It is one of the world's most famous ancient sites.
And
tonight it seemed Barack Obama could not resist a chance to see
Stonehenge for himself - ordering his helicopter to make an unscheduled
stop on his return home from the Nato summit.
After flying out of Newport in south Wales, Marine One made an unannounced landing at Boscombe Down Airbase in Wiltshire.
The President's motorcade then weaved its way for 20 minutes across Salisbury Plain, to the amazement of passing drivers.
Under
grey skies, the President then embarked on tour of the prehistoric
stone circle and henge with Heather Sebire, the curator of the site for
English Heritage.
‘How cool is
this? Spectacular!’ the president exclaimed as he was afforded
privileged access to the ancient sarsen stones themselves.
Mr Obama later said he had wanted to ‘knock Stonehenge off my bucket list’.
The visit was a shock for locals including Janice Raffle, 35, who lives a mile away from the ancient monument.
Inspired by
rumours that the President had landed, she and her husband James walked
across fields towards the ancient monument with their three sons aged
two, six and seven.
Uploading photographs of Obama's motorcade to Twitter, the family were at first stuck at a fence.
But
a good-natured Obama then wandered over to where they were standing and
said hello - even agreeing to pose for a family photo taken on her
phone.
Daily Mail
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