Big Hi to everyone I met at Avebury on Sunday. Hope you all had a good time.
Just a note on the next meeting to be held at Avebury for Lammas - Fri 1st and Sat Aug 2nd 2008
This year sees a partial solar eclipse from 09:04 to 13:38 bst on Friday Aug 1st.
The Druid will be conducting his usual Lughnassadh ceremony during this time period.
This takes the form of; starting at 10 am with an opening ceremony in the Sun circle, followed by a processional walk to Silbury Hill and the blessing for the Mother Goddess, for a successful harvest with the Lammas cakes.
We all possess back to the Avebury sun circle for the final part of the ceremony and the distribution of the Lammas cakes. These cakes are baked the night before and contain the very first ripe barley of this year's crop. They were taken back to the tribal land and buried in the ground to be cultivated, prior to next year's harvest.
On the following day, Sat 2nd Aug, a free and open Gorsedd will be held in the Sun circle at 13:00 pm.
After which everybody, young and old, will be invited to take part in the 2008 Lammas Games.
The Lammas Games will be held as usual, behind the Moon circle in the SW quadrant.
There will be the traditional events such as wheel chair jousting, the discus, shoot-put, Find-it, Rhyme around the circle, the blind sailor, eat the chocolate, swimming with turtles, newspaper tag, the three legged race, the egg and spoon race, over and under, together with stuff I haven't thought up yet.
The stocks will be deployed for any cheats, cads or unsporting behaviour.
This could go on for some time depending upon the numbers involved, the weather and the level of the adult’s fitness.
The Lammas events are held with the blessing on the NT and EH.
Camping in the picnic area over Friday and Saturday night is not guaranteed.
We are granted this privilege through the Avebury Guardian stewardship and it is a self governed event. The usual rules and regulations will apply and every tent must be removed by 16:00 hours on Sunday afternoon.
I will post a reminder and more details on these events later in the month when things are more organised.
Chow4now
Chance
P.S.
Avebury Day (the village fete) and the start of National Archaeology Week coincide on Saturday the 19th of July this year.
Besides the usual fete events and stalls on the sports field, there will be a photographic exhibition of early Avebury images by the National Trust.
The National Trust are also running free tours by the archaeologist for Avebury, on Saturday and Sunday. There are events in the barn on both days too.
On Sunday 20th, there will also be a car boot sale on the sports field.
Money raised goes towards the Avebury sports pavilion.
