Adrenochrome
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Midsummer sunrise
May 31, 2006, 22:09
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Anyone recomend a good site for Summer Solstice sunrise at various sites
Manily intertested in Castlerigg
(Think it is about 3.45 am, but I can't get any more accurate)
Sorry if covered before
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CraigR
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Re: Midsummer sunrise
Jun 02, 2006, 12:35
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A few of us went to Castlerigg in 1996 or 1997. It was excellant. The Police on duty actually directed you to the best place to park up etc. It was very well done, but that was a while ago. There were around 100-150 people there and we were lucky enought to have a perfect morning, with the sun rising over the side of Blencathra. It was a wonderfully warm day and we spent a large part of it swimming in Derwent Water.
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Vicster
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Re: Midsummer sunrise
Jun 02, 2006, 12:55
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I would imagine that Castlerigg gets incredibley busy at Solstice - it is usually packed with tourists on any given day but it is an amazing site.
Where are you located and what are you hoping to "get out" of your experience? Maybe there are some smaller, lesser visited sites which may be preferable?
Let me know and I'll put my thinking hat on...
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fitzcoraldo
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Re: Midsummer sunrise
Jun 02, 2006, 14:10
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I was at a midsummer at Castlerigg a couple of years ago and it was a bit of a circus. My favourites are the cyclists that meet there every year in a riot of lycra.
Unfortunately I'll be on the briney sea this year but given a choice of Cumbrian circles to watch the sun rise from I'd opt for somewhere on high ground that takes a little, but not too much, effort to walk to such as the Cockpit or Oddendale.
If you do go to Castlerigg bear in mind that you won't get to see the sun until well after it's risen
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