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Re: What no Stonehenge?
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Yeah me too, I feel I have to keep telling myself it is amazing. I should be enjoying this more. I think it's a victim of over exposure and over hyped. The old addage of under promise over perform and the feeling that less well known sites are more personal and people discover them for themselves rather than being told. If you forget about it and then revisit with an open mind and just experience it as a new thing without the preconceptions I think it's still possible to be moved.

It's unfashionable in our circles to get enthused about it but you have to keep reminding yourself of the significance and achievement of it's construction, also who are we to pick and choose which of our ancestors acheievements we appreciate, it meant a lot to them. It's part of the culture we all love. The fact that it's presented in such an abhorrent way (70's potrakabin, subway) doesn't help with the atmosphere. I'd love to do an after hours visit and get inside the stones.


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12th February 2011ce
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