Druid Protestor Defies Stonehenge Eviction Order

If you thought pulling a sword out of stone was hard, you should try to evict a druid. Mr. "King Arthur Pendragon" — formerly known as John Rothwell — has been camped out at the edge of Stonehenge since June 2008. Last week local official were granted an eviction notice for Mr. Pendragon. He had until 4pm on Sunday to leave, but failed to do so saying that he is fighting for the protected world heritage to be open to all, currently visitors are restricted to a visitor center and confined to marked-out trails. "We have opened a bottle of mead and we are drinking to Stonehenge. I have done a short ritual and spell of protection, calling on the kings of old. I am still here so I am in breach of the order as they see it but I have as much right as anyone else to be here," he said.

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[robthebloke]

Stone henge opens for 1 night a year when you are able to get close enough to the stones to be able to touch them (on the summer solstice) - and that is what this guy is protesting about. English heritage have argued for years that the stones need protection, and to be honest I tend to agree with them (having been there for a solstice before). This has been a long running argument, culminating with the battle of the beanfield [wikipedia.org] in the 1980s. Eventually they relented on their decision [bbc.co.uk] regarding the solstice, a