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A Tale of Old Stones - some you can touch and some you most definitely can't - part two

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Salisbury was as far as I had booked anything, or planned anything for the next nearly 2 weeks. I don't know why I wanted to go there, but I did, and it was on the way to Cornwall.  Salisbury is a lovely old English city. Narrow streets - well I thought they were narrow until I got to Cornwall. A good way to warm up. Wonderful cathedral. Ruthless parking wardens! I booked a room at The Chapter House - a quaint old building that was very near one of the entrances to the Cathedral precinct. It was wonderfully old and comfortable. Uneven floors - especially on the stairs. Great dining room with very expensive aged steaks, which I decided to not use all my money on. Friendly and welcoming. The one draw back was that they car parking was on a no stopping zone for morning peak hour traffic. So I need to be up and about early to put my bag into my wee car and go find a car park - which I eventually did having missed it and then getting hooked into the one way system out of town. One I fou...