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anarchist_nomad) wrote2007-06-20 04:13 pm
anarchist_nomad) wrote2007-06-20 04:13 pm
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In Brightest Day, In Shortest Night...
Leaving work in a little while to get ready for tonight's trip to Stonehenge.
"What's that?" you may say. "Again?? Didn't you recently claim to be getting tired of visiting Stonehenge?
Well, yes, I did. Having been there four times already, I am getting a bit bored with the usual one hour visit that consists of a self-guided audio tour while viewing the roped-off ancient stones from a distance.
"Then... why?" you might ask.
Ah, but tonight! Tonight is different! To commemorate the start of summer[*], the ropes are coming down, and Stonehenge will be open all night for a solstice celebration! There should be drumming and samba and -- best of all -- we can go right up to those enormous ancient standing stones. What a sense of history -- spending the solstice in the same place where people flocked to do so all those thousands of years ago!
The party begins around 8pm tonight, with sunset at 9:26 and sunrise at 4:58. Things start to wind down around 8am... after which![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cheshcat and I will hop into Peter, drive home, and get some [by then] much-needed sleep!
[*] Yes, I know that the solstice actually occurs tomorrow evening, at 6:06pm UTC. But tonight is when the celebration was scheduled for, so tonight is when I go.
"What's that?" you may say. "Again?? Didn't you recently claim to be getting tired of visiting Stonehenge?
Well, yes, I did. Having been there four times already, I am getting a bit bored with the usual one hour visit that consists of a self-guided audio tour while viewing the roped-off ancient stones from a distance.
"Then... why?" you might ask.
Ah, but tonight! Tonight is different! To commemorate the start of summer[*], the ropes are coming down, and Stonehenge will be open all night for a solstice celebration! There should be drumming and samba and -- best of all -- we can go right up to those enormous ancient standing stones. What a sense of history -- spending the solstice in the same place where people flocked to do so all those thousands of years ago!
The party begins around 8pm tonight, with sunset at 9:26 and sunrise at 4:58. Things start to wind down around 8am... after which
cheshcat and I will hop into Peter, drive home, and get some [by then] much-needed sleep![*] Yes, I know that the solstice actually occurs tomorrow evening, at 6:06pm UTC. But tonight is when the celebration was scheduled for, so tonight is when I go.