People’s Free Festivals 1970s-1980s
In this post I’m going share some of my memories of the free festivals I attended in the late 1970s and early 1980s including the People’s Free Festivals at Stonehenge and a few others
Why I’m returning to metal detecting
I’m returning to metal detecting after an absence of several years. I first started metal detecting about eight years ago beginning with a Minelab X-Terra 505 which I later replaced with a 705. There was much about this hobby that I enjoyed but it also had its drawbacks. So one winter I gave it up…
The Spine of Albion Review. The Backbone of Britain.
The Spine of Albion is an intriguing book. It falls neatly into place as the third of a trilogy of books about long and important ley lines in Europe. The first was The Sun and the Serpent (1990) which charts the path of the St Michael Line from Land’s End to East Anglia. The second…
Ley Lines UK – The Old Straight Track
About forty years ago I developed an interest in ley lines and sought to map ley lines in my corner of the UK. The interest was sparked by reading about them in various books on related subjects. It wasn’t long before I had ordered a copy of The Old Straight Track by Alfred Watkins and…
The British Empire’s Legacy Makes The World A Better Place
The British Empire was a global empire that originated with the British Isles. At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. The British Empire is considered one of the greatest empires in human history, especially for its role in spreading Western culture around…
Knowlton Church and Earthworks – A Ceremonial Henge
The ruins of Knowlton Church sit in the centre of the ceremonial henge that predates it by about 3,500 years. It is one of the most striking examples of how the new religion of Christianity adopted many existing sites of worship and ceremony, and in so doing persuaded the population to convert to the new…