Lau is here

She sprained her ankle, poor girl, but she's here, that's what counts.

What a great weekend! Just because my sneaky boyfriend posted about it first and took all the good photos *grrr* doesn't mean I can't add my spin.

Seeing Stonehenge was great - I think just seeing it from the road is what struck me the most, it just appears right in front of you without warning (well, if you ignore enough road signs it will). I'm told that it's worth going to see during the solstice, but as we approached the place and Ian asked if we should actually go the whole hog and do the walk around it, I felt sad at the knowledge that sometime in the future I'll have been here too long and have become so blase that I won't want to do anything vaguely touristy - Knysna syndrome, in my experience, anyway. So we went for it, and despite it being smaller than all the images I've seen of the place suggested to me, I enjoyed it.

The best was by far Old Wardour Castle, it really did top everything. We're going to have to go back for the tour (missed it by 5 minutes) but we managed to be very sneaky and get in to take some pics and see as much as we could in a few minutes. I'm going to havee to see Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves again (apparently his dad is seen hanging in this castle) but it was just so visually stunning in the sunlight (the little bit we did manage to catch was gorgeous) that I honestly felt a bit moved by the place. I loved getting out of London to see more than before, to see something green and some open space. Intense.

So I start a temping job tomorrow, just a 2 day stint, not the major one from the last post (that starts next week Wednesday) - it's good to know there's going to be some £££-age coming in and it's not entirely spend spend spend on my part.