another summer solstice

18–24th June 2019
Cornwall and Wiltshire

A couple of days down in Cornwall with Mel and Arthur, including a visit to my old traveling/music friend Lisa at her place near Constantine. My saz didn't get played until I got to Wiltshire on solstice eve, visiting the yew tree at Alton Barnes and the laughing spring nearby. I stomped up the Ridgeway to the Sanctuary on Overton Hill, down the Avenue into the stones, saw Livi and some of her circus crew, then headed out to my favoured spot for a very cosmic evening with a lovely crew. Saz and concertina jams with Jim, wonky saz/bouzouki tunes with Nathan Vibration, sprawling jams and singalongs with Emilia's friends Nick, Cam, Jay and JJ, et al. all through the night, with hilarious, surreal monologues from Lumpy Steve interspersed. And a beautiful sunrise, for once against an entirely clear blue sky. Ecstatic vibes, crazed jams on a round barrow, skylarks singing their hearts out above a meadow full of wildflowers. And that thing that happened with the moon... WHAT WAS THAT??