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We all sit round the fire prior and during the celebration (always midday) and share in the sort of atmosphere that I wish would manifest everywhere. The officient was guiding us to breathe in and out meaningfully, go within and eliminate all unworthy material (much more than that, but that's all I remember). The Festival, Samhain, commemorates in the Pagan year. Samhain is known by most folks...

What more delightful day could we find to go to one of the Pagan ceremonies of the year held at Chalice Well. Clear blue sky, very little wind, crisp and cold about 6°C. When we arrived, the wait for coffee was so long that I did not trouble to join the queue. First of all, we visited The White Spring which is a natural, calcium rich spring in a Victorian pumphouse, now a free entry temple and...

And now - Fresh from watching VerStappen win the Malaysian Grand Prix F1 one day after his 20th birthday - to complete yesterday's events with a discussion on the Somerset Rural Life Museum After the high octane - change four tyres and fill up with gas in 1.9 seconds - a change of pace to a more leisurely look at times of yore. So why bother with museums at all? Come to that, why bother with...

I have been to Glastonbury more times than I can remember. We always go on high days and holidays for the special Pagan (AKA Green Party) ceremonies. The famous festival itself is about 3 miles away behind a hill so even from the top of the Tor you cannot see it in full. The state of awareness is high but I personally could not live there. I prefer the more mundane Midsomer Norton due to its...

Sunday 31 July 1664 Pepys was invited to a venison party, on returning home after a very jolly time did his accounts and found that he had never been so one of four which he praised God. A brief entry but a happy read. Click above. Chalice well in Glastonbury holds many sacred celebrations over the year. One of them was to celebrate fullness, the flowering of nature, the green earth. The ladies...

Amazing talent. This is a Somerset baker by the name of Jane Taylor who runs a firm called Taylor Made Cake Courses. See article here. I can scarcely believe that this are not real flowers. Saturday I attended the occasional Frome men's group. Rise and shine early for an 8 am start but surprise surprise people were all there and we enjoyed a hearty cooked breakfast followed by a talk. Mike Adams...