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Stonehenge – Friday 21st September
Tarmac is being spread over one of the tracks at Airman’s Cross. A man on a bright yellow roller is driving slowly behind a vast tipper truck. It’s busy. We […]
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Stonehenge – Wednesday 19th September
We had to wait today at temporary traffic lights by Airman’s Cross. The normally quick journey was delayed by several minutes giving us the chance to look at what is […]
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Stonehenge – Saturday 15th September
We arrive about ¾ hour after opening and already, the car park is heaving. Coaches are emptying their cargos of international visitors; the queues waiting to get in are impressively […]
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Stonehenge – Tuesday 11th September
It’s after lunch and following my observations yesterday, today, Stonehenge is rammed with school parties – young teens from Germany and an English junior school. So not really rammed, but […]
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Stonehenge – Monday 10th September
The rain has returned. Well it did this morning on and off, but the weather forecast suggested sunny, cloudy spells this afternoon so we’ve driven up to Stonehenge and set […]
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Stonehenge – Friday 7th September
Directly in front of us at the top of the A360 at Airman’s Cross, there are four men in white hard-hats and yellow hi-viz vests standing in a trench. Their […]
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Stonehenge – Wednesday 5th September
I arrive at Stonehenge a couple of hours after Mark, which is a first. I had to wait in for a package, so I’m much later than I intended to […]
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Stonehenge – Monday 3rd September
The day has got hotter and hotter. It’s afternoon and we arrive at the Stonehenge car park in serious heat. Queuing for ice cream are some shaven headed men in […]
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Stonehenge – Friday 31st August
As we leave our house, helicopters whirr above. The skies are active the whole journey up to Stonehenge. We arrive in the car park then walk up to the monument […]
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Stonehenge – Thursday 30th August
Driving up the A360 to Airman’s Corner the view is altering. The road seems to continue beyond the T-junction at the end. There is a new road being cut into […]
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Stonehenge – Sunday 26th August
All is still at Airman’s Cross but they’re cracking on with the works. Big piles of earth sit in the corners of the main site and across the road wide […]
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