Nineteen riders turned up on a clear morning for a 3.00am departure from the Salisbury Leisure Centre. Amazingly some people still turn up without lights – what can you say, “it’s dark”, “you are an adult” “you are a responsible person”? Each to their own I guess and of course they take their own responsibility!
All those back lights in the distance as your travel up the Woodford valley, no traffic, just peace and quiet.
Beyond the valley you join the track to hear the owls hooting in the copse and the skylarks singing in the background.
And then the scene before you is a dark mass in the distance, the stones silouted by the many camera flashes bouncing in many directions and noise cancelled out by the traffic.
20-30 thousand people throng the stones, a heaving mass of society. From family groups to couples, everyone loving one another and sharing joints, alcohol, food, music, bedrolls and camera phones.
The beat in the stones is captivating as the bodies surge back and forth to the beat with the swaying spaced out conductor, orally leading or making love to his sax, dictating the rhythm and intensity.
And for the first time they actually had recycling – English Heritage see the light! Which is more than can be said for us as the sun was well hidden behind the cloud – ah well maybe next year.
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