Stonehenge on day #17 of cruise.

On the shuttle bus from Salisbury, England  to Stonehenge, I met Dave Therrien,  from Quebec. I noticed he had a tattoo that resembled Stonehenge on his arm. I asked him to show it to me. He indeed has a long tattoo of Stonehenge across his arm. I could not believe it! I asked him why—he said because he’s a pagan and I said “yes but I find it fascinating that you chose Stonehenge for your tattoo.” He replied that he’s been wanting to go to Stonehenge since he was 8 years old and he’s now 39 years old. I asked him “what took you so long?” LOL! We became fast friends. He told me all about his journey there. He did not make any specific plans for his trip and he didn’t even have a hotel room last night. He met a man in passing and in desperation, asked if he could sleep on his floor. The man said “oh what the hell—sure.” Isn’t that amazing! 

This was his first international flight, his first train ride, his first ferry ride and his first solo travel!

He asked me if he could stroll the site with me I said absolutely I would be honored. I kept telling him to show everyone we encountered his tattoo. I was so impressed; I could not believe it!

I am so happy that I met him because I was able to take a lot of cool photos for him and I showed him great ideas about fun poses with monuments.  I made sure he held out his arm with the Stonehenge tattoo as he posed in front of the Stonehenge statues.

I left him there early and hugged him goodbye. I needed to begin the long journey back to meet my ship in Southampton. I wished him well. I had to take the shuttle back to the entrance. The 30-minute shuttle bus back to the train station. Wait 30 minutes for the next train. Take a 30-minute train to Southampton. Then I had to make my way back to the ship. (A 25 minute walk or five minute taxi ride).