Lammas, also known as Loaf Mass Day, is a Christian holiday celebrated in some English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere on 1 August. The name originates from the word "loaf" in reference to bread and "Mass" in reference to the Eucharist. So off we go on a warm but cloudy morning and arrived at Chalice Well about 11.15 am. Mercifully the great crowds that were there in the Midsummer...
It being summer solstice off we went to chalice Well in Glasto to take part in the celebrations. On the way we passed acres of small tents probably designed for glamping at the forthcoming Glastonbury Festival which is due to open for guests this Tuesday. It was only Saturday but there were scores of delivery vans waiting to enter the property for one purpose or another. This must be a...
My goodness this must be a record for the longest period of time but I have not written an entry in the face of considerable amounts of activity so this will be a more abstract overview of Wednesday to Sunday when we had a lady visitor who I scarcely new personally before she arrived but I felt instantly that she would fit in with the family so to speak and so it proved to be true. Dealing with...
This is going to be one of those days where without any previous intention this is going to be a full diary. Today is the celebration of Samhein otherwise known as Halloween and we set off early to go to Glastonbury to enjoy the wonderful weather, the warmth, the sun, and the amazing people who turn up on these occasions. However, before that, I should mention that I wrote a preparatory paper in...
Not often that you have a blazing log fire when the temperature is 25 degrees but that is the custom in chalice well when I and Françoise went to join the celebration of Lammas which is to do with the first harvests. I found the numbers were considerably lower then last time but in a way that was a relief and I had one or two meaningful conversations. One was with a German who was camping in...
A very pleasant trip by bus for a jolly mid Summer Solstice celebration tainted by one thing. Due to pressure from Woke people they had removed a copy of a statue created by an artist who had some questionable sexual activity and the pathetic trustees felt that if it might cause offense it should be removed from its place around the well itself to another place as yet undetermined. We had never...
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