A WRITE ROYAL RANT
AUGUST 2022
I would like to start with wishing you all a happy Lunaghasadh, or Lunasa the celebration of the Harvest named after the Celtic God Lugh. You don't have to be an elite Athlete such as those taking part in the Commonwealth games to take part and/or organise your own traditional Lunasa games.
You could simply challenge your partner, friend or sibling to a race around the garden to get in the spirit of things before feasting on the bounty provided, even if that means opening that tin you were saving for a special occasion or digging that packet out from the back of the fridge. It's the spirit and the intent that counts in my opinion not the Dogma, simply celebrate and enjoy what we have, and raise a glass to the Old Gods of this land, Lunasa Blessings to you all.
ROUND TABLE MEETING
For those of you who don't know, 'we' have been meeting regularly with the Authorities since before the first Managed Open Access-Summer 2000 when I approached Clews Everard, then director of Stonehenge for EH, with the idea of setting up such meetings, here then is what I brought up at the most recent.
Round Table Meeting of 29th July 2022
I Raised four issues at meeting
(1)
Public Transport,
and the fact that ever since the instigation of so called 'Parking' charges I have arrived by the first bus from Salisbury and have yet to make it in time for the sun set ceremony Summer Solstice or dawn ceremony at Winter.
EH will look into my and our suggestions for better access (Bus lanes and alleviating the chaos caused by turning traffic away rather than letting them queue in the vicinity or other options put forward.
(2)
Drove closures,
and how I feel they are illegal and can be seen to prevent 'us' from exercising 'our' Articles 9,10,11 & 14 rights Human Rights Act UK law, European and Treaty Obligations.
We were assured no such closures are planned for the By-ways Open to All Traffic (BOAT) within the WHS of Stonehenge over the Autumn Equinox. Managed Open Access agreed as dawn 23rd September.
(3)
Acting on a complaint I received 'here' through Social media I queried as to why the Hare Krishna's were stopped from handing out their pre-prepared food.
I was assured that it must be some kind of misunderstanding, and that they were asked to remove themselves from alongside the food vendors (which is not to say they could not continue their distribution elsewhere), And that this would be sorted in good time for next year.
On this occasion I am inclined to take what was said on face value as EH Security also assured me that this was in deed the case. and that security did not prohibit the distribution as I had been mistakenly informed.
(4)
EVICTIONS at STONEHENGE
I also raised the issue of the netting placed to stop the crows from nesting under the lintels as they have for Hundreds of years in recorded history and asked for the rationale behind the so called trial which I am led to believe will be for a set period of time presumably beginning when the netting was first put in place February 2022 ?
Photo, Petulant crow, so called because he would caw at me constantly unless I shared my lunch with him, whilst Picketing at the old Stonehenge visitor centre.
Details at the meeting were sketchy at best but I am assured they (EH) will get back to me via email.
Blessings From The Front
Arthur Pendragon /|\