Big Rocks
Easter weekend and enough to make even the Easter bunny tired.
Friday the family packed the car – well 2 cars actually as Kathy’s mum is here – and we headed to Stonehenge. Now I know I have been getting excited about the history over here but it still amazes me every day when I see something that is over 3000 years old. Now rather than bore you with the history here are some facts: Some of the stones came all the way from Wales 386km away, it is estimated to have taken 30 million hours of labour to build and took 500 men to lift the 40 ton stone to the top by ropes. Now that is pretty bloody amazing if you ask me, especially when we complain about how hard our work is today.
Something does annoy me about this site though. It is a shame that something so impressive is wedged between two major motorways. What were the previous roads engineers thinking when they decided to stick the roads there! A recent book I was reading comments that “it has all the sad, compromised dignity of a lion in a cage at a regional zoo”. Despite this it is inspiring to think that previous generations were so determined to go to these lengths to build a structure linking earth and sky.
1 comment:
Enjoying the Blogs and the History lessons James. I like the bit about the road planners - bloody Romans - perhaps they did not appreciate the Henge then as it was only 1000 years old when they put the roads there.
I think you should share your views on the ability of planners with Richard B if you want a lively discussion.
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