Yesterday we took our Wednesday field trip to Lacock, the Roman Baths, and Stonehenge. We left the flats on a coach at 7 and went to a very small village called Lacock. We stopped here to eat breakfast at an old pub called the Red Lion. We then had a little bit of time to walk around the village, which didn't take long because there were only about four streets in the whole town. The whole town is protected by the government to help keep the buildings the same way they have been since the village was built. It is one of the only true London countryside villages I have seen. A lot of films such as Harry Potter and Pride and Prejudice have been filmed in Lacock.
After Lacock we got back on the coach and made our way to Bath to see the Roman Baths. The Baths contain rainwater that is over 10,000 years old. The rainwater fell between 9,000 to 14,000 feet below ground where it was heated by geothermal energy. When the Romans conquered England they discovered these hot springs and began to use them. Romans were obsessed with being clean and bathed at least once a day. This is kinda unusual for people during this time period. Anyways, I got to walk around the Baths and the museum. After that I went to a pub with a group of people before we got back on the coach.
From Bath we headed to Stonehenge. Stonehenge was in the middle of a bunch of farmland. Stonehenge is a circle of very large stones. Philippa told us that the stones weighed more that 4 or 5 elephants combined. The stones originate from the Neolithic Era and took nearly 200 men to move them to where they are now. Stonehenge is also the first form of architecture found in England. It is a mystery to why Stonehenge was built. Some people therorize that it was built because people thought it had heeling powers and others think that it was used as a calender with the sun. We stayed there for awhile and I took a lot of pictures then we got back on the coach to head home!
After I got back to the flats I went to a pub down the street with a group of people to play in a Pub Quiz. A Pub Quiz is basically trivia at the pubs. I went to the Westbury Pub, which has it every Wednesday. A lot of us were mad that this is the first time we have done a pub quiz. Usually the winner of the quiz gets money, which usually pays their bar tab. Our team did not do so well, but the guy at the pub liked our funny answers so much that he gave us some of the prize money. We got 10 pounds and the winners got 90 pounds. It was a lot of fun!
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