Hello! We will arrive in Southampton via cruise ship on Friday, May 2. We will pick up a car and have it for three days, returning it to Heathrow on Monday May 5-then spending two days in London.
We are staying in a cottage in Lockerley, which appears to be between Winchester and Salisbury. I want to hit a market town during market, and so this is the semi-plan I've created. But, really I don't have much insight into whether my plan is realistic. And, now you have to have timed tickets for Stonehenge.
Fri:
Pickup car at 10am
Drive to Winchester and area for the day (advise welcome here)
checkin to cottage and dinner nearby
Sat:
Stonehenge
Avesbury
Salisbury
and anywhere amazing along the way
I really have no good idea on how to plan the route for this day especially now that you have to have timed tickets to Stonehenge (and I don't plan on staying here long, but it's a must for my husband)
Sun:
Romsey (market)
Stockbridge
leisurely drive through small villages
Any advise is welcome, and I have no problem with a reality check if my plans are way off. My vision on spending time in the countryside includes just happening upon villages, shops, pubs, thatched roofs....you know, fairytale England.
Thanks!
Theresa