see what tomorrow is going to bring. All I will say is that it involves a blue British police box and time travel…
Wow Claire. I learned more about Peter Gabriel, THe Romans and English geography in your one little blog than anywhere else in my last 50 years. And I thought the Romans were smart. I now must assume that Peter is pretty buff! I am sure that wood pigeons are every bit as worthy of viewing as eagles although less worthy of a rock song. I defiantly want to see the Hill now.
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Tee hee, I have so many pictures to show you!
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