Okay, okay, I'm late again! I get there in the end ...
Special thanks go to Edwina Hodkinson for taking over on Tuesday night with her very informative stuff on kitchen medicine and herbalism.
If you're looking for a professional herbalist in the North Manchester area you can reach Edwina at edwinahodkinson@yahoo.co.uk or ring her on (0161) 797 2761
The Next Two Moots
Our next moot on 8th November will be our annual post-Samhain storytelling Moot. Please bring a story to tell. It can be just about anything - one from a book, one you've written yourself, a true tale - all we ask is that it takes less than ten minutes to tell. Otherwise we'll be up all night!
The Moot on 13th December will be the annual quiz: thirty questions on Pagan art, herbs, astrology, tree lore, crystals, famous Pagans, witchcraft, gods & goddesses and British traditions. The winner will, of course, receive a bottle of our finest home-brewed wine. Feel free to insert the traditional joke about second prize and two bottles.
Coming Up in October
Megalithic Tours have three day-trips going on in Lancashire this month, including one into Pendle. Details are here.
There's a talk by Mark Rosney on the paranormal, involving demonstrations and experiments. It's called The World of the Paranormal: Part II and is happening at the Manchester New Horizons IVC Clubrooms, on Grosvenor St M1 7HL from 7pm on Monday 17th. It costs £3 each.
Tuesday 18th has the Bolton Moot at the Man & Scythe with a talk by Linda Sever on Heathenry and Northern Tradition.
On Friday 21st there's a gig by the wonderfully scary Tylean at Ara's venue of Sacred Trinity. It's a fiver to get in and there will be a bar. All profits go to the Booth Centre charity for the homeless.
On Saturday 22nd it's the Pagan Federation North West Conference. It will be held in the Green Banks Lecture Theatre, UCLAN, Preston, PR1 7DR. Doors open at 9:30am and there's a closing Winternights ritual by Runic John at 5pm. Talks and workshops will be done by such NW luminaries as (amongst others) Mary Sharrat, Joan Withington, Tasha Woods, Linda Sever, Jez Green and me!
It's a bit too late to get a ticket (probably) but you can pay on the door - £15 for non-members, £13 for members.
If you fancy a bit of culture, some friends of mine are opening a new gallery on Cow Lane, Salford on Friday 28th October at 6pm. Here's the info.
Saturday 29th will see the Radcliffe Moot's annual Samhain party. This year's theme is "Things that go Bump in the Night", so I'm considering turning up as a teenage boy! We start at 8pm and if anyone fancies bringing some firewood it would be most welcome.
Finally, Simon and Bev will be hosting Samhain ritual on Sunday 30th at the Doffcocker Inn on Chorley Old Road in Bolton. Be there for 7pm and all will be revealed!
That's all. Have an awesome Samhain.
Seán
xx
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Monday, 3 October 2011
STOP PRESS!
STOP PRESS!
There's a change to our next Moot on Tuesday 11th October.
Brother Chris "Hail The Badger" Jeffcott won't be around to do his "2012-and-all-that" talk. He's having an operation and then buggering off to Cornwall. Best of luck, mate. See you soon.
Instead our wonderful friend, Edwina has offered to step into the breach with "Something Herbal". Thank you, Edwina. *mwah*!
Love and herbal thingies,
Seán
Thursday, 15 September 2011
September Announcements
Hi everybody, and thank you to all those who could make it to the busiest Moot we've had in quite a while. Extra-special thanks go to Vernon for a very interesting and enlightening talk on Druidry and Unitarianism.
Before we go any further, a little Health & Safety note for our more "manly" men. If you prefer to shake hands rather than hug, please could you remember that some people have delicate joints and easily-dented bones, and be gentle! A proper firm handshake may be the sign of a good, solid bloke, but for some the pain gets in the way of a nice impression.
Anyway, enough of that. What's coming up? Well, quite a lot, actually.
The Next Two Moots
Brother Jeffcott (Chris!) is taking over on 11th October with a talk/discussion of the end-of-the-world phenomenon of 2012 and all that. A load of old cobblers, or is there something in it?
The 8th November moot will be our annual post-Samhain storytelling night. Please bring a story. It can be true or fiction, it can be your own or someone else's, it can be poetry or prose (as long as it's narrative), it can be funny, scary, sad or exciting. All we ask is that it's less than ten minutes in the telling.
