It was a long day, but it was a good one! We caught and early train out to Salisbury where we visited the Wilton House. The Wilton House is owned by the Earl of Pembroke. He is the 18th in a long line of Earls that have inherited the beautiful property. Wilton is a stately English home that has see much history. Some interesting details include members of the royal family staying there, its interiors were uses as sets for Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice (aka the inside of Pemberly!), and plans for D-day were made in its double cube room which was a base during World War II.
After Wilton House we took a tour of the Salisbury Cathedral. This cathedral is the tallest in all England standing just over 400 feet tall. The cathedral was beautiful and we were able to climb up the spire and look out over Salisbury. From the view you could spot the house that was used as Mrs. Jennings’s London house in Sense and Sensibility.
From the cathedral we took a taxi out to Stonehenge. Stonehenge was neat to see. We took and audio tour as we walked around the ancient ruins. Still, we do not know why it was built. It could be a calendar, a way to measure the summer and winter solstice. What ever it was, scholars agree it was a very important center for one of the world’s earliest cultures.
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