jasonw1239 wrote:I was at Stonehenge while on a bus tour back in 1985 but I certainly would like to go back to that area.What I can remember was that the site is situated on a hilltop giving you quite a view of the surrounding area.Scattered around in the distance you can see various burial mounds.
grodog wrote:If you're interested, I'll see if I can find our pics from our UK trip?: we spent several hours at Stonehenge, and I took oodles of pictures!
jasonw1239 wrote:I also got a bunch of pics with my old trusty 35 mm SLR that I have dragged around the world on a few trips.Purely mechanical device that you have to use a hand-held light meter for.It's been to England, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland and Brazil.
grodog wrote:I'd really like to visit Egypt some time before I'm ancient, but given the political climate, that's not on the list in the foreseeable future....
grodog wrote:You got me there: Heather and I've been to Aruba, Italy (Rome, Venice, Florence, Sienna), the UK (pretty much just London, with a dash off to Stonehenge, Bath, and Windsor Castle), and Cancun together, and I'd been to Santiago as well, but that's the extent of my international travel. She's much more the globe trotting investigator than I am I'd really like to visit Egypt some time before I'm ancient, but given the political climate, that's not on the list in the foreseeable future....
grodog wrote:I'd really like to visit Egypt some time before I'm ancient, ....
jasonw1239 wrote:Nice picture Paul!I was there about 25 years ago just a few years after they roped off the stones so that you could only view them from a distance.They were smaller than I expected them to be.Did you visit any of the other ruins on the Salisbury Plain?I did not have the opportunity since I was on a bus tour. Maybe I'll get a chance to go back someday.
jasonw1239 wrote:Did you visit any of the other ruins on the Salisbury Plain.
benjoshua wrote: when the Romans first visited the British Isles over 2000 years ago!