The Heel Stone

The Heel Stone, which lies northeast of the sarsen circle, is a rough stone, 16 feet above ground, leaning inwards towards the stone circle. At summer solstice, an observer standing within the stone circle, looking northeast through the entrance, would see the Sun rise in the approximate direction of the heel stone, and the sun has often been photographed over it. Source: Wikipedia.

Odyssey 2018 - Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Oxford

April 26th 2018
All hands were on deck early this morning, as we had booked an all-day excursion to visit some sights outside of London: Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Oxford. It turned out to be a grueling, 14-hour marathon, although a good deal of the time was spent sitting in the seats of a coach bus with about 40 other tourists. Over the past several years, Dee and I have taken our fair share of tours (in ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more

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