Perhaps it was a shame that the Scots' concept of "hospitable climates" has perforce been rather broad ...
Skara Brae and the Ring of Brodgar are in my sights for a Britain trip that may materialize in 2025, between total solar eclipse trips. (2024 will be a road trip to the Texas Hill Country.)
I visited four henges in England on my 2014 family history "victory lap." I didn't think the freeway spoiled Stonehenge, but, speaking as someone who likes to commune with things like that (crazy hippie!), it was the least "friendly" of the four. I got a sense Stonehenge has had it up to here with tourists, while Avebury is happy to see you. The Castlerigg Stone Circle (irregular and a thousand years older than Stonehenge) near Keswick in the Lakes District is warm and welcoming, too. But it was the Mayburgh Henge, an earthen and stone henge a tad south of Penrith, that felt like a cathedral.
Well, in all my years of living and being raised Panama, little did I know that the Scots had an expedition to Panama! wow! I knew about the original Caledonia expedition, but not about the New Caledonia!
Perhaps it was a shame that the Scots' concept of "hospitable climates" has perforce been rather broad ...
Skara Brae and the Ring of Brodgar are in my sights for a Britain trip that may materialize in 2025, between total solar eclipse trips. (2024 will be a road trip to the Texas Hill Country.)
I visited four henges in England on my 2014 family history "victory lap." I didn't think the freeway spoiled Stonehenge, but, speaking as someone who likes to commune with things like that (crazy hippie!), it was the least "friendly" of the four. I got a sense Stonehenge has had it up to here with tourists, while Avebury is happy to see you. The Castlerigg Stone Circle (irregular and a thousand years older than Stonehenge) near Keswick in the Lakes District is warm and welcoming, too. But it was the Mayburgh Henge, an earthen and stone henge a tad south of Penrith, that felt like a cathedral.
Well, in all my years of living and being raised Panama, little did I know that the Scots had an expedition to Panama! wow! I knew about the original Caledonia expedition, but not about the New Caledonia!
Wonderful post, Bob!