In The Shadow Of Our Ancestors – Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
23 Jun 2011 1 Comment
in Artists, Historical Re-enactment, Love, music, nature, Old English Traditions, Religion, Society & Culture Tags: cannabis, drugs, Druid, earth, love, pagan, peace, prehistoric, solstice, standing stones, stonehenge, summer
Fancy spending a night under the stars – literally under the stars with at least enough people to fill the London O2 Arena to capacity? You won’t be allowed to take a tent or sleeping bag, just a poncho.
A Series Of Curious Events
03 Jan 2011 Leave a Comment
in Artists, Comedy, Film, Historical Re-enactment, Love, music, nature, Old English Traditions, Political Events, Religion, Society & Culture, Sport, theatre Tags: annual review, anthropology, curiosity, human
In the first year of www.lucypeel.com, a variety of age old traditions, circus shows, conferences, fairs, farming events, festivals, ghost hunts, theatre productions, music concerts, parades, political events, protests, religious gatherings and sports events have been discussed as illustrated in the following short film –
Hit & Run!!
28 Nov 2010 2 Comments
in Love, nature Tags: accident, animal, dangerous driving, domesticated, fox, foxes, rescue, RSPCA, strangers, trust, wild
Imagine if you were walking home in the early hours of the morning after an evening out with friends and you saw a fox get injured by a speeding car…
From Dusk Till Dawn – Summer Solstice at Stonehenge
22 Jun 2010 6 Comments
in music, nature, Old English Traditions, Society & Culture Tags: celebration, Druid, earth, film, hippy, nature, pagan, photos, stonehenge, summer solstice, videos
20,000 people celebrated the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge gathering on 20th June 2010. From dusk till dawn with the sun setting at 21:26 on Sunday and rising at 04:52 on Monday, a vast array of people danced and sang throughout the night.
Hare Pie Scramble & Bottle Kicking
06 Apr 2010 4 Comments
in nature, Old English Traditions, Society & Culture, Sport Tags: beer, bottle kicking, celebration, competition, easter, hallaton, hare pie, hare pie scramble, medbourne, pagan, Peter Daisley, rugby, tradition
On Easter Monday, a Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking event takes place in Hallaton, Leicestershire.
Springtime – The Season of Lambing!
14 Mar 2010 2 Comments
in nature Tags: birth, ewe, food, food cycle, hadlow college, lamb, lambing, meat, newborn, sheep, spring, springtime, vegetarian
Ah, sweet bliss! The days are getting longer and warmer, plants and trees are starting to grow again and ewes are giving birth to their lambs. How can anyone resist smiling when they see those lovely little lambs doing their funny hoppy jumps around the fields? This weekend I paid a visit to Hadlow College Hadlow College – an agricultural college just 22 miles south east of London. They had an open weekend which allowed visitors to walk around their lambing shed, look at newborn lambs and if fortunate enough, see a lamb or two being born. I was lucky enough to catch a birth on film when I visited;
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