This is what it was like when Gordon first went; (That's the A303 the car is on).*sigh*
So different from when I was last there. Stonehenge Festival 1984.
OK, it's more appropriate than turning up in my leathers.
What about leather chaps?A chap in leathers is never out of place!
What about leather chaps?
And they could leave the front door unlocked.When I was first there Stonehenge still had it's roof on.
Actually I do own a pair of those. My late wife was quite fond of them.What about leather chaps?
Actually I do own a pair of those. My late wife was quite fond of them.
You forgot to mention it will take far longer than expected and then go way, way over budget.Which is both good and bad.
Now we'll be able to drive past Stonehenge without getting stuck in ridiculous amounts of traffic.
But now we'll be able to drive past Stonehenge without seeing Stonehenge.
Natch.You forgot to mention it will take far longer than expected and then go way, way over budget.
The source of the Altar Stone.
A team led by researchers at the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, UK, has discovered a secret about Stonehenge stone 80, also known as the "Altar Stone," suggesting it did not come from the same source as other stones used in the construction. Many of the smaller stones are believed to be derived from a source 140 miles away from Stonehenge, but the Altar Stone is different and may be from a quarry much further away.
In a paper, "The Stonehenge Altar Stone was probably not sourced from the Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin: Time to broaden our geographic and stratigraphic horizons?," published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the research team details how newly acquired information is overturning a hundred-year-old theory.
The Altar Stone at Stonehenge is a unique stone among the bluestones of Stonehenge due to its sandstone composition, which contrasts with the predominantly igneous bluestones forming the inner circle of Stonehenge. Bluestone refers to the smaller stones at Stonehenge, which have a bluish hue when wet.
Previous theories suggested that the Altar Stone originated from the Old Red Sandstone formation of west Wales, similar to the other bluestones primarily from the Mynydd Preseli area in west Wales.
The Old Red Sandstone formation was created around 400 million years ago when what is today Europe and North America collided. Portions of the formation can be found on both sides of the Atlantic and as far north as Greenland and Norway.
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-stonehenge-upends-year-old-theory-discoveries.html
There is no MIDDLE class brother…you are either with us, or against us!And I refuse to pay a bucketload of cash to go to Glasto ... even to establish my middle aged, middle class credentials.
Crusties, Normies and Druids gather at Stonehenge.
Crowds have gathered at Stonehenge to welcome the sunrise for this year's winter solstice.
Marking the shortest day and the longest night of the year, the sun rose at 08:09 GMT and will set at 16:02 GMT on Friday. In the northern hemisphere, the Earth's axis is tilted at its furthest point from the sun on Friday. The solstice is one of the key occasions where English Heritage allows people near to the stones.
Celebrated by cultures all over the world for thousands of years, the winter solstice is also known as Yule, a celebration of light and the symbolic rebirth of the sun.
Rhiannon Vivian-Irving said she and her husband James decided to visit after experiencing a solstice at Stonehenge when she was pregnant with their young son.
"We kept saying we should come back," said Rhiannon. "I think the atmosphere here is lovely. It's very gentle and it just feels like everybody is here for a nice reason."
"It's a pretty special thing to come here," said James. "There's something very simple and honest about it because it's not got any societal or cultural trappings other than we're celebrating the turning of the sun coming to this point. It's just the basic nature and appreciation of it."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-67799539
…it's not got any societal or cultural trappings..
lt irks me that my wife and l paid £23.60 each to be allowed to walk to about 50 yards from Stonehenge
Get yourselves some tie die T Shirts (or Hawkwind or Grateful Dead but you'll have to take some sandpaper then mud or coffee granules to those to age them), don't shower for a month and make some fake nose piercings (and tell anyone in earshot how you saw CRASS perform there in '80 and don't shut the fuck up about it):lt irks me that my wife and l paid £23.60 each to be allowed to walk to about 50 yards from Stonehenge (exit via the gift shop…), yet Scheherazade Smiff-Braahn, the rest of the Prius Postcodes, plus any other drug-addled freeloader who can crowbar himself out of his squat get to climb all over the stones twice a year free of charge.
He does that already.don't shower for a month
All you've got to do is put on your usual weekend attire;lt irks me that my wife and l paid £23.60 each to be allowed to walk to about 50 yards from Stonehenge (exit via the gift shop…), yet Scheherazade Smiff-Braahn, the rest of the Prius Postcodes, plus any other drug-addled freeloader who can crowbar himself out of his squat get to climb all over the stones twice a year free of charge.
And as to:
- l would suggest that little Rhiannon tries reading a book. You know, those things that are a bit like an iPhone XXVII, except that the pictures don’t get bigger and smaller and you can’t get cat videos on them.
maximus otter
"There's something very simple and honest about it because it's not got any societal or cultural trappings other than we're celebrating the turning of the sun coming to this point. It's just the basic nature and appreciation of it."
Yes and the wig needs raw shampoo applied but not washed out, just to 'gunk' it out a bit.. then a quick fly by with a hair dryer to complete the unwashed hair look. Soak yourself with heavy amounts of patchouli oil, a couple of spots of petrol or oil flicked about on their clothes here and there. Most of them are full of shit. never trust a hippy.All you've got to do is put on your usual weekend attire.