Please see events and other items of interest below.
Bright blessings.
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The NPN Yule meal will be at the Sherwood Manor on
Sunday the 14th December at 2pm.
You can see the menu here :
www.hungryhorse.co.uk/pubs/sherwood-manor-nottingham
If you would like the festive menu please let me know what you would
like in advance as i have to let the pub know 3 weeks before.
www.hungryhorse.co.uk/menus/festive-party
If your not bothered about having something from the festive menu then just choose what you fancy on the day.
Please let me know if you are coming as i have to let the pub know numbers
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White Light events: January 2015
Matlock Imperial Rooms
Matlock
31st January 2015
Imperial Road
Matlock
DE4 3NL
Opening Times
10am - 5pm Saturday
Admission Prices
£3.00 Entry
£2.50 Concessions
Under 16 free
http://www.whitelightevents.co.uk/index.html
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Invitation
Honouring
the Ancient Dead campaigns for respectful treatment of human remains
(we prefer to call them ancestors) by museums and archaeologists up and
down the country. We have recently relaunched our website with new
technology that should allow anyone with an internet connection to get
involved. And, today, we are launching a national poetry competition
with the aim of speaking up for ancestors in a direct and meaningful
way.
Now we are writing to you as a local PF group to invite your members to enter the competition or become HAD Volunteers.
Poetry Competition
Often
we find displays of the bones of ancestors in museums that lack much,
if any, consideration of the personhood of the individual on display.
Honouring the Ancient Dead (HAD) never advocates display of ancestors
but recognises that it still happens. Today we are launching a
competition to create a poem to be used as a standard tribute for
the ancient dead. Every museum known to have ancestors on display will
be offered the winning poem to be used as a plaque alongside the
display. Additionally, the best local entries will be presented to the
relevant museum – to celebrate the community voice.
Volunteering
We
need people to visit their local museums, to speak for the dead on
display and in storage. If you feel you would like to get involved and
be included on our mailing list of HAD Volunteers, please Contact Us with your interest and details via our website at www.honour.org.uk
Best wishes & thanks
Mike
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http://www.wildernessimperative.org.uk/wild-events-for-adults-2015.html
Wild Winter Solitude.
9-11th Jan 2015
A winter retreat at Frampton-Mansell, Gloucestershire.
This
mid-winter retreat is based in a warm camping barn from which we can
venture out for brief (or longer!) periods. We'll spend time around the
fire hearing the stories from our journeys, their joys and sorrows,
highs and lows. During the day we'll walk out on a personal medicine
walk, spending the short daylight hours wandering and exploring the
footpaths and holloways of our beautiful valley. Some may wish to extend
this into a personal night vigil on the land, or stay indoors to help
create a ritual space for reflection and meditation where we can
honour ourselves, those dear to us and each other. A weekend of
honouring who we are, of peace and tranquillity, of hibernation and
gentle nurturing. Maybe this will be a step towards our truth.Cost £130 per person.“A
great balance of solitude in nature and group rituals. Very well run.
This is an ideal way to experience wilderness in a supported way”.
Aidan Dunsdon – previous participant“A truly memorable and great experience for me, as a 62 year old woman”. Pammy Michell – previous participant
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Bards of the Heath are a Suffolk-based seven-piece group of musicians
(and pagans) and we have just released our CD full of magical, mysterious,
folky, esoteric material entitled 'Moonpathways'.
Our self-penned songs have themes such as Lady Elen, Roslin Castle and The
Witches Familial Things, whilst a listen might lead you to The Werewolf, The
Russet Lady or a Kindred Spirit..... Guitar, melodeon, mandolin, fiddle,
recorder, bodhran, djembe & bass weave some magical tunes behind the
thoughtful lyrics.
At just £5 this CD is available from www.johngoodluck.webs.com via paypal
Visit Bards of the Heath on Facebook to see & hear more (a link is
on the Bards page of the above site).
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NPN Avebury trip 2015
I have spoken to the coach company about a trip down to Avebury on Saturday the 11th July 2015. The price they have given me is:
16 Seat Coach = £360 - Cost per Person = £22.50
Unfortunately they no longer do a 28 Seater for long distance trips
Last time we paid £17.50 each so i don't think £22.50 is to bad.
If you would like to come please let me know ASAP as places are limited.
Blessings
Sarah