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Happy Solstice All!

#1 Post by Octavious » Fri Jun 21, 2019 4:48 am

Greetings from Stonehenge!

Best sunrise in years! Good omens for the future!
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Re: Happy Solstice All!

#2 Post by Percy Williams » Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:26 pm

I see you too are a fan of the show "Good Omens"
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#3 Post by Octavious » Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:36 pm

The show was decent enough, I've loved the book for years, but I've been visiting the stones since long before I'd heard of it.
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#4 Post by Octavious » Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:50 pm

http://imgur.com/gallery/GKM1G0t

http://imgur.com/gallery/68qi3IF

My photography skills are as poor as my camera, but to give you a taste...
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Re: Happy Solstice All!

#5 Post by Fluminator » Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:45 am

How did I miss this thread. That looks so cool.
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#6 Post by Percy Williams » Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:55 am

Those are some Beautiful pictures.
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#7 Post by Octavious » Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:58 pm

Fluminator wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:45 am
 How did I miss this thread. That looks so cool.
Bloody freezing, in fact. Got to around 6 degrees before dawn. Great atmosphere though, and it's not often you get a clear sunrise on Salisbury Plain. These days the focal point seems to be when the rising Sun lines up with various stones, but frankly that happens so rarely that I'd be amazed if it was built with that in mind. Unless the climate was considerably different back then, of course.

But yeah, I'd recommend it to anyone. The place has a completely different feel to how it does when tourists are restricted to the path, or if you arrange a private visit for "educational" purposes.
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