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Some stuff I’ve found on the internet about Stonehenge… Stonehenge and Craig Rhos-y-felin There has been a lot of press coverage recently of the link between Pont Saeson in South Wales and the Stonehenge bluestones1. I think this is the original press release from the Museum of Wales. Their recent discovery confirms that the . . . → Read More: Stonehenge news: Craig Rhos-y-felin, rocking horses and a Stone at the Stones 
A few words and pictures on my trip up to Stonehenge for the 2011 winter solstice… This year I got the bus from Salisbury to Amesbury. Then I walked from Countess Road over the Plain to Stonehenge. I did the walk with three people I met getting off the bus – if you were . . . → Read More: Winter Solstice Stone-Henge 2011 
I received this from English Heritage: The celebration of the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge will take place at sunrise on Thursday 22nd December 2011 (approximately 08:09 hrs). English Heritage is pleased to be offering ‘Managed Open Access’ for those who wish to celebrate the Winter Solstice peacefully. Visitors will be allowed into the Monument when . . . → Read More: Stonehenge Winter Solstice 2011 
I’ve currently got a bunch of Google ‘alerts’ for news about Stonehenge or Salisbury1. I get one or two ‘hits’ per day for ‘Stonehenge’ from people who have visited and are maintaining online diaries or blogs about their travels, or about life in general. I recently thought that it might be interesting to take a . . . → Read More: Stonehenge – the view from the blogs 
Some Stonehenge related news and other stuff that I’ve seen over the last couple of months….. Stonehenge on tour The BBC are taking an inflatable trilithon (two Stonehenge uprights and a lintel) around some of Britain’s shopping centres. It’s part of the ‘Hands-On History’ project. The dates are: * Queens Arcade, Cardiff – Monday . . . → Read More: Stonehenge – bits and pieces from the internet 
This is the final post in the series on my walk from Salisbury to Stonehenge to Amesbury for the Winter Solstice. This has a couple of more-or-less interesting photos that didn’t fit into the previous posts. The first is the ditch. To be honest I’ve no previous memory of the ditch at all, although I . . . → Read More: Stonehenge Winter Solstice – part 4 
This post is about the journey back from Stonehenge. We walked back to Amesbury, then got a bus back to Salisbury. We didn’t spend more than an hour or so at Stonehenge – we both started to feel the cold, and we still had three more miles to walk. I was disappointed to miss the . . . → Read More: Stonehenge Solstice – Winter 2010 – part 3 
This is the second post about my walk up to Stonehenge for the 2010 winter solstice. At about 7.10 the gates were opened: Dawn approaching: People in the Henge: I’m not a good photographer, as you can see. But those shadow-y shapes in the background would be recognized by a good proportion . . . → Read More: Stonehenge Solstice – Winter 2010 – part 2 
This morning I walked from my home in Salisbury to Stonehenge for the winter solstice. I’ll write about it when I’ve caught up on some sleep but in the meantime. Here are some photos from the walk up the Avon Valley towards the Stones. Photos from the Henge itself will hopefully follow tomorrow. First photo . . . → Read More: Winter Solstice at Stonehenge – part 1 
I recently read a book called ‘Stonehenge’ by Rosemary Hill. It’s a wonderful book. It is about how we have responded to Stonehenge over the last 1000 years or so. One day I’ll get around to doing a proper review, but in the meantime I thought I’d do a list of my favourite ‘learnings’ from . . . → Read More: Things I learnt from Rosemary Hill’s ‘Stonehenge’ |
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