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Wednesday 18 March 2015

Dan Snow interview....comments as much use as a colander.....!!

We think the folks from Stonehenge Alliance, historian Dan Snow....yes! that Dan Snow, son of Peter and especially Tom Holland, another historian, are so up themselves, that they may have been rather surprised and even a little upset when some of the STAG team, pitched up at By-way 12 yesterday, to the interviews with BBC Wilts Radio and BBC South Today.   We used our right to walk the by-way and at the same time, to put up a few posters along side the one for Stonehenge Alliance's petition.



Judging from the surprised look on their faces, we don't think the people of SH Alliance were actually aware of who we were until probably Paul Clifton of  the BBC enlightened them!   You can listen here to the interview on BBC Wiltshire and the T.V. story on BBC South Today:
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02l4050#auto
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b054xmv6/south-today-17032015
My thanks go to Will Walder and Paul Clifton for providing a balance by including STAG in the story!

On listening to the interview with Broadcaster and President of the Council for British Archaeology, Dan Snow, I found his response to the questions, lightweight, arcane, uninformed, and his projection all over the place.  Actually, all of it could be compared to a
i.e. none of it held water and as you see, we made it green because we think it's probably his favourite colour!!!!

Totally against plans to either dual, tunnel or improve the A303 around Stonehenge, and if we must tunnel, it should be 4.5km, therefore costing far more than the present costing of £1.2 billion and adding a further 10 years to the plan......Will they come up with the financial difference?   I doubt it!!  
Dan Snow and his like, are rightfully worried about the disturbance of archaeology around and under Stonehenge.   Where on earth do they get their information.....of course the tunnel is not going directly....under the monument and one can see from this possible map, that Stonehenge is not involved in the tunneling proposals.  What ever route it may take, experts designing said improvement, are well aware of the archaeology of the area.   Nothing has been confirmed, it may even follow the existing A303!!  
Whilst he agrees something needs to be done about the whole of A303, he was dismissive of the queues around Stonehenge, saying at interview, that nothing should be done about the 3 mile existing single carriageway stretch and "it should be left as is", and he thinks that it's... "not a bad solution".   We should just accept that the Stonehenge section will have to be..... "slightly Slower".   What about the accidents Mr Snow?   He goes on to suggest that signs should direct all traffic for the SHVS north and through Larkhill, and that he "could put this into place right now using a felt tip pen and a piece of paper"!   What a frivolous comment and I'm wondering what Cllr Graham Wright would have to say about that??    Mr Snow....we locals or anyone requiring to get to all parts to the north of our beautiful county, or even westbound on the A303, already use that route....call it rat running but we have no choice, the alternative being to sit in the queue for up to 2 hours in the summer, just to visit the supermarket - freezer food going off.....so! you're wrong about the "slightly slower" bit!!!
At the end of the interview, Lee Stone at BBC Wiltshire used the word "strident" to describe Dan Snow's response and that he...Dan Snow and myself were: miles and miles and miles apart!......I have another idea........
Call up Kenny Everett on You Tube and watch "The General" we could do with a good laugh!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMHDBL7CNA4

And I couldn't resist snitching this one from our sister blog: http://bypasswinterbournestoke.blogspot.co.uk/
"I think, however, it is only fair to leave the last word to the "opposition" - the Stonehenge Alliance...
...as they clearly suggest here. Please contact UNESCO and show your support for dualling the A303 - preferably in a tunnel!" You should also sign up to the STAG campaign!

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