Driving back from Brighton at the weekend in the sunshine, we travelled cross-country to avoid the hell of the motorway and to appreciate our glorious countryside. We took the A303 past Stonehenge and stopped to do a drawing and some photos. Husb had been before but it was my first visit and it is truly awesome. I’m not using that word frivolously. I was overcome with awe. How on earth did our ancient ancestors move those huge bluestones from the Preseli Mountains in Pembrokeshire in West Wales to the middle of England?
Here’s a bit of trivia. There’s a small parish in Pembrokeshire called Saint Elvis and the anglicised version of Preseli is Presley.
Drawn into my A5 pink silk recycled sari sketchbook – I’ve nearly finished it – using a Faber Castell Pitt drawing pen, size F in sepia.
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Very cool sketch of this magical place. It’s still on my to-do-list. I really would like to go to Great Britain, but I’m really scared of the left-hand-traffic. 😉 Have a nice day.
Thanks. Get someone to drive you round 😀
😀 Yes. Good idea. I should hire a chauffeur!
And a limo – it’s the only way to travel 😀
There was an exhibition of artist`s notebooks doing the rounds here in Ireland last year. Your sketchbook reminds me of that. And what a lovely way to recycle a silk sari. Lovely drawing. Neolithic tombs are fascinating.
That exhibition sounds interesting, don’t often get to see sketchbooks in shows. I love ancient places.
All day I’ve kept thinking Nigella’s Revenge and started laughing! Which has got nothing to do with Stonehenge. I thought I’d just let you know! Nigella’s Revenge!!
hahahaha 😀
I lived not too far away from Stonehenge and was lucky enough to visit in my late teens/early twenties Rosie.. in the days when you could walk up to the stones !!
How lovely. Husb went in his teens and clambered on the stones too. Bit of an overreaction by the government I think.
Yes maybe so.. but I think there had been a lot of trouble with people writing on the stones and trying to carve their names etc.. that was the problem..
That’s a shame, but I guess it had always been done – maybe that’s just part of the passage of time…..
Love it! When we get you state side again, I’ll take you to the Stonehenge along the Columbia River. It’s over on the Washington side. 🙂
wow that sounds amazing 🙂
i had wanted to do a posting about it last fall when I visited, but it never made it online. maybe soon… it’s situated next to a nice art museum.