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England - Bath, Bristol, Salisbury and London

20/05/2014 8:50:00 am

Upon arriving back to London, within the next few days I decided to use the remainder of my London Heritage pass to see a few more sites, such as, a very important place I have always wanted to see, Stonehenge.

I departed London towards Bath early in the morning with the intention of spending a few hours in Bath seeing the famous Roman Baths and then another train back towards Salisbury, to catch a bus to Stonehenge, before returning in the early evening to Salisbury to meet Megan, whom I hadn't seen for a nearly a year.

As things often never work out as planned when travelling, I got lost leaving Clapham and went to the wrong direction and had to pay another 30 pounds or so to take a train from Liverpool Street. This however, turned out to have a lucky silver lining.

Arriving in Bath, a very stunning English city, beautiful and elegant, I immediately went to see the famous Roman Baths and the beautiful Bath Abbey very close by.

With time of the essence, I walked around the town square and into the church. I decided best to head to the train station to catch my train to Salisbury. Here, I sat and waited for the train to arrive. Not paying enough attention, the train arrived at the far end of the station and was only a 3 car unit. As it went by, I clicked and realised, I had missed it. I checked my tickets again and realised that, the new ticket I had bought expired days later. Thinking quickly, I asked Megan if she was free the following evening, she was and I decided to spend the night in Bath. This would also allow me to attend the baths, where they pump the hot water from the hot spring onto a rooftop pool. With the afternoon free, I decided to head to Bristol and take a look for the afternoon, and then return to Bath in the evening. Having only a daypack with me, it made it a lot easier to travel. Returning to Bath, I enjoyed the warmth of the hot springs whilst looking out over the city. Relaxed and refreshed, I wandered Bath more during the evening and crashed at a hostel for the night.

The next morning I visited the Royal Crescent, before boarding my train to Salisbury. Arriving, I took a quick stroll through the town before boarding a bus directly to Stonehenge. An amazing place. Smaller than I had expected, yet, exciting to see something that I have wanted to see my whole life.

Returning to Salisbury, I visited the Salisbury Cathedral. What a stunnng church! Elegant outside and inside, and flush with incredible English history. After spending the later afternoon in the church, I caught up with Megan for dinner and a few drinks, before saying goodbye for what may be a lengthy time before catching up again. Reflecting on the train back to London, I realised I'd had a fantastic few days.

With plans to depart England earlier gathering momentum through my mind, I decided that I needed to make sure I had seen more of London. Having not seen St Paul's Cathedral, I decided that I should see this amazing place. Amazing indeed. And the views were incredible also.

After a few more days in London, I decided that I couldn't wait to see North America, I was bursting at the seams to see this continent. 

Though, there was one more place I wanted to see - Ireland. I couldn't have made a better choice.