The Best Attractions In Wickhamford

My Favorite Place

I’d been researching my family tree. The trail led to Chilham in Kent. UK. My Grandfather, his Wife and two children, moved from Brenchly to Chilham, where he opened a Bakery in the Village in the late 1920s. I was familiar with Chilham and knew it to be very picturesque. A nice place to visit.

The 25th September was a beautiful day so I took the opportunity to go down to Chilham to find the Bakery. I had the Camcorder set up in the windscreen and the Radio tuned to ‘Radio Kent.’ It was quite a coincidence that they were doing a thing about “Your Favorite Place.” Phone in. So the soundtrack to the Video was recorded from ‘Radio Kent’ as I was driving through Chilham.

evesham

a short video tour around evesham

The City of Worcester, England

a tour of the city with the music of Worcester's most famous son, Sir Edward Elgar

#Stonehenge #WinterSolstice ~ 'Spirits of the Sacred Groove' #bluedotmusic #winterchilloutmusic

Winter Solstice December 21st 2018: ~ The Winter solstice itself may have been a special moment of the annual cycle of the year during neolithic times. This is attested by physical remains in the layouts of late Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeological sites, such as 'Stonehenge' in Britain and Newgrange in Ireland. The primary axes of both of these monuments seem to have been carefully aligned on a sight-line pointing to the winter solstice sunrise (Newgrange) and the winter solstice sunset (Stonehenge). Significant in respect of Stonehenge is the fact that the Great Trilithon was erected outwards from the centre of the monument, i.e., its smooth flat face was turned towards the midwinter Sun.

The Winter solstice may have been immensely important because communities were not certain of living through the winter, and had to be prepared during the previous nine months. Starvation was common during the first months of the winter, January to April (northern hemisphere) or July to October (southern hemisphere), also known as the famine months. In temperate climates, the midwinter festival was the last feast celebration, before deep winter began. Most cattle were slaughtered so they would not have to be fed during the winter, so it was almost the only time of year when a supply of fresh meat was available. The majority of wine and beer made during the year was finally fermented and ready for drinking at this time. The concentration of the observances were not always on the day commencing at midnight or at dawn, but the beginning of the pre-Romanized day, which falls on the previous eve.

Since the event is seen as the reversal of the Sun's ebbing presence in the sky, concepts of the birth or rebirth of sun gods have been common and, in cultures using winter solstice based cyclic calendars, the year as reborn has been celebrated with regard to life-death-rebirth deities or new beginnings such as Hogmanay's redding, a New Year cleaning tradition. Also reversal is yet another usual theme as in Saturnalia's slave and master reversals.



'Parlipap' :~ Download here Conceived, Composed & Produced by Dave Hendry. The changing drum patterns, the criss cross rhythms and the haunting vocal takes you a musical journey never to be forgotten.
We recommend you watch on full screen, listen on head phones to this truly stunning recording.

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15th December sunrise

sunrise in West London U.K.