Yesterday we drove from Bath to Brighton and the van drove beautifully, we’re so happy to have our mate back in working order and running better than ever. On the way to Brighton, about 45 minutes out of Bath we stopped in at Stone Henge. It was..... Ordinary.... Don’t get me wrong, the fact that whoever built this thing 5000 years ago dragged those massive rocks all the way from Wales is pretty bloody amazing, but now it’s just a set of fairly big rocks that look as though they’re an oversized put-put golf course. All the same, it’s still on the must see list of the UK, so we saw.
We travelled on to a small town called Littlehampton which we thought would be a nice place to stop in for the night. We drove directly to the middle of town and found the “beach” which we walked along for a while, then decided to head back to the van and make our way to Brighton.
Brighton was described to us by some guy that worked in a deli (and gave me a Pims and lemonaide to try over his counter) as the new culture and fashion capital of England, big call for a guy that serves bratwurst. Either way, so far the city looks brilliant; we’ve driven all the way along the beachside road that’s covered in restaurants, hotels and funky little cafes. We walked into town last night and had dinner at a pub down a side allay which was great.
Today we left our camp site at about 10am and drove down to the city centre were we searched and searched for a pub playing the state of origin. Finally we found an open pub that had the game on, AND free wi-fi. What a gold mine! We watched the game.... Jamie is pretty happy with the whole situation... I think it's a rubbish game and hate everything...
Anyway, theres a good chance we'll be staying at the pub for the rest of the afternoon today as it's an overcast day outside and there's fairly cheap beer here. Good chance we'll be off to France in the next couple of days.
Cheers,
A&J
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- Andrew and Jamie Griffioen
- Andrew and Jamie are a married couple from Brisbane, Australia. We have embarked on an overseas adventure for 6 months leaving in April and returning in October. We plan to cover the UK and a lot of Europe. To see more details, check out our posts below.
Don't get me wrong, if you didn't think Stonehenge was spectacular there is something wrong with you! Erin.
ReplyDeleteI think what makes Stonehenge a bit of a let down is that its right next to a road and you cant really get really close to the stones due to the barriers they have up (at least that how it was in 2004). Back when my parents lived in the UK (60's) you could walk right up to it and touch the stones. Over-protection of the site has made it lose its magic. Similar to how the mona lisa is in a glass/perspex box and 22000 people are in the room at the same time as you, plus its unlikely the one on display is even legit.
ReplyDeleteHey - when are you gonna write again? I am getting travel withdrawals - don't you know some of us are living a life through you!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm really enjoying your tripping around. You both look well and happy. What a great adventure for you. the discriptions and the photos are awesome. thanks Love Ina x
ReplyDeleteYeh go the Maroons. Dad was thrilled. I wish I was there drinking beer with you. Mum
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