Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
For what felt like a very long time (although, if I look back it is probably only a year or two) I have tried to locate the position of the Spirit of Place within Delamere Forest. The forest is one of the largest in Cheshire, and it used all year round by mountain bikers, dog … Read More “Delamere Forest – Meeting the Spirit of Place” »
Having just returned from a visit to Glastonbury with Kal (more about that very soon) I wanted to do something for the Summer Solstice and to keep it local. Where better, then, for me to go than to our local holy well – Plegmund’s Well in the little hamlet of Plemstall which adjoins the larger … Read More “The Solstice – Plegmund’s Well” »
Once upon a time, when I was a small boy growing into his own sense of identity, I went through a phase of what can only be called “gang mentality”. I was living in urban Nelson in Lancashire at the time, and my only thoughts were to have fun with my small coterie of friends. … Read More “Psychological recycling” »
This is the second post describing our Beltane excursion to Derbyshire’s finest megalithic sights. In the first post I introduced my reasons for being on this purposeful quest on this particular day, and now we were heading back to some more of our favourite sites but this time with a more relaxed approach, seeking only to learn … Read More “Seven Sites for Beltane 2010 – Part 2” »
I am reminded of a post that seems so long ago now in which I told you how I found my old beech staff, or rather, how I came across the staff in a magical moment where I asked for one to appear and moments later I came across the perfect branch for the job. In … Read More “The Whitegate White Staff” »
At the end of February I went out for a walk in my local village with the intention of testing out the tracking properties of my new GPS unit (honestly, I won’t bang on about it any more – I’m sure you’ve heard enough). I wasn’t going to mention this, as it was only a … Read More “How to be invisible: healing accident blackspots” »
Helsby Hill, Cheshire. September 21st 2008 A short while ago I got back up Helsby Hill. I had been reading about Hamish Miller finding rainbow ‘ribbons’ of energy, and I needed to get a handle on that. As Kal has mentioned in a comment to the previous post our brains had been scrambled by the … Read More “Helsby Hill 2008 – Follow the rainbow” »
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