Stonehenge 2006 : The Summer Solstice Celebration

[wiskey]

not to the stones - for the futon

 

[Tank Girl]

ah, confusion cleared

is the futon going to stonehenge?

 

[Dougal]

I'm going by bike after the England match.

I wonder if people will be having sex ala last year in the stone circle?

 

[Tank Girl]

if there is, I will take photos of them.

not because I like that sort of thing, but so I can inform the relevant authorities to express my outrage

 

[wiskey]

is the futon going to stonehenge?

if bosky has his way yes probably

 

[Tank Girl]

oh god, he's not going to be having sex on it in the stone circle is he?

 

[ddraig]

raining in Cardiff atm
any weather reports closer to Salisbury

 

[boskysquelch]

raining in Cardiff atm
any weather reports closer to Salisbury

my bladderwrack is swelling....

*maybe that's all this smutty talk tho'...

 

[ddraig]

so that means it's raining

 

[wiskey]

according to my mother its cold, very wet and very windy.

she's not laying good odds its going to be a clear sunrise.

sorry

 

[Cakes]

I'm just off to bed ti get up for 3:30!!! be worth it to see dawn though.

Anyone about is welcome to sit round a fire in St Werg's allotments with us gardeners

It's not stone henge, but we could bodge some sort of stone circle together

 

[boskysquelch]

sorry

baaaaaaaad luck


but at least you'll be able to have a Wet Druid Contest.

 

[wiskey]

i'm not going - i'm too worn out after futon hunting

 

[boskysquelch]

i'm not going - i'm too worn out after futon hunting

aaaawwwr...not a real Hippy then!

 

[wiskey]

not even part hippy i'll have you know (i see you arent going either then?)

 

[boskysquelch]

not even part hippy i'll have you know (i see you arent going either then?)

I'm a punk not a bleddi Hippy!


*nah...but I WILL make the effort to go up to The Merry Maidens though...at least there the English Heritage logo is well scrubbed out!

 

[boskysquelch]

Had me porridge n toast...slurping coffee & then on me bike.

 

[wiskey]

so . . . was it wet?

i hear the sunrise wasnt anything special

 

[ddraig]

so . . . was it wet?

i hear the sunrise wasnt anything special

ta for the mum weather report! she woz right
it was wet, drizzly and then chucked it down for a fair bit, too cloudy to see proper sunrise which was a shame...nice to see some proper trucks and conversions aboutand some familiar faces. not long got in, tea, a pic then bed

 

[ddraig]

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/423/imag09777aw.jpg
and

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for now

 

[wiskey]

i suppose i thought that as last year was a blinder with perfect weather this year wouldnt be so great which is why i didnt make a huge effort.

pics look good though, there was a bit of sky reddening.

well done for the making the effort.

 

[wiskey]

Peaceful start to summer solstice

Celebrations to mark the summer solstice at Stonehenge in Wiltshire have passed off peacefully with only four arrests.

Police estimate around 17,000 people watched the sun rise at 0458 BST on Wednesday despite cloudy conditions.

source

(immic thats about half as many as last year - i wonder if the lack of people travelling for glasto had an effect)

 

[Sunspots]

I'm just off to bed ti get up for 3:30!!! be worth it to see dawn though.

Anyone about is welcome to sit round a fire in St Werg's allotments with us gardeners

It's not stone henge, but we could bodge some sort of stone circle together

I was intending on getting up and going to Brandon Hill, Troopers Hill, or (-having seen this thread...) the allotments!

Had a few pints last night though... Went to bed far too late... Then got kept awake by a domestic next door.

When my alarm went off at 3:45am, I just groaned and went back to sleep...

 

[wiskey]

2005

 

[fizzerbird]

Gutted, coz if I had thought about it, I could have gone to this as I have a couple days off sick. Though TBH it was just as well as the weather would have made me worse no doubt *cough* *cough* *splutter* *splutter*


Did Spanky make it?

