366 Photos - 16/366 - Clouds over Stonehenge

[byslantedlight]

Today was a going-to-Stonehenge day. Just cos.




Even the carpark was pretty impressive, cloud-wise... *g*I've been before with the new visitor centre, but this time I decided to walk from there to the stones, and it was actually really nice. It wasn't exactly a peaceful ancient landscape (they were bombing hell out of something somewhere on the Plain, you can still hear the A303, they have the noisiest shuttle buses I've heard for years, and people were allowed to take their children), but you can wander all over the landscape now, which always felt fenced up before, so that was rather good. And I'm always surprised by the way Stonehenge doesn't stand out in the landscape (it's almost in a dip until you get close to it), which wasn't really noticeable before.

Also there's a gift shop, and I may have bought Christmas mead (which you drink warmed up) and a book that's started really well called Blood of the Isles - about our genetic heritage. *g*

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[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of you guys at Stonehenge while I was there - and of course Bodie and Doyle at Stonehenge, just because... *g* There's some great clouds over Salisbury Plain - but it seems to get more than its share of rain too, I think... It was rather cool to suddenly think hey, I shall visit Stonehenge! I shall get to Avebury again one day soon, cos I like that alot too, and it's also not far - barely an hour. *g*

Hurrah for new sofas - hope it's beautiful and comfy for you all! And six dolls? Any particular kind...? *g*

I had to google Martin Michael, but wow - if the picture on the front of his website is like the exhibition then that must have been just brilliant!