In Which I Have a Deliberation Over Which Tense to Use

My name is Hannah - I smell like cheese - Paul's edit. This is what I get for walking away.

Salisbury - Went to Stonehenge, which is quite small close up. It is also packed with tourists, but no one can go into the circle itself so everyone is quite spread out. If anyone has looked at the photos you will notice that I named the rocks after some of you. I told English Heritage but they said that those were silly names for rocks. What's a good name for a rock? Anyhoo, it's kinda amazing to think that people once dragged 12 tonne stones to the top of the hill. There must have been lots of complaining. One can still see the avenues through which the stones were dragged. There are barrows surrounding the site, which some people believe they have the right to climb. Nuts to the preservation of ancient sites, apparently.

Our English Heritage cards got us in for freesies and the bus took us out to Old Sarum as well - a prehistoric man-made fortification from the same time as Stonehenge. It is a terraced hill with three levels - dug using only antlers as pick-axes and shoulder blades of oxen as shovels. There are also the foundations of a Norman fortress atop the hill. The free mead was tasty.

Bath - The YHA was nicer than the Salisbury one and I met some girls who like Yugioh Abridged. One of the YHA staff gave us a map with very good instructions about places to see, shortcuts, good photo spots and some good places to eat. The town was pretty, but seeing the Baths was expensive. The water in the baths is untreated water from way back when, and it is a fetid green colour, thus it is rather unnerving to see people put their hands in it, then put their hands to their noses and lips! A nice town, if a tad pricey. The locally brewed Bath Ales are great.

Glastonbury via Bristol - I cannot imagine why anyone would name their child after this city. Bristol is drab and industrial. We got out of there as soon as possible.
Glastonbury doesn't seem like a place to hold a huge music festival. It's a rather small town surrounded by farmland. It is quite new age-y, and was thus very much to Paul's liking. The abbey has connections to King Arthur and a badger sett (none seen so far). We had our packs so we took turns looking around. While Paul took first turn, I slept in the sun on the grass. Also patted a cute calico kitty. The Tor was atop a high hill, which we climbed with our packs. The view was great.

Exeter - We had planned to go down into Cornwall but, unable to rent a car, we abandoned this plan and went to Winchester instead. We stayed one night in a YHA which was way out in the suburbs and was really simple. Not the best, though I shared a room with only one other person.
What is it with people coming into shared dorms after 11 and just flicking the light on? Chances are, people will be trying to sleep. Be respectful!

There's a guy on the train next to us with a silly haircut. It's like a short mohawk in the middle, but is straightened at the sides and back. The front flops down.

A guy just got on the train. Then he looked around, rushed off the train and over to the ticket office. He spoke to someone there, before walking back to the train. Just as he got to the doors, the train pulled away! Poor bastard.

Winchester - King Arthur's round table! It's actually quite huge and weighs almost two tonnes! There's also an amazing milkshake store here called Shakeaway. And they have Olde Sweet Shoppes, where the lollies are in jars and you buy them by weight.

I thought you said you were married?
- Divorced now.
And the children?
- Dead.
Oh my God, what happened?
- Froze. They froze to death.
Miranda Hart is hilarious!