sil, 25 days ago

The Rollright Stones, a stone circle in the Cotswolds. The story is that they were the servants of a king who were turned to stone by a witch, although as far as I can tell when someone came up with that story, the stones had already been there for about three thousand years. I’m sure whoever assembled them is happy about that.

A lovely place to be in the sunshine. Far from the world of people and jobs and hassle.

A small collection of big stones in a sunny green grass field. The stones are all taller than a person, and heavily eroded by water; they lean up against one another almost like a tent. They’re surrounded by a metal fence at waist height, painted green