Avebury

Howburn Digger wrote:
Perhaps some judicious seeding of grass, buttercups and clover could be arranged. Or a suitable "wig" of turf from a surrounding bit of pasture might be cosmetically "Eltoned" onto the bald area.

This p*sh reeks of self-justification by Heritage Industry through the creation of a fake Milk Crisis in Aisle 7.

Well there is definitely some mud there, though hasn't the damage been done by a vehicle, those straight lines don't look human? according to this news item on the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-43154577

Trouble is we all want to go to Avebury it has become over popularised and too many humans around, like Stonehenge a 'honeypot' to be exploited sadly.

moss wrote:
Trouble is we all want to go to Avebury it has become over popularised and too many humans around, like Stonehenge a 'honeypot' to be exploited sadly.
The National Trust car park is nearly always at least partially full between the times of 10am - 4.00pm (later in the summer months of course). Anyone who wants Avebury to themselves should go a bit earlier/later or walk out beyond the stone circle in almost any direction to experience solitude and few, if any, other people. As you know Moss, the Avebury World Heritage Site encompasses a wide area of great archaeological wealth plus a profusion of wild flowers, butterflies etc. I personally think it would be a great shame if visitors were charged to go into the circle in the name of preserving it - hard to enforce too (except for gullible tourists being shepherded around).