A sunny but cold visit to Stonehenge

The sun was shining on Sunday and after cleaning the cars we set off to visit Stonehenge.  It is somewhere we drive past frequently but have never stopped to take the children around until now.  We have looked through the railings before but Lottie was desperate to go through the tunnel under the road.  ( This was the bit she was most looking forward too - not the Ancient Monument we were about to see!)  Anyway, we wrapped up warm and set off.  It was a lovely day with a blue sky and bright sunshine but boy it was cold and windy!

We have National Trust Family Membership thanks to Mum and Dad (it was our Christmas Gift) and this year when browsing through the book that came with the tickets we noticed for the first time that we could get into Stonehenge with our tickets.  We always assumed it was only if you are English Heritage members.

The kids loved the walkie talkie style headsets we were given as we arrived.  We had to press a number for it to speak to us in English and then listen as a man with a very easy to listen too voice gave us a tour around the stones.  Every time we reached a marker on the grass we had to press the next number.  Lottie of course had pressed all her numbers before reaching the first number and spent most of the visit shouting in a very loud voice what number she was on already!  Tom listened carefully and even asked one of the staff a question about the rocks.  Hubby and I enjoyed it too. Its very much his thing! He is the sort of visitor that likes to read every display board when we go anywhere, so he enjoyed listening to all the information on the headsets.  Apart from when we got half way round and his hands and ears were cold! (I did tell him to take a hat and gloves!)

We were only there and hour or so, it is an amazing place to visit, not only for the stones, but for the way it makes you wonder how on earth did they create it.  The stones are enormous and 1/3 of each stone is buried under the ground.

There were people of every nationality visiting and so many coach parties arriving.  It made us grateful how lucky we are to live so close to these amazing places.  The staff in the shop spoke, what seemed like every other language, the children were mesmersized as the lady at the till spoke fluent Spanish to the couple in front of us, then spoke fluent French to someone else.  I meanwhile was mesmerised at the price I paid for 2 pencils and a postcard (£6.90).  Shhh dont tell hubby!