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2025-12-22 Britain

Thousands welcome winter solstice as Sun rises over Stonehenge

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-12-22 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1853 views ] Top

1 Hopefully the dancing midgets made an appearance.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-12-22 05:50|| 2025-12-22 05:50|| Front Page Top

2 Second only to Bondi Beach.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-12-22 07:44|| 2025-12-22 07:44|| Front Page Top

3 Would be more impressive if you could actually see the sun.

Posted by Mercutio 2025-12-22 09:22|| 2025-12-22 09:22|| Front Page Top

4 one family tells the BBC they drove for three hours to be there

Is that some sort of achievement in the eyes of the British?

Posted by Melancholic 2025-12-22 15:41|| 2025-12-22 15:41|| Front Page Top

5 More on one family tells the BBC they drove for three hours to be there from someone from fly-over country ("The Big Empty" as I call it; Dad said it being there would "stretch out your eyeballs").

As taken from EMPTINESS: Emptiness affects every facet of Plains life. Much time goes into dealing with empty space; long distances are an everyday reality, and substantial time behind the wheel is essential to social and economic life.

Posted by Melancholic 2025-12-22 20:22|| 2025-12-22 20:22|| Front Page Top

6 they drove for three hours to be there

They say the difference between England and America is that in America, 100 years is a long time and in England, 100 miles is a long way

Posted by SteveS 2025-12-22 22:13|| 2025-12-22 22:13|| Front Page Top

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