On Tuesday 13 January 2004 16:29, Jim Higson wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:54:13 -0800, Nano Nano > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Stonehenge sucks! > > Seriously, don't visit it. You get to walk around a rope 10 meters or > so from the stones, which have mostly fallen doen anyway. I spent > most of my visit playing Sonic2 on a RedHat laptop. > And then there's the people (mostly American) standing around filming > the stones with their camcorder - huh?
Really, the main problem is that it is far too distant from London, where most of the target audience (American or other) is visiting. Far better would be a good replica close to London, complete with underground cinema/planetarium and all the gimmicks to explain the theories about what people might have done there. Then 95% of visitors would use the replica for their filming and visiting. They would not want to touch the stones because of the feeling of awe (however misplaced). Many more visitors could be accommodated, and they would pay for the convenience and ancilliary facilities. If that became over-crowded, a second one could be built, perhaps near one of the other main tourist attractions in Britain. Meanwhile, relieved of pressure, the original could be freed of restrictions and returned to being a set of old stones in a field with a signboard for the interested, as it was when I first saw it. Doesn't solve the problem of the neodruids, but they aren't much of a problem anyway... Any investors here? Once we get "Stonehenge-plus" up and running, there are a few other historic heaps that could be replicated so as to make them more accessible. And imagine the boost to revenues if a city not too many Americans visit constructed a stonehenge-plus, and a Windsor Castle with access to the parts the public don't get to see, a Number 10 fully open to the public, etc. Oh yes, and a Broadmoor and a Holloway womens prison with actresses as guards and prisoners, and... -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
