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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Summer Solstice -- Midsummer


BBC has pics of the sunrise this morning at Stonehenge.

According to BBC rain kept the crowds down to around 17,000: "Police estimate around 17,000 people watched the sun rise at 0458 BST on Wednesday despite cloudy conditions. English Heritage allows the public access to the 5,000-year-old stone circle for the annual event. Drum-beating and chanting turned to cheering as the sun broke through the clouds shortly after 0500 BST. Heavy overnight rain ensured numbers stayed well below the 20,000 expected to attend the annual revelry at the ancient stone circle on Salisbury Plain."

1 comment:

Anne Johnson said...

No amount of rain would keep me from that hallowed shrine, if only I had the money to see it. The Delphic Oracle says I'll get there the same way Bob Marley got to Ethiopia.