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May 1998

England

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/>Drove back to Salisbury and parked by Old Sarum. Most of Old Sarum is free and the part you pay to go see isn't much. You can see the foundations of the old cathedral that was struck by lightening right after it was finished. There was a fort up here but they had a lot of "bad luck". The bishop and the soldiers didn't get along and there was a water problem. It's also very windy. They dismantled the cathedral and used the stones to build Salisbury Cathedral. Nice views up at Old Sarum, worth a stop. You can walk it from town.

Drove to Downton, south of Salisbury, and stopped at the Moots Landscape Park, no flowers but many paths and levels connected by bridges for a nice walk. Drove on to Fordingbridge which was a nice town with plenty of shops; toured a china factory. The woman who gave us the tour was the original founder's wife and she was proud of the work they did. She kept hitting the china against hard objects to show us how strong it was. Drove back to Downton, bought some sandwiches and soda and had a picnic at the Moots Landscape Park. Went back to Salisbury and eventually met Ed and Leslie at Michael Snell's for tea, sat outside.

Decided to eat at the New Inn again. Walked around and then decided to turn in early. It's nice eating at an old pub and not have to come back to the room smelling of cigarette smoke. It's amazing how many B&Bs in England have become Non-Smoking establishments over the past few years.

Last morning in Salisbury, said goodbye to Jack and Frieda, wished them luck on their cruise. We went shopping for some cheese to take home and drove to Heathrow. Ed and I had put the broken mirror back on the car, it had a crack down the middle. We told the rental car agent about it but we never heard anything about it. We used our Visa Gold card for the CDW insurance but I guess a cracked mirror is no big deal. The paper work probably costs more than the mirror.

Had a nice flight home on British Airways, we took a limousine home.

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