The Salisbury Cathedral dominates the skyscape of this town. The town itself is about 20,000 people, and the buildings are all low-rise. The cathedral's spire is the tallest in England, so it sits quite high.
(Interestingly, the German Luftwaffe were apparently given strict orders not to bomb the Cathedral, since they used its spire as a guide on their way to London.)
We walked downtown from the B&B, about twenty minutes, found the Information Bureau, and from there were directed to the Bus Station to buy our tickets for Stonehenge for the next day. A very pleasant experience, actually: the man there decided that we really were both Seniors (to save any extra paperwork) and deserved the rate for that, both in our trip to Stonehenge, and for our trip to Heathrow on Saturday. Ah, bureaucracy!We had hoped to see an Evensong while in England, and managed to get to the Eucharist in the Cathedral. This is the Communion for Ascension Day, and was of course an elaborate affair, lots of incense and praying. But some lovely singing as well. It really is a marvellous structure, the Cathedral. We will go back for a tour proper, but after the service, walked around the Close a bit and the neighbouring areas. Then off for something to eat, which we found in a pleasant second-floor restaurant on the Market Square.
Daniel was to arrive the following day, in the evening, so we saved some of our tourist things for him. tomorrow would be Stonehenge!
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