Solstice @ The Henge

[wiskey]

we got on a worst great western train from bath (the paddington to bristol one) the other day and i was reading the in flight magazine they provide. in it there were 101 suggested days out by train. one of them was solstice at stonehenge.

which seems odd as salisbury is nowhere near stonehenge so it could hardly be a day out by train

and then the description of the event made it sound very appealing to middle aged women, 'contemplative', 'harmonious', and 'reflective' were used to describe it - which doesnt tie up with what i know to be true at all. what a shock would you get thinking it was going to be civilised!!

so if there's hordes of people who look like they would go on a day out by train you know where they got the idea from.

 

[Kanda]

which seems odd as salisbury is nowhere near stonehenge so it could hardly be a day out by train

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge

 

[wiskey]

Do people still go to Glastonbury Tor?

i went in 2002 last and it was lovely

 

[Tank Girl]

wiskers, could you clear a little space in your pm box for me please?

 

[wiskey]

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge

err - yes

but to get to stonehenge you have to cross the plain . . 8 miles across the plain. which is why most people drive.

 

[JTG]

Drink, smoke, push each other down the hills, burn stuff. The usual.

You and your weird pagan Wiltshire ways

 

[Kanda]

Isn't it off a main road?? You could get a cab... hardly gonna be London Black cab prices down there is it?

 

[Tank Girl]

rural cabs are usually expensive and they don't really like funny folk down that way

 

[Kanda]

It's £18 quid, I just phoned them

 

[wiskey]

oh they run busses from salisbury to the stones, but you have to crowd in with the hippies i cant see 'normal people' enjoying that.

i'm not going btw.

 

[Tank Girl]

It's £18 quid, I just phoned them

I'm quite surprised!

the bus costs about 8 quid I think! that's how I got up there last year, and it's ok, but it's quite a long walk in the dark across lumpy fields

 

[Tank Girl]

oh, wiskers, box again m'dear

 

[Onket]

I knew some miserable bastard would pick up on it

etc

 

[Dan U]

And Silbury Hill sometimes.

i was sick on Silbury Hill

HTH's

and w00t roll on later!

 

[zenie]

It was wicked Hippy overload

A nice trip on mushrooms did the trick also, that and 'The Moo'

 

[Geri]

I think so, but that hill is a bit too much for me to contemplate at night

I can't even contemplate it in the daytime. I went up it once on a school trip, but every time I've ever been since, I look at it and think "Nah...."