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Next week the road gets closed at one end so that it cannot be used as a through route. I suspect that the car park remains open for some time.
Tomorrow it is due to rain and after that the Summer Solstice is upon us and the place will be heaving with people.
By wintertime the new visitor centre should be open and visitiors will go to the Stones, which will be about a mile away, either on foot, or by a land train.
The new centre being built;
The view back up the road that will eventually go;
I hope that some of you look through the photos and at my comments.
I was born near here and I used to picnic in the stone circle as a kid.
As the World has got a busier place that was never going to last, but the way that the authorities mishandled this beautiful place upsets me, as I think you can tell.
As I live in a major travel destination myself, I can understand how you feel, Jezer. Horrible abominations are also committed here in the name of the mighty tourist dollar. I went to Fisherman's Wharf a few years ago with an out of town visitor, and I couldn't believe how tacky and commercial it had become, with cheap souvenir shops, wax museums and overpriced bad restaurants. I felt nauseated and couldn't wait to get out of there.
Stonehenge is unique, like the Parthenon or the Easter Island carvings. It deserves to be protected and showcased in an environment that honors its history and its majesty. Thank you for sharing those photos of the real Stonehenge, which we'll never see in any travel program or tour book. I'm glad that changes are afoot, and let's hope the "bloody fence" comes down, too.
OH my gosh.........I see what you meant. YOu presented this well jezer.
I've always been intrigued by Stonehenge and the mysteries behind this.
Then to see the delapated fence around and picture what the area would be like......my gosh......that is awful.
The royal family should donate money to preserve this. They wouldn't even miss it.
Stonehenge is ancient, isn't it. I bought a book on this when we visited England.
Since I will probably never get to see it in person, thank you for your lovely photos.
Here in the States, a place like Stonehenge would be controlled by the National Parks Service. It seems to me they do a very good job, most of the time. In the past, at least, there has been a bottomless pit of government money to keep things maintained nicely. I haven't visited any parks lately, so perhaps cutbacks have occurred here.
Who is responsible for Stonehenge and it's upkeep? At least they haven't put up condos next to it yet.
Wow what wonderful pictures. Stonehenge fascinates me.
I agree that some things are spoiled. We have many landmarks in the US which have been commercialized to grab the ultimate dollar from the visitor. Money hungry mongrels as I call them!
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