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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 
Salisbury Pantomime Reviews I was lucky enough to go and see ‘Jack In the Beanstalk’ at Salisbury Playhouse last Friday. I thought it was great – spectacular production, all the traditional elements in place but with some fun topical and local references. Anyway, I found a couple of reviews which share my opinion. ‘Whats On . . . → Read More: Salisbury, UK news: Giant-killing, Hardy’s Wessex, Dads Army 
This is a roundup of this week’s news about Stonehenge. Most weeks recently I’ve done a single post of links and news about both Stonehenge and Salisbury, but because it’s been a busy week for the Stones it seems worth doing a separate one for the Stones. The two main ‘stories’ were the discovery of . . . → Read More: Stonehenge news: cursus pits, floodlights, and the Solstice procession 
This is good. My friend Fred Feiber, who was the lead artist on the Milford Bridge mural, has done a pastel drawing of Stonehenge. Fred is planning to create a series of cards from the drawing. As soon as they’re available I’ll include a link here. In the meantime, Fred has two wesbsites: the . . . → Read More: Stonehenge by Fred Fieber 
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 
This post is to advertise Solstice events organised by the creators of ‘The Ancestor’ – the sculpture next to the A303 at Amesbury. From ‘The Forge Gallery, 5 Stonehenge Walk, Amesbury SP4′: The Ancestors Summer Crown To commemorate the first anniversary of The Ancestors launch at Stonehenge for summer solstice 2010, Andy and . . . → Read More: The Ancestor’s Summer Crown
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 |
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