[Stones] callanish visit

[Ric]

green cheesed with envy - i watched the moon rise over junction one of the M1 four hours ago  -  it  was  massive,  like a bloomin dinner plate!
   
  ;-]
   
  ric
  

"charles.tait at zetnet.co.uk" <charles.tait at zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
  Hoping to be there Sunday night if clear

Original Message:
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From: Krista krista at planetzed.com
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 22:34:46 +0100
To: stones at henge.org.uk
Subject: [Stones] callanish visit


Yep, thats the one, the person reviewing it there dosn't seem impressed
though LOL i suppose it depends what your expecting to find i suppose, but
for me to be able to touch and be near something which was so obviously
significant to the people 4000 yrs ago is a great thing....and if you make
that climb and think that the people would have carried their loved ones
all the way up there to lay them to rest, i think it's pretty awesome and
must have had huge significance to them, i couldn't imagine a more lovely
place to be put when my time is up.
I'm not sure about the other cairn which is up there, don't know wether it
is a replica or there for another reason. A lot of cairns found around
Lewis are placed on old well trodden routes where loved ones were found
dead after very long journeys in the days when they would walk everywhere,
or so i've read in the local books about the island.
Something else he says in his post tied in to something i was thinking
while i was sitting up there today (again! ) he mentions how the cairns are
on top of hills here....today i was sitting looking around towards the
Harris mountains thinking about the moon skim and wondering how it would
have looked from there before all the trees were planted, and what (if any)
effect it may have there....maybe some, maybe none, i think i'll have to go
check that out for myself.

As for bringing the weather with you.....yes please : o ) just remember
your midge repellent LOL

krista
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