Wishing every one of you a very blessed Solstice and may it bring the best to everyone

And a Happy Summer Solstice to you Helen & everyone!

A record number of people descended on Stonehenge to mark this year's summer solstice.

Estimates suggest 36,500 pagans, musicians, Morris dancers and others travelled to the ancient stone circle on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire.

Organisers attribute the record turnout to the good weather and the fact the solstice fell on a weekend.

A cheer went up from bleary-eyed revellers wrapped in blankets, ponchos, cloaks and bin liners as the sun rose at 4.58am.

Musician Nick Wells, 50, from Surrey, said: "I've been playing the Gadulka, a 13-string Bulgarian fiddle in the circle, its been magical," he said.

"Everyone has been very peaceful and I am surprised I have not seen any trouble at all. It is nice that people can get so close to the stones but to me it is almost sacrilegious to touch them."

English Heritage and Wiltshire police had been expecting the biggest ever crowds and extra officers were drafted in to patrol the site.

But the event was a peaceful one with just 25 arrests for minor public disorder and drug-related offences, a Wiltshire police spokesman said.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/8110646.stm

I hope it was a good one for everyone!! I missed the early morning celebration due to an over ambitious intake of alcohol