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Hi Aztheist ,

If you are the ordinary tourist then English Heretics keep you a good 100' away across golf green like grass and little shin high ropes.

But if you are a member of the British Druid Order or The Druid Network then at the Solstices you have exclusive access to the entire site for the sunrise/sunset ceremonies.

On June 21st the entire site is opened to thousands of revellers and a complete mess is made.

The BDO and TDN restrict numbers at their observances to about 100 celebrants normally two or three days before or after the 21st so as not to attract the great crowds of pre-Glastonbury Festival-ers.

At the Equinoxes, and other celebrations, many tend to meet at Avebury (Caer Abiri), which is larger and completely open.

Blessings,
Matholwch /|\.

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Any chance that someone could tape this programme for us?

Math, it's great that you get special permission to use the site and are not considered to be the same as 'ordinary tourists'.


az

Well, Noggin has just come back from a Christmas shopping expedition - still says he hasn't found the 'piece de resistance' but I noted several shopping bags . . . hmmm . . .

Meanwhile, he has been giving me a very lovey pre-Christmas present. Every year, the week before Christmas, I re-read Dicken's Christmas Carol because I love it so much. But this year, Noggin is now reading it to me as a bed-time story, little by little, this week.

A few pages every night.

He has a lovely reading voice and although I've had to give him a bit of coaching on his 'bah humbug!' he is doing very well.


az

*gling gling gling*




az

Hello everybody.

I'd like to wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.



I may not be back for a few days so in the meantime I hope you all have a lovely Christmas break and get all the presents you could wish for.

Thanks Fathom,

Wishing the same to you and yours. And of course to everyone else here.

Just back from the last of the Christmas shopping. We've put on a Christmas cd, opened some white wine and are feeling very Christmassy indeed.

Much love to you all.



az

Merry Christmas

I'm sitting in work wasting time until I can go home and start cooking. Picked up my bird yesterday, it is a monster and far bigger than we need! Did I tell you that J's parents have dumped us? J rang them to find out what time they were arriving and they told him they had decided they didn't want to come after all. How could they be so mean to J? We are both very angry with them at present, not to mention fed up that we have got tons more food than we now need - in fact we would have gone to my uncle for christmas dinner if his parents hadn't agreed to come to us this year to meet my family. My mum is a bit hurt and thinks they don't want ot meet her

Now they are coming for lunch on boxing day, but frankly I wish they wouldn't. *sigh*

On the positive side, it means that christmas day will be spent only with people I can relax around and should therefore be lots of fun

Hope you and Noggin have a lovely day az, and everyone else reading here (sorry for intruding on your thread, I can't even remember how I ended up here!).

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Tsk, don't be silly - love having you here! Anyhow, Fathom often disappears for ages so it's great having you and the others here to chat with. So I hope you stick around.

I can't believe the in-laws have backed out at the last minute! Very inconsiderate, to say the least.

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Well, quite.

Our Christmas dinner menu has expanded a bit. Now it will be slow roasted duck, small leg of lamb and some boneless pork ribs, with roasted potatoes and carrots, steamed broccoli and stuffing made on the side. With steamed giant prawns (langostinas) for a starter. I feel myself getting fatter just talking about it - but we are having my friend and neighbour Eric over (who *knows* how to eat) and any left-overs we have will be used to make a Shepherds Pie on boxing day.

I can't believe how excited and happy I feel about Christmas this year. Even Noggin says it's going to be the best Christmas he's had in years.




az

not suprised noggin feels that way , he's pretty confident, no stray relatives/freinds neighbours inebriated,specialy for the occasion,
are going to turn up in the wee hours ,thinking lets drag noggin round to midnight mass have a good one though
take it nimbus has duck gizzards and prawns.no sproats

J had to ring *them* to find out they weren't coming?

Hope you have a good one anyway and anybody else who may be lurking.

I'm certainly looking forward to mine with az. Reckon it's going to be something special. Off to wrap in a minute (always leave stuff to the last minute me).

Noggin

logicus, what are your plans for Christmas?

Meanwhile, if we are still sober enough by then, I *may* in fact drag Noggin out to midnight mass tonight at the Cathedral (just around the corner) as I've never done this.

A couple of years ago I went to a midnight mass at a convent (also around the corner) of cloistered nuns. Talk about bizarre. During the mass we could hear the nuns singing (beautifully) but couldn't see them. And afterwards we went to pay our respects to them in a special room where they were behind bars!




az

a nice peacefull one as usall,would have thought noggin would enjoy spanish midnight mass lot more than english version,
you mean to say az you dont go every year,nows the time to start tradition, this year the catherdral next year one of the moorish or orthadox, is there not a big byzantine thingy

Quite like the idea of going to midnight mass actually. Not for religious reasons, but just to join in with the atmosphere of it all. The carols, the togetherness, the ritual, and all that.

Havea good one, logicus.

Noggin

same here nog ,the atmosphere is special at this time of year, i when i do go inside a church its not under the guise of worship, but the tradition of familys plus nice to see how the other half does it,
always have a good one

We'll probably be online tomorrow morning, logicus, if you want to drop by and have a little with us. And if you get on my Yahoo chat thingy with you and still have your web-cam you can show Noggin how beautiful Henry is! Is Henry still with you?

So, you are invited for Christmas brunch - we'll probably be having scrambled eggs with smoked salmon and healthy whole-grain toast AND Sometime about 10-11 am your time.

See you then?




az

yep henry is "back" with me again all part of never ending saga,healthy whole-grain toast only if made by your fair hand
tried anchovies with eggs , i'll have liver and kydneys instead of the fish smiley, henry can have the salmon

Okay then, 'see' you tomorrow!

And I will whip up some virtual liver and kidneys for you, to go with your scrambled eggs, okay?




az

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Just as the kids were opening their presents this morning, it began to snow, heavily. Magic!

Just need to dust off a copy of "It's a wonderful life" with Jimmy Stewart and Xmas is complete .

Well, off to pepper my children with

Blessings,
Matholwch /|\.

Try this version . . .

http://www.angryalien.com/1204/wonderful_lifebuns.asp




az