Yippee................soon be Christmas
Huh. I grew up in Shrewton and never knew that. Mind you, I didn't even know there was a battle of the Nile, so hardly surprising really.As you drive from countess roundabout towards Stonehenge if you look to the right the fields have clumps of trees in them. There used to be more, they were planted by the marquis of Queensbury. They are are actually a map showing the position of the ships in a battle in the Nile delta that Nelson had with the French just before Trafalgar.
I hope the tunnel doesn’t lead to the destruction of the trees. Most people don’t know why they are there. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Clumps
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Possibly resident Horseshoe Bats could be their best chance of preservation.....As you drive from countess roundabout towards Stonehenge if you look to the right the fields have clumps of trees in them. There used to be more, they were planted by the marquis of Queensbury. They are are actually a map showing the position of the ships in a battle in the Nile delta that Nelson had with the French just before Trafalgar.
I hope the tunnel doesn’t lead to the destruction of the trees. Most people don’t know why they are there. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Clumps
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Still just a pile of rocks in a paddock.Been to Wiltshire Grain today to test the moisture meters. Cones all round stonehenge and lots of signs saying its a tow away zone all to keep people away. Stonehenge was closed when I went by.
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But still nice sunny day here.Oh good that means the shortest days behind us Soon be summer
Still just a pile of rocks in a paddock.
The day I was there, no one else was there, no chance I'd pay £15 to watch sunrise there ?A big pile of money earning rocks. £15 to watch the sunrise. You never drive by and not see somebody looking at the stones.
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Yippee................soon be Christmas
I agree. The tunnel (if it goes ahead) will be a cultural theft from the Nation, too.
Stonehenge is still a working place. Within its modern landscape, it's a much needed stop on a long journey for safety's sake which offers a rare chance to think deep thoughts about one's ancestors. I value a stroll around the stones when headed in that direction ~ I'm a NT member, so help in a tiny way towards their upkeep.
We shouldn't be denied the right to see them as they are in our everyday context.
It's only the dense and unimaginative who can't populate the area with the aboriginal Europeans and all the people who've used them since.
(Does anyone else feel they'd gladly labour to arrange hulking lumps of rock in a pleasingly proto-scientific fashion if it might stave off a repeat of this Winter?)
Papers today showed Thousands there so that did'nt work ???Been to Wiltshire Grain today to test the moisture meters. Cones all round stonehenge and lots of signs saying its a tow away zone all to keep people away. Stonehenge was closed when I went by.
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