[Stones] Avebury x / Stonehenge ?

[Barry Teague]

Gerald Ponting wrote:
>> Anyone going to the solstice at Stonehenge, Friday night / Saturday
>> morning? I must do this again some time - the only previous occasion
>> was 1960 !

I've been a few times this century; I won't be going this year.
Believe me, you wouldn't enjoy it.  Twenty thousand people within the henge 
dropping their litter, with the space within the trilithons crammed full, 
saddens all that care.

It's far better to go on one of the other open access times: winter solstice 
dawn or, preferably for the lesser number of people, the equinox dawns.
Of course, you don't get to see the sun rising over the Heelstone (viewed 
from Stonehenge) at these times, but you don't get to see it at the summer 
solstice, either, unless your prepared to spend an hour bargeing your way 
through the throng.

Barry