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Thursday 27 June 2019

Living in the woods-this is glamping

I just loved this photo when it appeared on Robin's Instagram page the next morning with the caption 'i'm never going to leave' Poor darling worked his socks off that weekend. 

Robins replica hembury bowl in the fire. 

Alan Bruford's wonderful eco-toilet- all the mod cons. 


Its what its all about. Pots in fires. 



                                 
Another secluded glade encampment

                        Scary way to fire a pot -build a huge fire around it with sticks of an even size



Dinner in the woods by the fire just after setting up the tent 

Robin captioned some of his photos of the weekend in the woods ‘I’m never leaving’ and another ‘I’ve found my true home’.  I felt that too when I had spent time at Beacon Cross Copse.  As we passed the weekend with all the activities and visitors, the weather outside of the Copse was wind and rain. But inside it was sheltered, warm and fairly dry.  I imagine that during the Neolithic, as they had only just started to clear the land for causewayed enclosures, at some sites for example, at Bury Hill shade-loving snail shells have been found in a ditch indicating surrounding woodlan
. Living in the woods is a much more pleasant and easy way of life than you could imagine.  It is much easier staying here than on a commercial campsite where all the trees have been removed due to H+S regulations. But this is all thanks to Alan Bruford who has constructed and provisioned his Forest School. There is even an eco-toilet. Of course, we had running water and so we were very comfortable in a large tent with blow-up beds and duvets. and getting up in the morning, rekindling the fire from last night with a fresh log and putting the kettle onto boil is just heaven.  I want to go back!
                                                  Robin and Sarah  making pots by the fire


                                                     Chris Chapmam never stops filming


                                              Pauline  making cob for the kiln


                                                            and the kettle was always on!


Sarah and the kettle 

Wednesday 26 June 2019

I've been busy

I've been busy and haven't written in my blog recently. We finally did our Neolithic pot firing weekend as well as Robin James Sullivan who made a fine replica of a Hembury bowl. We built a kiln, made and fired pots around a hearth. We all had a brilliant time and learned a huge amount about the properties of gabbro clay. Since coming back I have started to write up the activities of the weekend,  the 'project' and started to write an article that I have always wanted to write-A Social Biography of the Hembury bowl. This is a slow process for me and will take a few months from start to finish. I might even have a publisher :D