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Well, I am trying to see both sides here. I can kind of understand people being annoyed by not being able to look through the fence if they don't want to pay to come in--BUT, remember the fence is coming down with the road closure. Obviously there will be security (and probably someone with a ticket machine) to keep people from running into the monument and/or coming in without a ticket beyond a certain distance, but there's nothing to stop you approaching on foot from,say, King Barrow ridge or across from the Cursus just to get a look. So, very likely, within a certain distance, a non-paying visitor will indeed be still able to see the stones!
Of course,parking would be the problem if the green track was closed. (the present carpack is also to be decomissioned as a public carpark)..but hey, a bit of walking won't hurt surely, if you really want to have a look.
I'm afraid the jumble of camper vans on the west track can be pretty lunsightly at times, and certainly some of them are there longer than they should be. I've walked there many a time and seen lots of litter,signs of burning etc etc. I think it does detract from the appearance of the monument from the a303 approach in particular.
The road beside Stonehenge really does need to go, as it not only bisects the Avenue, but it's bloody dangerous. Speeding drivers and oblivious tourists.An American was killed there about a year ago,and there have been lots of lesser accidents.
As for Arthur Pendragon, a few years back he was protesting that the road HADN'T been closed and the fences were still up and the Avenue still in two. but now that he realises the plan would mean the track would go also and he couldn't hang about, he doesn't like it!
I'm afraid some of the 'Stonehenge free for everyone/do what you like ' activist types, really seem to be more about 'free for me & mine right now...and damn the future,let someone else worry about it!'
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