Just before New Year, Chris (my green-man-hunting friend) and I went down to Salisbury to see if we could track down the four green men listed in Clive Hicks’s book The Green Man: a field guide. On the way we stopped off at various small churches along the Wylye valley, and this was very [...]
Posts Tagged ‘churches’
The Green Men of Salisbury Cathedral
Posted in Green man, Wiltshire, druidry, folklore, paganism, tagged cathedrals, churches, druidry, folklore, Green man, paganism on January 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In search of the Green Man
Posted in Green man, Wiltshire, druidry, tagged carvings, churches, druidry, Green man, paganism on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Chris and I set off on Saturday to see if we could find any more examples of the Green Man for our Wiltshire Green Men website At the Sign of the Black Cat. We decided that we had to bite on the bullet and visit some of the town churches in West Wiltshire, so we [...]
Around Middle Hill
Posted in Wiltshire, druidry, walking, tagged Alban Elfed, archaeology, carvings, churches, druidry, walks, Wiltshire on October 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Chris and I walked this afternoon out from Bishopstrow near Warminster onto the perimeter path that skirts Salisbury Plain. The army was much in evidence, with gunfire sounding from the firing ranges, and a gun placement clearly visible in the distance. We ignored it as best we could and focused on the views [...]