Friday, September 22, 2023

Friday, September 22 - Stourhead and Stonehenge

Miss Bennet, I have struggled in vain but I can bear it no longer...The past months have been a torment...I came to Rosings with the single object of seeing you...I had to see you. I've fought against my better judgement, my family's expectation. . .The inferiority of your birth. . .My rank and circumstance...All those things...But I'm willing to put them aside...And ask you to end my agony...I love you. Most ardently.  Please do me the honour of accepting my hand." - Mr. Darcy in the 2005 Pride & Prejudice

7:15 am Breakfast at hotel

Little pond outside our balcony


Our first porridge (oatmeal).
So happy to have something different.

8:00 am Drove one hour and ten minutes

Stourhead Garden
Bought tickets at the gate £19.
2005 Kiera Knightly Pride & Prejudice -Darcy's first proposal was filmed at the Temple of Apollo; Palladian Bridge is where Lizzy runs across on her way to the temple.
We reserved a tramper the we collected at the Visitor Reception Building.01747 841152

LINK to YouTube Clip Here of Elizabeth running across Palladian Bridge and on to the Temple of Apollo where Darcy meets her.









Tunnel entrance to the Temple of Apollo




Such good hikers


The epic proposal spot 💗💗💗






Keira Knightley at this same spot :)

Continuing our walk around the lake




Pantheon for parties


Dwelling






View of the Pantheon across the lake





Cute house on our way out

Marshfields ice cream at Stourhead Café


Drive 30 minutes

Stonehenge 2:30 tour
Archaeologists believe that Stonehenge was constructed from around 3000 BC to 2000 BC.  One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stonehenge is regarded as a British cultural icon.  Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings.  Deposits containing human bone date from as early as 3000 BC






Dwellings for Stonehenge builders


Thatched roof

Mom was in love with this spectacular sky

Vans and campers lining the road were there for the Autumn Equinox



Drove 15 min to Toby Carvery Amesbury.  We had a 6:00 reservation but got there an hour and a half early.  They still got us right in. 44 1980 676746

Toby Carvery

Drove 30 minutes to The Running Horse Pub/Hotel
Checked in at the bar
They had free parking and a room for us on the ground floor yay
Tel: 44 01962 880218

Running Horse Inn and Pub - view from our door

Our door on the left. I didn't take a picture of our little room,
but it had the BEST beds of our whole trip.
Wish we could have had them with us the whole two weeks.

Interesting walls in the pub