Stonehenge, 2007

My very good friend came to visit me shortly after I had moved to the UK, which was in November. We decided to go and see Stonehenge which is a 3 hour drive from where we live (well, 3 hours when you end up driving around Windsor Castle 3 times.) We got within 30 minutes of our destination and it starts to rain. I thought that maybe it wouldn’t rain once we got there. It didn’t matter. We had driven 3 hours and we were going to see Stonehenge. There was no turning back.

It was our good fortune that we had brought our umbrellas. Once we paid admission we walked under the underpass and made it to the walk around Stonehenge. The Stones are as large as I had expected, but the circle was much, much smaller. Remember it was raining, windy, and cold. I’ve been told that it is a windy location and even chilly in July. The rain felt like ice as it hit my face. My friend’s umbrella was mangled from the wind, but she managed to put it back together.

All in all, if the weather were nicer, there wouldn’t be much of a story. In the future, we hope not to visit Stonehenge under these conditions.