A blank on the map

According to my map Salisbury Plain is empty. Absolutely nothing there. Roads enter it and never leave, rivers stop flowing. It is just a great, white blot on the page.

I daydreamed of uncharted territory and the edge of the world. I envisioned warnings of imment danger from sea-monsters and dragons. Instead, it was tanks crossing and unexploded ordinance. It seems like the Ministry of Defence beat me to the discovery of the Salisbury Plains.

All except for those spots the tourists got to first.....