Re: Stonehenge visit

On Wed, 4 May 2005 13:45:18 +0100, "Rob Devereux"
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| "Nick Pedley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| There is something about not having a wiremesh fence obstructing your
| > view and you get more of an idea of how the henge stands in the landscape.
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| Aah, I remember the good old days when you could actually go and sit on the
| stones. Stupid really that they have stood for millenia without eroding and
| as soon as they become a tourist attraction, they get destroyed in years.

Join English Heritage, they have members days where you can actually walk
round the stones. You also get entry to all English Heritage sites "free"

The problem is AFAIK not the Stones themselves, but the archeology in the
ground surrounding the stones.

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There is something about not having a wiremesh fence obstructing your

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view and you get more of an idea of how the henge stands in the landscape.

Aah, I remember the good old days when you could actually go and sit on the
stones.

I was going to say that it wasn't that long ago - but then I
realised. I'm middle-aged. *Sob*

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Stupid really that they have stood for millenia without eroding and
as soon as they become a tourist attraction, they get destroyed in years.

Well yes, but when they were only a minor curiosity instead of
big business there was hardly anyone there. These days you
can scarcely move for lookenpeepers. You only have to look at
the path where people have walked to see how that little ring
of land has eroded. It's a pity though, all the same.

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Fran

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| Aah, I remember the good old days when you could actually go and sit on the
| stones. Stupid really that they have stood for millenia without eroding and
| as soon as they become a tourist attraction, they get destroyed in years.

Join English Heritage, they have members days where you can actually walk
round the stones. You also get entry to all English Heritage sites "free"

And CADW and Scottish Heritage as well. Membership of one
provides free entry to all.
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Fran

Fran wrote on Wed, 4 May 2005 21:28:50 +0100....

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I'm middle-aged. *Sob*

No, the definition of middle-aged is 10 years older than you are.
Whatever your age.

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On Wed, 4 May 2005 13:45:18 +0100, "Rob Devereux"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

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| "Nick Pedley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
| news:[email hidden]...
| There is something about not having a wiremesh fence obstructing your
| > view and you get more of an idea of how the henge stands in the landscape.
|
| Aah, I remember the good old days when you could actually go and sit on the
| stones. Stupid really that they have stood for millenia without eroding and
| as soon as they become a tourist attraction, they get destroyed in years.

Join English Heritage, they have members days where you can actually walk
round the stones. You also get entry to all English Heritage sites "free"

...... only 'free' if you don't have to pay English Heritage a vast
amount of money to join ...... ;-)

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The problem is AFAIK not the Stones themselves, but the archeology in the
ground surrounding the stones.

Most damage to the area has, of course, been done by the archaeologists
themselves. I wonder how many people realise that what we see at
Stonehenge today didn't exist before the 1950's?

(Even more 'reconstruction' work was done at Avebury.)

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On Thu, 5 May 2005 00:46:07 +0100, jake <[email hidden]> wrote:

| In message <[email hidden]>, Dave Fawthrop
| <[email hidden]> writes

| >Join English Heritage, they have members days where you can actually walk
| >round the stones. You also get entry to all English Heritage sites "free"
|
| ..... only 'free' if you don't have to pay English Heritage a vast
| amount of money to join ...... ;-)

Not expensive if you are into English Heritage sites, you visit a few EH
sites in the year,
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/default.asp?wci=MainFrame&URL1=http%3A//www.english-heritage.org.uk/default.asp%3FWCI%3DNode%26WCE%3D7225
http://tinyurl.com/9c7tn
Annual Memberships
Adult (age 19-59) £36.00
Senior (age 60+) £25.00
Couple (age 19-59) £62.00
Couple (age 60+) £40.00
Adult and Senior £50.00
Student (under 19 or NUS member) £20.00

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| >The problem is AFAIK not the Stones themselves, but the archeology in the
| >ground surrounding the stones.
|
| Most damage to the area has, of course, been done by the archaeologists
| themselves. I wonder how many people realise that what we see at
| Stonehenge today didn't exist before the 1950's?

So you do not want to know what else is there besides the Stones.

| (Even more 'reconstruction' work was done at Avebury.)

English Heritage does not reconstruct, it only repairs. what is already
there.

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Fran wrote on Wed, 4 May 2005 21:28:50 +0100....

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I'm middle-aged. *Sob*

No, the definition of middle-aged is 10 years older than you are.
Whatever your age.

/me brightens up; heads for nearest place with bouncy castle
and rollercoaster :-)

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Fran

On Wed, 4 May 2005 23:40:01 +0100, Tim Jackson
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| Fran wrote on Wed, 4 May 2005 21:28:50 +0100....
| > I'm middle-aged. *Sob*
|
| No, the definition of middle-aged is 10 years older than you are.
| Whatever your age.

Does that apply when they insist on paying you pensions?

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Join English Heritage, they have members days where you can actually
walk round the stones. You also get entry to all English Heritage sites
"free"

National Trust members also get in free.

That surprises me - unless it's under joint management or
something. Ah. A quick google turns up The Stonehenge
Project. Apparently Stonehenge is owned and managed by
English Heritage; however the National Trust and the Highways
Agency are joined with EH on a project to ... hang on, I'll
let them tell you themselves:

<quote>
The Stonehenge Project

In 1986, UNESCO designated Stonehenge and Avebury as a World
Heritage Site. The government produced a World Heritage Site
Management Plan as a framework for restoration.

The Stonehenge Project delivers the main improvements
recommended in the Plan. A road tunnel will break the current
stranglehold of traffic thundering past the stones on the busy
A303 and A344, and the intrusive car park and visitor
facilities will disappear from view.
The experience of visiting Stonehenge will be transformed.

The Vision

The Project partners, the National Trust, English Heritage and
the Highways Agency, all share the vision of restoring the
stone circle and the surrounding historic landscape, and
providing world-class visitor facilities.
</quote>

So now we know.
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Fran