On my last visit to Avebury I made a special effort to look out for the what remains of the burning pits in the northern sector. You can clearly make out the depressions in the grass. And I'm sure many of you will empathise with my sadness at walking around them.
Pete G's posts about re-erecting a stone and investigating as yet unexplored areas of the monument have filled me with joy.
I also lean towards JCs theory that each stone means something other than where it was placed (ie. where it was found, perhaps in relation to the landscape or other stones originally around it).
So you can imagine my dismay that the solution to make a programme about the site interesting involved how to destroy a sarsen. What were they thinking of?
It was completely insensitive to anyone who has any feeling for the site. The destruction that has been wrought to Avebury was ignorant, arrogant and wrong. To choose to demonstrate just how much hard work went into this destruction was offensive to me.
Of all the things to go to avebury and do: kill a sarsen stone.
and don't get me started on all that I'm on a walky-talky in a field can you see me from the helicopter i'm on the ground - yes I can see you, i'm in a helicopter, can you hear me over the rotor blades isn't it exciting nonsense.