Our adventure this time was to Salisbury where we took a nice walking tour, visited the cathedral, had a spot of lunch and saw part of the WWI celebration.
Population of around 40,000, Salisbury, like many English cities is a mix of old and new. The building on the corner dates from the 1200s.
I love the mix of old style house with a new modern clothing store at ground level.
This started as a lord's house and is now the movie theatre with 5 screens tucked behind the frontage here.
This structure was used to provide shelter during the Sunday market - each type of food or trade gathered together. This are was for the dairy - milk, cheese, butter ...
This one is part of a large inn and now houses a shopping mall - kind of a shame, but they've worked hard to maintain the original architecture.
Our first view of the cathedral.
Inside the cathedral they're hosting an art installation of paper doves. There was a baptism in progress when we visited.
And outside, they had a large display of WWI items in celebration of the end of the war.
Back in the center of town, the parade was about to start.
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