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2025-12-22 Britain

Thousands welcome winter solstice as Sun rises over Stonehenge

[BBC] Summary

The Sun rises over Stonehenge on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year

About 8,500 people have gathered at the historic site as one family tells the BBC they drove for three hours to be there - pictures show the celebrations

From today, the days will start to get longer and we'll get more daylight - why do we have a winter solstice?

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-12-22 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1847 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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