tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685533049738406832.post8033810277416709444..comments2024-03-27T09:05:59.436-07:00Comments on Jane Austen and Other Writers: Virginia Woolf: Stonehenge SerendipitiesDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12396312339372162866noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685533049738406832.post-73828079090197626232019-05-18T19:17:54.865-07:002019-05-18T19:17:54.865-07:00Crazy that you found that journal. What great writ...Crazy that you found that journal. What great writing, even if you cant remember writing it!Rogerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099689634463836614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685533049738406832.post-48807847335827898872019-04-21T08:06:38.925-07:002019-04-21T08:06:38.925-07:00Thanks Elaine. It is a mysterious place, I agree. ...Thanks Elaine. It is a mysterious place, I agree. I have read it became sacred, as did Bath, because of the warm water of a stream at the site, water that never froze, so people thought it had magical powers--is that true or today's theory? It is all so interesting. All the same, why build a huge structure on the site of a magical stream? I went my one time as a bus trip that must have been for a flat fee to include a tour of Winchester and Stonehenge, but I have no memory of paying (which means it couldn't have been shockingly expensive at that time!). I do know we could walk through it--nothing was roped off as I believe is now the case.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396312339372162866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685533049738406832.post-40838105652401252662019-04-21T03:42:10.370-07:002019-04-21T03:42:10.370-07:00At the centre of this one can approach the mystery...At the centre of this one can approach the mystery of the place. No one seems to know exactly why it was built, which certainly invited speculation.<br /><br />I too was surprised by how small it is. I have passed it on the highway a number of times and did visit once, but it was pouring with rain so not at all a pleasurable experience. I recall there are tolls and one must pay to enter. How very British!epigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07702410355855897192noreply@blogger.com