Wholistic Arts

Hob Hurst's House now stands there proud On Beeley Moor so high, far from the crowd For three thousand years hidden from view This rectangular barrow has secrets anew   The name comes from a hobgoblin who In folklore did frequent this house too Amongst the other cairns on this moor A tidy creature who would clean the floor   Human bones were found inside In the nineteenth century in this hide A burial place so grand and serene Such a resting place pastures green   High on the moorviews all around me No one else, as far as the eye could see Cars in the distance, a humming sound Romantic and scarey yet so profound   How strange and lonely is this place Barren now mostly at such a slow pace Before mankind had cities abound Groups of people interspersed around.   I explor...

  Celebrated St John's Day in Pontevedra. Malusa, Loreto, Victor, Raye and David all   danced over the candles later, but before and during the day og the 23rd and 24th we all (including Wilma and Louisa) watched the firework displays. Spectacular! Loud bangs and amazing sites. Some fireworks looked, as they exploded across the Bay , that they were about to land directly on us….just an optical illusion…but amazing. "Religious and folk law and happens at the turn of the shortest night" Apart from the fireworks, bonfires were lit all around on the night of the 23rd.

We set off to research another ley On the map north of Thorpe Cloud Many barrows on the line there lay They shouted to me from the map, so proud But we seek the one at the back of a farm On a hill. I thought, why, I'll do no harm The farmer was good though and let us through We missed some others without a clue Round and up the hill we did climb At the top the trig point and barrow for to view Magnificent sites. Tissington Trail. Sublime. My rods found the ley. I felt. I knew. Twenty three paces as is the norm Then on to the church in Milldale Again I found the ley in true form The line ran North to South no fail The rain laid off and the weather was clear A satisfying day with leylines, to me so dear