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hoodedman H
hoodedman Dec 17, 2006 16:15:55
Replying to Monganaut

22ND it should be. Opens at 7:45, but you have to leave before the official opening to the paying public at 9:30. Really, it should be winter solstice sunset but Health and Safety won't let people up there after dark (nothing to do with EH) as there are no lights on the path, and believe me that path can take a huge chunk out of you if you fall on it! The stones used to be lit up some years back but the cops asked EH to turn the lighting off as people were gawking and crashing their cars on the a303.

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Dec 17, 2006 21:39:48
Replying to hoodedman

We went past there in the dark quite recently and I was looking forward to seeing the stones all lit up, and was quite surprised when they weren't - I was sure I'd seen them lit at some point. I figured it would just encourage people to stop and press their noses to the fence and cause EH to have to spend more on security guards. But your gawping theory sounds good too.