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They look happy.
Surely I am not the only one who was expecting Druids?
Humans were much smaller in 1875.
I can’t seem to see the selfie stick.
As a lad, back when one could do so, I grabbed a handful of grass from the center of the structure, which I have in my possession to this day.
No one knows who they were, or what they were doing.
How do we know they weren’t?
How’d they get a horse to stay still long enough?
in 2009 my wife and i visited stonehenge for a sunrise, behind the chain tour. while we were there i photographed our travel companion, wilson, sitting on one of the fallen stones.
Hawkwind’s first Stonehenge gig, Lemmy on right.
I thought it was Lemmy second from the right; he always sounded a bit hoarse.
waiting for that one special recipe I guess. whatever you do don’t make Halloween masks.
Stonehenge was fun to visit, but I have much fonder memories of visiting Avebury. It’s free, you can walk around and touch the stones, and the surrounding area has been kept tourist-trap free, so it’s very quiet and quaint and adorable.
if you’re willing to pay extra and either come early enough or late enough you can walk around and touch the stones at stonehenge. that’s how we did it.
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