Summer Solstice 2002
Stonehenge, Wiltshire
What better place to start than at the most famous of all Solstice/Equinox related sites - Stonehenge. We spent most of the first day queuing in traffic waiting to be allowed into the parking area set up specially, but were pleased to be able to get into the site and walk around before sunset. We spoke to some druids, and watched them have a small ceremony for the sunset, and then spent the whole of the night wandering in and out of the stones, listening with awe at the way that the sounds of drums echoed around the structure, making it seem to dance with life. We watched the druids begin their ritual for the sunrise, and positioned ourselves perfectly to watch it rise through the henge stones. It started to rain, and we, like the thousand or more other spectators, were a little disappointed not to see the sun (little did we know that this was the pattern that we would follow for most of our excursions!), but we left feeling good about the overall experience.
Vic
What better place to start than at the most famous of all Solstice/Equinox related sites - Stonehenge. We spent most of the first day queuing in traffic waiting to be allowed into the parking area set up specially, but were pleased to be able to get into the site and walk around before sunset. We spoke to some druids, and watched them have a small ceremony for the sunset, and then spent the whole of the night wandering in and out of the stones, listening with awe at the way that the sounds of drums echoed around the structure, making it seem to dance with life. We watched the druids begin their ritual for the sunrise, and positioned ourselves perfectly to watch it rise through the henge stones. It started to rain, and we, like the thousand or more other spectators, were a little disappointed not to see the sun (little did we know that this was the pattern that we would follow for most of our excursions!), but we left feeling good about the overall experience.Vic
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