Around 8.09 a.m. on Saturnday 22nd December 2018 the sun will rise at its most southernly as seen from the Stones.

But the Drove will probably be blocked by the alleged ‘authorities. , English Heritcage are opening their carpark at around 6 a.m. but refusing entry when its closed. See https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/plan-your-visit/winter-solstice-at-stonehenge/

STOP PRESS – the order closing the drove may have been quashed in court today

English Heriticage are opening their gates to their carpark and to Stonehenge at 5 a.m. on Sunday 23rd September 2018.

Unfortunately the Drove will be closed.

There are rumours of bands playing at Woodhenge

ROUND TABLE GROUP CODE OF CONDUCT (May 2018)

• Prepare for the meeting by reading the agenda, papers and any emails before the meeting.
• In order for all points on the agenda to be heard – try to be concise.
• Contribute positively to the discussions.
• Speak truthfully and do not deliberately misrepresent and misquote an individual (whether they are a RTG attendee or outside the meeting).
• Listen to other people’s views respectfully and don’t talk over others when they are speaking.
• Discourage side conversations to enable everyone to concentrate on the meeting.
• Agree to differ on issues where a ‘consensus’ is not reached.
• Commit to sharing the information exchanged with your external groups and organisations
• Actions from meetings to be distributed within 2 weeks of the meeting taking place
• Aggressive behaviour, swearing or insults won’t be tolerated by the group.
• Attendees unable to abide by the Code of Conduct may be issued with a warning and can be asked to leave; in extreme circumstances the meeting will be ended.

DRAFT RTG Agenda October 2018 (PDF)

Stonehenge
Round Table Group meeting
Draft agenda for meeting on 17 October 2018
At Fisherton Hall, St Paul’s Church, Salisbury
Chair – Roy Gillet
1: Welcome, apologies, Code of Conduct and introductions
2: Report from planning team for Winter Solstice 2018
3: Feedback from RTG
4: Discussion on points raised
5: Ideas presented from interested parties for sharing spiritual and religious meaning of Stones
with Summer Solstice attendees
5: Date for next meeting and host decided
6: AOB
CLOSE

SS18 RTG July Meeting Notes and Action Log

Hopefully there will be a mini festival nearby from Tuesday,
details on a poster is here.

Dave Sanger’s horsedrawn stage should be there with many acts (but no electric amplification)

English Heriticage’s carpark opens at 7pm Wednesday 20th June 2018 with a £15 charge per car and a mile walk to the Stones, with disabled buses.

However access is free if you walk, cycle or get a bus.

Some of us will try to park at Woodhenge
(north of the Amesbury roundabout)
and walk the five miles to the Stones.

There will be police with guns, and searches.

English Heritcage’s page is here

Have fun !

SummaryActions Round Table Group workshop April 2018

This was an independently facilitated workshop organised by EH to improve communications including deciding on what issues were needed to be debated, getting a Code of Conduct so people were safe to speak without shouting, ensuring RT members could add to the Agenda and that get out in time and not last minute.

Also a main issue for debate was more access, at least the eight main ceremonial days not just equinoxes and solstices.

Equal access for venues means that the meetings will return to Salisbury which has better transport links than Amesbury

Encouraging people to engage who cannot get to meetings via a group  to discuss online and perhaps an audio link live with podcast links has been suggested.

Deed of gift
dated 26 October 1918 = 2018 will have celebrations of the centerary of the monument being gifted to the British nation