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"So what about the families that have lived and farmed at Avebury for generations before it was made a WHS?
Should they move out now?"


The people of Avebury are experiencing what people in the town have to live with on a daily basis, come to Bath or Bristol, flower shows, music festivals, people fly balloons, kites, play football, fill the park to capacity with their children.
People are entitled to have time off and just play, the witch hunting that has gone on against 'Glastonbury' type people, travellers, gypsies and now Pagan communities around Wiltshire is pathetic, it shows just what narrow-minded people can do to protect their property, and value of course.. perhaps its time they lived in the real world in Avebury and acknowledged the right of other people to enjoy the countryside and their monuments...

I haven't yet heard anybody decry the lack of bicycle racks at Avebury.

Surely cycling to the solstice celebrations is the green, sustainable and healthy way of getting there. Just load up your panniers and off you go.
No need to worry about car parks or public transport, and by the time you get there you'll be all energized and ready to party.

"the witch hunting that has gone on against 'Glastonbury' type people, travellers, gypsies and now Pagan communities around Wiltshire is pathetic"

I'm trying to see it from both angles... on the one hand, I wouldn't be best pleased if some scary drunk bloke in retro-gear was hollering outside my house at 3.00am. On the other hand, how many people now live there who bought their house without being fully aware that might happen occasionally?

Some of the parish council chatter reminds me of the eclipse in Cornwall. Tens of thousands of gateways blocked with huge logs and stones because of an expected "mass invasion" by travellers. And my totally harmless kids pitching their tent in St Ives and getting visits from officials and a write up in the local paper about how they were the first of the invaders. I got the strong impression from the chat in the pubs that the locals actually enjoyed the feeling of communal crisis and it brought great excitement into their lives!