UK: 30,000 gather at Stonehenge to celebrate Summer Solstice [Fair warning: Photos]

DailyMail ^ | 21st June 2008 | Chris Laker

[yankeedame]

The soggy solstice: 30,000 gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the longest day

By Chris Laker
Last updated at 12:15 PM on 21st June 2008

...wind and rain failed to dampen the spirits of around 30,000 people from descending on Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice...

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[See link for photos, which had to be removed because of copyright problems with AP and Getty]

[babyfreep]

Interesting. What an experience. :-)

[babyfreep]

"People meditate in the early morning drizzle on the morning of the summer solstice"

Eww...that just doesn't sound right.

[ottbmare]

All these lovely environmentalists seem to have left a great deal of trash around their sacred site. Very nice.

[boogerbear]

Did Spinal Tap play? If they didn’t play then what’s the point.

[BenLurkin]

Oh yes. Hippies have always trashed wherever they go.

[Dick Bachert]

[Dick Bachert]

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Hedonism......goes hand in hand with Marxism.

[BluH2o]

Looks like an Obama rally to me.

[dalereed]

Despicable, especially since today is our 50th anniversary.

I didn't even know such a thing existed.

[rbmillerjr]

Absolutely.

The same types all congregate for socialism, wackenvironmentalism, unilater disarmament and to the folly of Lennon’s “no religion too”

[atomic conspiracy]

It happens that I was born within sight of Stonehenge (if you climb a steeple or something) and on midsummers day no less (I am 59 today).

Years ago, a friend set me up on a blind date with a girl who was attractive enough but who turned out to have all sorts of new-age delusions. She was thrilled to hear about the time and place of my arrival in this world, asserting that I must have enormous paranormal powers as a result. She was disappointed and puzzled to hear that I did not even believe in such things.

[yankeedame]

You know, I've heard things along what same line. How Stonehenge was no big deal. It was just there. And how, if you were in Ireland and wanted to look the Book of Knells, you simply went to (I think it was) a university library in Dublin, walked up to where it was justing sitting on an open display and just...well, just looked at it.

(sigh)Things sure have changed.

[dayglored]

> Did Spinal Tap play? If they didn’t play then what’s the point.

I think it's a FreeRepublic Posting Rule, sort of like the Rule that says that Maureen Dowd articles must be accompanied by pictures of Catherine Zeta-Jones, and threads about Norway must be accompanied by references to Monty Python's Dead Parrot Sketch.

Threads about Stonehenge must be accompanied by references to Spinal Tap.

If you didn't see the movie about Spinal Tap, go see it, you'll understand.

[Dreagon]

I’m sure the Beaker People would be scratching their head at all the misplaced significance, screwball theories, and outright false claims put forth by the modern nutballs who “worship” there today.

[FES0844]

THAT’S THE FIRST THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE!!

[N. Theknow]

Look at all of the trash on the ground.

Yep. Article says 30,00 pieces of trash.

And they littered the place too.

[dayglored]

> Comment #32 Removed by Moderator

What'd I do wrong?

I don't think I used any inappropriate language, and the image link looked okay:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/06/21/article-1028192-01B1195D00000578-631_468x313.jpg

Sorry about that, whatever it was... but I'd appreciate knowing.

[Pablo64]

"Look at all of the trash on the ground."

Yeah, and they dropped litter all over the place, too!