The campsite is next door to Hudson’s field and the local rugby club. Under the carpark of the club was a location for the manufacture of Spitfires during WWII. Parts of the aircraft were built and assembled across Salisbury in secret after the Germans bombed the Southampton factory. A full size replica of a Spitfire stands as a memorial to the war efforts in building over 2000 spitfires.

We are taking the bus into town today. We walk from Market Square to the cathedral stopping off at tourist information for a map.

We have to pay £10 each to visit the cathedral and turn up just in time for a free guided tour. The cathedral is beautiful with gorgeous warm stone and full of lovely objects including a gorgeous font, altars, windows and textiles.

We enjoy the hour long tour and finish off with our first ever view of the Magna Carta in the Chapter House. It isn’t what we expected, a large single page full of italic writing in Latin. Somehow we expected more illustration and maybe a seal for such an important document. It’s in amazing condition considering it was written in 1215!

By now we are hungry and thirsty but manage to wander around Salisbury for at least thirty minutes trying to find somewhere for a sandwich and a pint. Give up and go to a cafe instead and then have a half in a couple of pubs, The Haunch of Venison and then in the garden of the New Inn with a view of the Cathedral. Enjoy a fun final hour in The Ox Row Inn answering old trivial pursuit questions before getting the bus back to the campsite.

Stop in the rugby club for a final drink before dinner in the van watching the end of Detectorists, a little gem of a series made nearly 10 years ago written and directed by Mackenzie Crook. Another good day but not for steps …just sneaked in 10k today.

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