English Heritage in Stonehenge alcohol ban
Posted On: Apr 8th, 2016 at 21:16
**Breaking News**
England
Hooray!
And about time too – alcohol will now be banned at the Stonehenge solstice.
I first went to Stonehenge when it “re-opened” to the public around the year 1999. There were approximately 5,000 people there. There was no alcohol but there was a proper pagan vibe and it was a magical night. The following year 10,000 people showed up. The following year 15,000. By around 2005 or 2006 there were an estimated 50,000 people turning up, drunken louts everywhere, people climbing on the stones were cheered instead of being told to get down, the mess was despicable and by then I’d had enough. I wasn’t enjoying it any more and I stopped going. That was the last time.
But now I will go back and I will hope to recapture that original vibe. The numbers have been reduced to around 30,000 these days, still a lot, but I hope the alcohol ban will mean all those people who jump on the bandwagon and go just to party without even a clue what Stonehenge is all about will no longer turn up.
What has disgusted me the most is that self-proclaimed leader of the druids, Arthur Pendragon, who has started a campaign against the alcohol ban and vented his anger at the organisers who were intending on doing so, claiming that it is simply a money-making scheme since the organisers also intend to charge for parking. I am all for paying to park if there are no drunken louts – I am sure it costs a small fortune to organise the event and you, Arthur Pendragon, are nothing more than a hypocrite. Stuff your alcohol up your solstice! The feedback shows clearly the majority of people want an alcohol ban and Arthur Pendragon has lost a lot of respect in recent weeks with his outspoken nonsense.
Bring on 21st June!
