For yesterday's full day excursion, the Juniors visited the prehistoric site of Stonehenge and the nearby city of Salisbury.
On the way there, Social Director Dave told us some facts about Stonehenge. Did you know, it is thought to be around 4500 years old?
There were lots of other people visiting the World Heritage Site - it is one of England's most famous tourist attractions
Everyone listened carefully to their audio guides to find out more about the history of Stonehenge. It was also great English practice!
We decided to re-enact the momument for ourselves, with Activity Leaders James and Pete using Ralitsa as a 'lintel' across the top.
Some of the standing stones are over 4 metres high and 2 metres wide, and weigh 25 tons. The lintels on top are around 3.2 metres long and 1m wide. Luckily Ralitsa wasn't quite as heavy!
Nobody is quite sure why Stonehenge was built, but it looks like Vincent is having a good think.
It was very windy but we were still in good spirits!
At least it didn't rain...
Until we got to Salisbury. Then we all got drenched.
After Stonehenge, the coach dropped us off in Salisbury and we walked to the Cathedral along the river. It was very picturesque
Then we ate our packed lunches on the grass outside before having a look round the cathedral.
Barbara and Viri showed us the way!
Salisbury Cathedral has the highest church spire in the UK (123m) and the oldest working clock in the world!
Inside, we saw this historic map of Salisbury and some beautiful stained glass windows.
Once we'd seen the Cathedral, we headed towards the town centre for everybody's favourite part of the day... shopping!
Comments
Post a Comment