Then again (optimist) courageous souls like George fight their corner, Julian enlightens the Establishment, you and others from Heritage Action, and conservators everywhere, pick their way to a degree of preservation. The Portal and the Stones List. Jane paints her lovely pictures. Rhiannon researches untiringly. Bucky and Pilgrim from miles away keep the faith :-) Paulus holds a little mouse within the Whispering Knights. FourWinds and Cian boggle our minds with their knowledge and photographs. The list of those who care, like Tolkien's road, goes ever on.
There was a programme on telly last night about the restoration of several of the country's rundown parks - it lifted my soul seeing how a few dedicated enthusiasts can transform neglected parks into places where people were delighted to go again. Sadly, we're bound to lose some of our ancient sites, like endangered species they will be rolled into extinction. What can we do but continue to protest? Wave our goff-sticks where appropriate and shout as loud as we can to ensure that not all our gathered soil and stones vanish beneath some corporate blanket of irrelevance.