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DUPRE on ve ‘ravelon pms | Stonehenge - Home of the Druids As dusk approaches on the Salisbury of tourists, everyone respected the small barrier and stayed well within Plains the sun begins to cast eerie shad- _its boundaries. There were small, numerical plaques arranged along the ows on the ancient monoliths. It appears —_ route and by simply pressing the corresponding button on the phone- as if the Druids are preparing to once like device a narrative was played describing in detail the history of this again wander among the structure known strange and mysterious locale. to all of us as Stonehenge. Please tum to page 32 | recently had the opportunity of travelling from London to Salisbury and decided that a stop at Stonehenge was a necessity. The last time | visited the site was in 1983 in the midst of an all day rain Storm and unfortunately | missed a lot of the history of the location. Tourism has had an affect on the place, but | found the changes have greatly improved the historic site. | sat in the rear seat of the people mover (minivan, as we call it), alone and deep in thought about my last stop at Salisbury Cathedral. | looked up and suddenly, beside the road, saw the massive stones tise from the ground. The driver veered into a parking lot across from the site and | asked him to join me for the tour, His name is Eric and he has been living in the Croydon area (about 2 hours from Stonehenge) for sixty-some-odd years. The last time he visited Stonehenge was forty years ago, So it was time. | paid the entrance fee of £6.50 (about $13 CDN.) and was given a small device, which resembled a cell phone. | followed the path under the road and surfaced directly in front of the massive stones. | had been told that access to the site was restricted and that it was no lon- ger worth the visit, but | was pleasantly surprised, as | did not find that to be the case. Asmall, one metre wide, asphalt path had been built around the entire site. A yellow rope, about half a metre from the ground and suspended from black rods, acted as a deterrent to keep visitors from wandering too close. Although there were only a handful Sheep graze lazily oblivious to tourists or the 5,000 year old monoliths. FOCUS -MARCH 2013 3 03. MARCH.32 Pages.indd 31 13-02-18 9:20AM