Coming Up
September
This coming Saturday 17th will see Bolton invaded by Morris dancers for Rumworth Morris' 35th birthday. There will be six teams from all over the country dancing from 10:45am until 4:15 outside the Man & Scythe on Churchgate, outside the Town Hall and the Market Place.
It'll be particularly good because it will feature the ever rather super Rivington Morris.
The Bolton Moot is also at the Man & Scythe (indoors this time) on Tuesday 20th from 8pm. It's a social, so come and meet the folks.
Fancy some excellent food without your kit on? Of course you do!
The lovely people behind Naked Vegan Cooking have organised a clothing-optional vegan tea party (so you can keep your clothes on if you really want to), at Islington Mill in Salford. It's on Wednesday 21st, will go on from 5pm until 9pm and there will be lots of art made including life-drawing, body painting, photography and so on. All ages, shapes and sizes are welcome. Channel 4 will also be there filming a programme about nudism. A promise has been given that nobody will be photographed or filmed without their consent.
The reason Bolton Moot are having a social is there will be a Bolton Moot Special Event, a ritual for the Autumnal Equinox on Saturday 24th. It's at Simon & Bev's house from 3pm, with the ritual later as it goes dark. Fancy robes aren't necessary unless you want them. There will be charge of £5 per adult to pay for food and drink. More details from Bev & Simon or via us, and we'll put you in touch.
The naked vegans are back on the evening of Monday 26th showcasing the stuff that was made at the previous event. It's from 5pm until 9pm at the Kraak Studio in Manchester and there will be another clothing-optional tea party too. Channel 4 will be there again, and the same photography stipulations have been made.
October
Thursday 6th October is National Vegan Day. Tasty!
If you fancy a bit of Hindu-ness, there's a mela for Diwali at Platt Fields on Saturday 8th, from 3:30-9pm.
If your tastes are a bit closer to home there's always Edgeworth Folk Day, on the same day. It's hard to find any proper information but we think it's at the Barlow Institute BL7 0AP, and it's being opened by Bernard "The Bolton Bullfrog" Wrigley. Now if they'd bother to tell anybody what flippin' time it starts ...
There are two events on Saturday 15th as well. The first is a stone-circle walk organised by Northern Earth and the second is Tockholes beer festival. You can get the full details from Linda Sever, because she hasn't sent them to us yet! Dig, dig!
Our new friend, Phil has sent us some details of a talk by Mark Rosney on the paranormal, involving demonstrations and experiments. It's called The World of the Paranormal: Part II and is happening at the Manchester New Horizons IVC Clubrooms, on Grosvenor St M1 7HL from 7pm on Monday 17th. It costs £3 each.
Some friends have ours are starting up another folk club, this time at Taurus Bar in Manchester's Gay Village. The Village Folk Club's opening night is on Tuesday 18th at 7:30pm and will feature Rae Spoon, Lianne Hall and the club's musical residents Esther and Ruthie. Cost is £4/£6.
For goths who want to help out the homeless (or just like awesome music!), the wonderful Tylean is doing a benefit gig for the Booth Centre on Friday 21st. She'll be performing at Unpretension, at ARA's usual haunt of Sacred Trinity church, Salford. Doors open at 7pm, it's fiver to get in and take your own drinkies (it's a church!). Go see her, you'll have chills!
The Pagan Federation's North West Conference will be happening at UCLAN in Preston, from 10am to 6pm on Saturday 22nd. Tickets are available at £13 or £15 via the following methods:
Paypal www.eventbrite.com/event/1871895891
or by post from BM Brigantia, London, WEC1N 3XX
OR you might be able to pay on the door.
It looks to be a grand day, with talks and workshops from Lancashire's finest pagan luminaries, some from much further afield and, err, me.
Finally!
Our annual Samhain fancy-dress party will be held at Radcliffe Moot Towers on Saturday 29th, from 8pm. This year's theme, because I've been overruled by an executive decision, will be Things That Go Bump In The Night!
See y'all there, and if you've got wood for burning feel free to bring it.
That's it, I give in now. My typing finger's developing a callous!
Love,
Seán
Before we go any further, a little Health & Safety note for our more "manly" men. If you prefer to shake hands rather than hug, please could you remember that some people have delicate joints and easily-dented bones, and be gentle! A proper firm handshake may be the sign of a good, solid bloke, but for some the pain gets in the way of a nice impression.
Anyway, enough of that. What's coming up? Well, quite a lot, actually.
The Next Two Moots
Brother Jeffcott (Chris!) is taking over on 11th October with a talk/discussion of the end-of-the-world phenomenon of 2012 and all that. A load of old cobblers, or is there something in it?
