drewbhoy
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Re: The first site you ever visited.
Sep 21, 2012, 22:05
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Dad's have a lot to answer for :-)
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thesweetcheat
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Re: The first site you ever visited.
Sep 21, 2012, 22:09
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Tis true. Just thing of all the "sons of TMAers" who've had their first prehistoric visits at a very young age (and daughters too).
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bladup
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Re: The first site you ever visited.
Sep 21, 2012, 22:34
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thesweetcheat wrote: Tis true. Just thing of all the "sons of TMAers" who've had their first prehistoric visits at a very young age (and daughters too).
My 4 kids have been all over the country and loads of sites that aren't too far from the road [me and my eldest daughter-17 are the only people to go on big walks though, although my missus did til she hurt her back badly], to be honest my little girl [although she's 7 now], was made on mull [put it like this, she had to have been! and she argues like a scot], but i think postie and eric win hands down!, it looks like they've been to loads and loads of places together.
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thesweetcheat
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Re: The first site you ever visited.
Sep 21, 2012, 22:39
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bladup wrote: i think postie and eric win hands down!, it looks like they've been to loads and loads of places together.
And Carl and Dafydd and Sophie are getting around the country nicely too. Glad to hear Karen made it out of the car on Anglesey! :-)
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thesweetcheat
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Re: The first site you ever visited.
Sep 21, 2012, 22:56
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juamei wrote: I used to play on Maiden Castle as a kid and occasionally Maumbury Rings, but only really thought of them as playgrounds...
You were one of those Maumbury Rings skateboarders weren't you? You young 'ooligan!
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Wiggy
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Re: The first site you ever visited.
Sep 27, 2012, 16:10
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I grew up in South Wiltshire - the first site I remember with any clarity would, of course, be Stonehenge. I was actually taken to the free festival every year by my mum and dad (all the locals of Amesbury and Durrington would head up to look at "The Wally's", buy candles and stuff, and generally have a great time).
I also remember being taken up Silbury Hill by my dad, in the days when that was considered ok.
I think I was very lucky to grow up where I did - it has had a lasting and positive effect on me for sure! =;o)
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bladup
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Re: The first site you ever visited.
Sep 27, 2012, 17:52
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Wiggy wrote: I grew up in South Wiltshire - the first site I remember with any clarity would, of course, be Stonehenge. I was actually taken to the free festival every year by my mum and dad (all the locals of Amesbury and Durrington would head up to look at "The Wally's", buy candles and stuff, and generally have a great time).
I also remember being taken up Silbury Hill by my dad, in the days when that was considered ok.
I think I was very lucky to grow up where I did - it has had a lasting and positive effect on me for sure! =;o)
Very lucky indeed, they sound like great memories.
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DaveF
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Re: The first site you ever visited.
Sep 27, 2012, 22:41
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As kid we were camping at the Castlerigg campsite and walked to Casterigg from the campsite. I don't think it had much of an impact on my parents but I never forgot it.
Given the accessibility of the site I'm surprised more people haven't listed this as their first experience
I still love it, and visit at least once a year while we are in the lakes.
We got engaged there - no matter how many other places I visit this one will always be special to me
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bladup
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Re: The first site you ever visited.
Sep 27, 2012, 23:57
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DaveF wrote: As kid we were camping at the Castlerigg campsite and walked to Casterigg from the campsite. I don't think it had much of an impact on my parents but I never forgot it.
Given the accessibility of the site I'm surprised more people haven't listed this as their first experience
I still love it, and visit at least once a year while we are in the lakes.
We got engaged there - no matter how many other places I visit this one will always be special to me
It's a good point you make what with it been such a great place and so close to the road, you would think it would have been a lot more peoples first place, i like how you say it didn't have much impact on your parents but you never forgot it, i think this shows very well how these places [in general, there are always exceptions ] are in our consciousnesses in a different way to your parents, and this makes the places come alive in a way they haven't for 1000's of years.
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CARL
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Re: The first site you ever visited.
Sep 28, 2012, 07:10
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It wasn't my first site but it is without doubt one of my best sites. The setting is just fantastic.
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