Followers of SSWHS are going to need very deeeep pockets....

Remember my post of 25th January where I told you https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/ thanked all it's followers for allowing them to reach £50,000 to fight their case in the High Court and I put this foot note: 

"How far I wonder, will their £50K take them, having employed a London solicitor: https://www.leighday.co.uk/News/Press-releases-2020/November-2020/Legal-bid-to-save-Stonehenge-landscape-from-A303-   A very expensive London Solicitor!!!...

Oh! of course, they'll just come cap in hand for more of you to part with your hard earned cash!"

So! call it precognition or just plain "I told you so" but I was right to think that deep pockets are the order of the day for followers of SSWHS because this caught my eye in https://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2021/03/02/update-on-save-stonehenge-world-heritage-site/.....

"Update on Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site

02/03/2021 in Campaigns, Stonehenge

Following last week’s news that a date has been set for the High Court challenge against the decision to go ahead with the tunnel at Stonehenge, SSWHS issued a further press release as follows:

Dear supporter,

Success at the first hurdle! On Wednesday (24^th Feb) we learnt that our challenge to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ shocking decision to go ahead with the A303 Stonehenge scheme would be heard in the High Court on 23 – 25 June.    

Apart from the Department for Transport defending our challenge, Highways England and Historic England will also be taking part as interested parties.    

And here's the important bit from SSWHS folks..... 

Thanks to your generosity we reached our initial target of £50,000 very quickly and this enabled us to go forward with the necessary preparation work for the judicial review. However, due to the complicated nature of the case and the amount of work needed for a three-day hearing,    

we are having to raise our target to £80,000. We hope you understand and feel able to continue to support us. Legal action is expensive and although our lawyers are working for us at a heavily discounted rate, costs mount up. We also have to bear in mind that any decision could be appealed which we would potentially have to fundraise for as well.

Nevertheless, we are firmly committed to the fight to save Stonehenge World Heritage Site from irreparable damage and with your help we have successfully negotiated the first hurdle. Now we need to prepare for the hearing.

Thanks for your support so far, we cannot do this without you."

 It's rather like.... you know that sign on all the telegraph poles...." Final Rug Sale"!