.. spatial rift over Idsworth .. perhaps?

Kynance .. Bronze Age village

Viking Boat Burn, Butser Ancient Farm

The Farm missed out on two important annual fundraising events – via the Beltain Wickerman Burning – due to Covid restrictions and ongoing Covid concerns. They have bounced back with a Viking Longship Burning event, to celebrate the coming Autumn Equinox.

The event was smaller than usual in numbers present, and subsequently had the more relaxed feel of those early Beltain events that we have previously enjoyed.

The warm up act to the boat burning were a three-piece band called Seidrblot, whose throat-singing was amazing, as were the sounds that they generated from their "ancient" instruments.

As with the more recent Beltain celebrations, the Pentacle Drummers – provided a rhythmic soundtrack to the burning ritual. Unlike at the Wickerman burning, their persistent drumming felt more in keeping with the nature of this ceremony – their hairy visages, a facsimile of the warrior spirits they so always desperately seem to be trying to channel.

Avebury pt. 2 .. Longstones Cove, Windmill Hill and Fyfield Down

Adam & Eve, Longstones Cove,
Beckhampton Avenue

Windmill Hill

Silbury Hill dominates the Sacred Landscape
in all directions

The Gourmet Goat Farmer

The Ridgeway

Axe polishing stone, Fyfield Down

Cup marked stone, Fyfield Down

Accommodation

Avebury Life - Bed and Breakfast

Food & Drink

Red Lion, Avebury

The Gourmet Goat Farmer

T-shirt

Hare and Tabor

Avebury pt. 1

jOHN dEE's sIGIL T-shirt
bY hARE aND tABOR

Accommodation

Avebury Life - Bed and Breakfast

Food & Drink

Red Lion, Avebury

T-shirt

Hare and Tabor

the Outer Hebrides Road Trip pt. 9c .. Calanais 4, Ceann Thulabhaig

 

Calanais 4
Ceann Thulabhaig

Birdwatching: Buzzard, Whimbrel