Bristol, England

Saturday October 20 /12 continued.

Made it to Bristol in good time. It was still light enough to get a couple hours of site seeing in.

The Bristol Cathedral was founded in 1140.

A Gothic style architecture that took approximately 700 years to construct.

St. Mary Redcliffe is an Anglican parish church constructed from the 12th - 15th centuries.

Also featuring the Gothic style architecture.

We walked through some beautiful parks and different city squares, including the Millennium Square that featured this silver globe thing and some fountains.



We got some dinner then after going back to the hotel briefly, we set out to the pubs and clubs where I continued to enjoy my fruit juices (slight sarcasm).

Ross and I went to one very big and happening night club. We checked our coats and Ross convinced me to give him my ID instead of leaving in my coat. So we did that and went on exploring the club.
It had several different levels and dance floors. Ross and I enjoyed watching the many many drunk people and enjoyed dancing to all sorts of music.
It was a good night but just as we were leaving the club, Ross realised that he lost my ID. We searched the club for it but had no luck. Luckily on Monday Ross called and had my drivers licence ID sent to us in Cambridge.

Sunday October 21 / 12

One last sight before hitting the road.

The Clifton Suspension Bridge.

The idea originated in 1753 originally for a stone bridge with later plans for a cast iron structure. An attempt to build in 1831 was stopped by the Bristol Riots, and a revised version was completed in 1864.

The bridge is 245ft above water level with an overall width of 31ft and span of 702ft.

The Clifton Suspension Bridge was well known as a suicide bridge and  between 1974 and 1993.

127 people fell to their deaths.

In 1998 barriers were installed on the bridge to prevent people jumping.

A short drive down from the bridge was a great viewing point of the cliffs, river and bridges.





Then we were off to the famous Stonehenge.

Stonehenge is marked as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The sites was said to be built from 2600 to 1700 BC.

The audio guide tour was interesting as it spoke about how the people back in that day could lift and move these stones.

 It was interesting that the stones and formation are so old, but in the end.. it was just a bunch of stones.

So we listened and learned and walked around the stones in about 30 minutes then jumped back in the car and headed to Cambridge.