 

[boskysquelch]

teh coolio ddraig....there was 5 of us...me, 2 from Brizzle( permaculturist(BPG) and a gardener , couple from Greenbank, no less) and 2 from Lincoln (who were grumpy and dint talk much...and we suspect had trashed a gate for a fire<<<<tho there was someone else about who we never saw,,,but grrrrr!)

Sat and did the what have we had success in since Winter Solstice chat...then a mini version of our whole lives...usual small World stuff eg Ben law, squatting in Brixton, Deptford Ravesd...downshiftin to Cornwall...doing Green,,getting disallusion..getting back into being Green...life choices..kids etc...bathe in Cornish Blimet Light...think eclipse magenta...was purdy and spshhll... left flowers(her) and an irridescent silica butterfly the size of a sixpence (me )...oh and a young pine cone too(me agin! )


No rain...warm wind at sunrise...break in the clouds...you know usual..amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing stuff an' thaaaaaaaaaat...pinks, blues, Jacob ladders, skylarks,pheasents, pigeon, great tits, blackbirds and...a shrew!!!...I entertained the two from Briz who were slightly organically_dazzled and then went with them to look at the Pipers and spent the colder drizzly part of the morning cooking for three in their tent watching swallows having their's... he went and got warm cowsmilk for our tea and at the same time got a bit of history about the farm...5 generations etc...and were given a quick inkjetprint still from a colour film shot there 80 years ago...

Well that was fun.

*I'll post a pickee later...mus nod off now.


**oh yeah got an excellent squashed_in_attitude_of_horror shot of a froggy/toad...so all needs satisfied!

 

[Tank Girl]

I did!

I'm so very tired now.

the weather was crap, thankfully my mate's partner was working in the welfare caravan, so we had parking near to the stones and sat out the horizontal rain

so many people completely unprepared for a pleasant summers night outside, let alone a cold, wet and windy one. girls in flip flops, mini skirts and vest tops.

one poor 13 year old boy got left behind by his mates and their mum - when we left they were still waiting for social services to turn up and sort him out

and another 15 year old girl had to phone her mum to tell her were she was, cos she couldn't get back home - I felt so sorry for that mum, getting this phone call at 6.45am...

"Hi mum, yeah, I'm at stonehenge and I can't get back, so the options are that either the police or social services will have to be involved, and of course they're going to want to have a word with you".

the sunrise was unimpressive, but the sun came out soon after and it was gorgeous

and this young lady and her drummer friends and dancers were ace

I also met up with my cousin that I hadn't seen in a year, so that was cool.

ddraig - sorry I didn't get to meet up with you, but you know how it is!

 

[fizzerbird]

Squelch..I can never understand any of yer posts...still. lol

Spanx...is the little 3 year old...***a's sprog? 3?already?!!!!!!!!

 

[Col_Buendia]

Completely *fucking* exhausted

Made it down from Cardiff after football, parked up around half past midnight and down to the circle for about one-ish. Knocked around a bit soaking up the atmosphere and then the tables got turned and we got to do the soaking more literally. We weren't unprepared for the weather - just not prepared enough! So we trudged back to the car around 3am to try to dry out a bit, by which time sod's law dictated that the rain stopped. As soon as we ventured back out an hour later (needless to say), it started drizzling again back at the circle. Stood around for ages waiting for the sun to come up until we realised that it had risen behind the rainclouds that had descended right to the horizon *exactly* at the moment of sunrise

Took turns standing at the brazier sucking sulphur fumes and trying to get our clothes to dry out

Great experience, although I have to say I am utterly gobsmacked at the amount of people who happily desecrated the place with their litter. What on earth would make you travel all the way to Stonehenge for a Solstice party to leave the place awash with your filth? People were chucking stuff at their feet all night, it was a real shame/eye-opener/disgrace

Next time I'm not driving!

 

[thefuse]

- i wonder if the lack of people travelling for glasto had an effect)

i opted for staying at the sunrise festy instead when i saw the weather report. i reckon there was close to 10,000 people there over the weekend and a lot of them usually go to the stones or avebury.
just as the sun was coming up, the rain came down though and i left to go to work.
have never been so tired at work in my life, ever.
next year, I'm back to the stones no doubt