Graeme Skinner » long meg

Today we….

Graeme — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:40:10 +0000

….watched the sun rise, then went for a wander by Long Meg and her Daughters.

I do wonder why though ~~people~~ scum visit places like Long Meg and feel the need leave all their McRubbish behind -

And finally a couple of misty shots from the journey home

Dawn at Long Meg

Graeme — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:11:16 +0000

This morning we had a quick run down to Long Meg And Her Daughters stone circle for a wander and maybe take a photograph or two. I had to Photoshop the images to lighten Long Meg and the foreground grass a little

Sometime you just have to get down low for a photograph, pity it was rather cold this morning…

Long Meg and her Daughters

Graeme — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:46:29 +0000

Today we had a quick run out to Long Meg stone circle, well the stone circle is actually made up from Long Meg’s daughters and Long Meg is a single Menhir standing alone outside the circle. The light was tricky, with the clouds drifting quickly in front of the Sun, but it was nice to get out and wander amongst the stones.

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The Eden & Stones

Graeme — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:23:09 +0000

This afternoon we had a quick run out first stopping at Long Meg stone circle, then round to see how low the River Eden is.Long Meg looked excellent with the Summer Sun almost overhead, I took a few photographs but I think this one sums the place up for me -

We then went on to Armathwaite to look at the Eden, it really is looking like it could run dry almost any day, when I think back to how I’ve seen it in the past it’s quite amazing really.

Thanks for the crap

Graeme — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:01:38 +0000

This morning we went for a wander around Long Meg and her daughters in the Eden Valley. It was quite pleasant until we saw the amount of crap people leave behind.

For such an ancient site which holds a great deal of meaning for so many it’s sad that people feel the need to adorn the site with various pieces of crap they are too lazy to take away with them. I’m not talking about leaving litter behind – though there is plenty of evidence of that. I’m talking about the things people have tied to a tree next to one of the parking places. Supposedly these pieces of crap are offerings, though who they are offering their crap to is unclear, it’s also doubtful that any spirits or Gods that inhabit the area would really want this crap anyway. It does amuse me in some strange sort of way that often those who decide to leave an offering claim to be ‘in tune’ with nature, if this is the case why do they leave plastics behind that will be around for years to come…

why do they leave metal objects to rust away and fall in fragments to the ground just to stick in the first passing animals foot…

or items with metal ties that can snag anything brushing by…

and whilst some of the crap may pose nicely for arty photographs…

do we really need such pollution at our historic sites?

Fido says no, we don’t…

Anyway, I did take a couple of ‘stone’ photographs

and this one I’ve named forkintree…