~T*R*I*P: Stonehenge, Salisbury~

Had a 2 days 1 night trip to Salisbury, which is almost 4 hours away from Sheffield. I went there with my flatmates & some other friends by train. It would be a long day for us, so Catherine & I started to prepare meals for 4 once we got home from class at about 2pm. We prepared spaghetti, fried rice, fried spaghetti & sandwiches!

At about 6.30pm, we met up at the main entrance of our accomodation flats with all other friends & walked to Sheffield Railway Station. Departed from Sheffield at 7pm & change trains at 2 stations before we reach our last station, Salisbury.

We didn't get much time to sleep because the we have to change our transits in each hour. Our last transit went off early because our previous transits had been delayed. Luckily we got the replacement transits & free taxi to Salisbury station. Fortunately we reached on time before the bus to Stonehenge left.=)

This was our bus:

It was a freaking-cold night & luckily we got our thick jackets & blankets! We were dropped at the bus stop one-mile away from the Stonehenge. It's crazy to walk 1km++ in the middle of the night! Cold like no body's businesss!

Anyway, finally we reached our destination: STONEHENGE. A prehistoric monument which is famous for its circular settings of large standing stones (Wikipedia). It was not opened to publics to go near the stones in normal days, but it was an exception on the day we went. It was opened from 8.30pm(20th of June) to 8am (21st of June). We reached there at about 2am.

 
After some walk & photo sessions, we settled down & had a picnic in the middle of the field facing the stones with our blanket placed on the grass. We were there, waiting in the freaking-cold weather for the sunrise. Sounds exciting & it was really cool in real too, although it's really cold.

The sky started to turn bright at about 4am, but we couldn't see the sun because there was a cloudy day for a sun to appear. Had some photos too!

 

Breakfast time =)

We didn't manage to take clean Stonehenge because there was too many rubbish around. That's my only disappointment. Overall, I'm happy with it! =)

At about 7am, we left the place & everyone of us walked like zombie while we're walking back to the bus stop. The bus fetched us back to the Salisbury town & we spent all the time in that town till we left for our train at 3pm. First was Burger King, then.... shopping...

I found a shop named Claire's.

Of course, not with the "K" infront. I bought some souvenirs from that store & some for myself! A leopard spot purse & Claire's compact mirror! Love both of this very much!♥

Next was the Salisbury Catheral. A beautiful church with clean & green field surroundings.

 

LOVELY.♥

Last stop was Starbucks, before we left.=)

It's great to have the chance to touch the stone, as not everyone gets the chance to.

You can try to find out when will be the next time, for the Stonehenge to allow free entrance for publics & it'll be really worth it for experience! 

All the best!