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Yeah, but what's a 'serious' pagan?
Yeah, I agree. I'm not a serious pagan, or a serious anything really, but I enjoy being at Avebury for the various 'pagan' festivals, as well as being there when nothing's happening at all. Dunno why really, m'be it's just seeing folks having a good time without all the usual social/religious restrictions you get elsewhere. Can understand the locals getting a bit pissed off with the drums and fire eaters etc but the stones were there long before the village; it's a World Heritage Site after all and one of the few big places in the country where you can enter and follow your beliefs without hassle (and don't get charged for doing it). Reckon it should stay that way.

PS Heard recently that you can no longer walk along the top of the bank because of erosion problems - is that true?

Littlestone wrote:
Yeah, but what's a 'serious' pagan?
Yeah, I agree. I'm not a serious pagan, or a serious anything really, but I enjoy being at Avebury for the various 'pagan' festivals, as well as being there when nothing's happening at all. Dunno why really, m'be it's just seeing folks having a good time without all the usual social/religious restrictions you get elsewhere. Can understand the locals getting a bit pissed off with the drums and fire eaters etc but the stones were there long before the village; it's a World Heritage Site after all and one of the few big places in the country where you can enter and follow your beliefs without hassle (and don't get charged for doing it). Reckon it should stay that way.
Couldn't agree more.