Summer Solstice at Stonehenge Sunset Show, Sunday 20 June

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[Siwsan]

1. I will always feel so lucky to have visited Stonehenge before they put up the barriers

The first time I visited, in 1972, you could walk, freely, around the whole area. I remember thinking, as the bus approached the site, 'That doesn't seem so big'. Then, when I was in the midst of all of those amazing upright stones, my entire perspective changed.

I went, again, after the barriers had been installed. Still magnificent, but not quite as spectacular as my first visit.

[samnsara]

2. i went there after the barriers but i found a small white stone right at the

..barrier that i brought back home for my father (shhhhhhhh) dont want the dept of antiquities to come calling.


most likely from some fill brought in when erecting the barrier.


its still a magnificent site. In Wash state here we have an exact replica built on the high banks of the Columbia River Gorge overlooking the river as a WWl monument.

[Siwsan]

3. I have some Welsh slate in my house.

And a small piece of flint, found on the ground, at Flint Castle, in Wales. As someone born in another city named Flint, I figured the spirits wouldn't mind.

[msongs]

4. went there on a cold rainy day in the 60's. we were the only ppl there. times have changed nt