The 8th November moot will be our annual post-Samhain storytelling night. Please bring a story. It can be true or fiction, it can be your own or someone else's, it can be poetry or prose (as long as it's narrative), it can be funny, scary, sad or exciting. All we ask is that it's less than ten minutes in the telling.
Coming Up
September
This coming Saturday 17th will see Bolton invaded by Morris dancers for Rumworth Morris' 35th birthday. There will be six teams from all over the country dancing from 10:45am until 4:15 outside the Man & Scythe on Churchgate, outside the Town Hall and the Market Place.
It'll be particularly good because it will feature the ever rather super Rivington Morris.
The Bolton Moot is also at the Man & Scythe (indoors this time) on Tuesday 20th from 8pm. It's a social, so come and meet the folks.
Fancy some excellent food without your kit on? Of course you do!
The lovely people behind Naked Vegan Cooking have organised a clothing-optional vegan tea party (so you can keep your clothes on if you really want to), at Islington Mill in Salford. It's on Wednesday 21st, will go on from 5pm until 9pm and there will be lots of art made including life-drawing, body painting, photography and so on. All ages, shapes and sizes are welcome. Channel 4 will also be there filming a programme about nudism. A promise has been given that nobody will be photographed or filmed without their consent.
The reason Bolton Moot are having a social is there will be a Bolton Moot Special Event, a ritual for the Autumnal Equinox on Saturday 24th. It's at Simon & Bev's house from 3pm, with the ritual later as it goes dark. Fancy robes aren't necessary unless you want them. There will be charge of £5 per adult to pay for food and drink. More details from Bev & Simon or via us, and we'll put you in touch.
The naked vegans are back on the evening of Monday 26th showcasing the stuff that was made at the previous event. It's from 5pm until 9pm at the Kraak Studio in Manchester and there will be another clothing-optional tea party too. Channel 4 will be there again, and the same photography stipulations have been made.
October
Thursday 6th October is National Vegan Day. Tasty!
If you fancy a bit of Hindu-ness, there's a mela for Diwali at Platt Fields on Saturday 8th, from 3:30-9pm.
If your tastes are a bit closer to home there's always Edgeworth Folk Day, on the same day. It's hard to find any proper information but we think it's at the Barlow Institute BL7 0AP, and it's being opened by Bernard "The Bolton Bullfrog" Wrigley. Now if they'd bother to tell anybody what flippin' time it starts ...
There are two events on Saturday 15th as well. The first is a stone-circle walk organised by Northern Earth and the second is Tockholes beer festival. You can get the full details from Linda Sever, because she hasn't sent them to us yet! Dig, dig!
Our new friend, Phil has sent us some details of a talk by Mark Rosney on the paranormal, involving demonstrations and experiments. It's called The World of the Paranormal: Part II and is happening at the Manchester New Horizons IVC Clubrooms, on Grosvenor St M1 7HL from 7pm on Monday 17th. It costs £3 each.
Some friends have ours are starting up another folk club, this time at Taurus Bar in Manchester's Gay Village. The Village Folk Club's opening night is on Tuesday 18th at 7:30pm and will feature Rae Spoon, Lianne Hall and the club's musical residents Esther and Ruthie. Cost is £4/£6.
For goths who want to help out the homeless (or just like awesome music!), the wonderful Tylean is doing a benefit gig for the Booth Centre on Friday 21st. She'll be performing at Unpretension, at ARA's usual haunt of Sacred Trinity church, Salford. Doors open at 7pm, it's fiver to get in and take your own drinkies (it's a church!). Go see her, you'll have chills!
The Pagan Federation's North West Conference will be happening at UCLAN in Preston, from 10am to 6pm on Saturday 22nd. Tickets are available at £13 or £15 via the following methods:
Paypal www.eventbrite.com/event/1
or by post from BM Brigantia, London, WEC1N 3XX
OR you might be able to pay on the door.
It looks to be a grand day, with talks and workshops from Lancashire's finest pagan luminaries, some from much further afield and, err, me.
Finally!
Our annual Samhain fancy-dress party will be held at Radcliffe Moot Towers on Saturday 29th, from 8pm. This year's theme, because I've been overruled by an executive decision, will be Things That Go Bump In The Night!
See y'all there, and if you've got wood for burning feel free to bring it.
That's it, I give in now. My typing finger's developing a callous!
Love,
Seán
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