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timark_uk
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I've never actually been to Stonehenge, but I understand that you can't actually walk up to the actual monument anymore, which is a bit of a shame really. Mark
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| Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:11 am |
 
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Zippy
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No, during the normal course of events you have to stick to a roped off walkway around the site, a good few hundred feet away. I've been there with a grove on Solstice a few times though and (apart from the pot-smoking hippy idiots) it's a really fabulous experience. _________________The Official "Saucy Minx"  This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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paulzolo
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They rope you off because they don’t want visitors to chip bits of the stones off as souvenirs any more.
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Zippy
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Well, partly, but also because Stonehenge has suffered some really apalling abuse in the past with cans of paint and hammers.  _________________The Official "Saucy Minx" This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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HeatherKay
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I guess they also want to protect the grass around the monument. Keeping folk at a distance on a managed path makes that easier.
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ProfessorF
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It's about time the monument had something better - I was underwhelmed when I visited. Some kiosks, a tunnel and a gift shop. That was about it. And a fairly steep entry price too. Mind you, I did have a nice cup of coffee and a cookie on the way out, that wasn't bad. Photographically, the pics I'm most pleased with from that visit aren't of the stones at all.
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Amnesia10
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Yes i agree and the one group who should be allowed access are the druids. They are hardly likely to damage it. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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