Salisbury

What a place to finish a holiday. The train ride was good, it's lovely summery weather; we had our first hackney cab ride (ka pai that was); our hotel is exactly as promised and worth the spend.

Visited the cathedral this afternoon. Inspected the best extant copy of the magna carta and chatted with a couple of the very enthusiastic volunteers. Wandered around town, sampled some more fine local ale. Will post photos later.

Here's a couple in the meantime... the top one shows our hotel room (well, a small portion of it, anyway) and the second is the courtyard of the Red Lion where we had lunch. Our hotel, the Lazy Cow, is a relative newcomer dating from the 14th century, whereas the Red Lion has is 13th century. So there.

Every floor and every step here is crooked - place an item on a table and watch it slide gracefully across.

The other photos are elsewhere at present and will be dealt with later...