Re: Maybe spring

On 4/25/2025 8:21 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 4/25/2025 1:49 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 4/25/2025 12:16 PM, zen cycle wrote:

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I'm confused by this message. What do you mean by "military give the firing time"? How is the military involved with Stonehenge?

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I did not know this either but since I visited, the Crown sold it to English Heritage and yes Ministry of Defence has a security role now.
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https://backpackingguys.com/who-currently-owns-stonehenge/
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Regulation has upped the game since my disappointment at seeing chain link fences and posted hours in 1973:
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https://britishheritage.com/guarding-the-stones/

 Are you sure that was 1973? We bike toured through there in 1976 (our first overseas tour) and had absolutely no trouble walking around inside the stone circle.
 I guess we joined a small group that had a tour guide, although I don't remember doing that. I definitely remember a guide pointing out a barely visible carving of a dagger in one of the stones. When one visitor touched it, she said "And _that's_ why it's barely visible."
 The group must have moved on, because I remember us being alone standing in the absolute center of the circle.
 And I know it was 1976, because while America was celebrating the bicentennial, we had gone to England and Scotland. British Airways had ads saying something like "All is forgiven. Come back home!"
 

Yes, circling a large boundary around the site. I was carrying a sleeping bag and brought along a girl but the place closes overnight. sigh.
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