Weird Walk : Wanderings and Wonderings through the British Ritual Year by Walk, Weird

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Author: Walk, Weird United Kingdom, Great BritainPublished on 10 October 2023 by Watkins Media Limited (Watkins Publishing) in the United Kingdom.Hardback | 284 pages216 x 182 x 30 | 1046g In this book is a radical idea. By walking the ancient landscape of Britain and following the wheel of the year, we can reconnect to our shared folklore, to the seasons and to nature. Let this hauntological gazetteer guide you through our enchanted places and strange seasonal rituals:SPRING: Watch the equinox sunrise light up the floating capstone of Pentre Ifan and connect with the Cailleach at the shrine of Tigh nam Bodach in the remote Highlands SUMMER: Feel the resonance of ancient raves and rituals in the stone circles of southwest England's Stanton Drew, Avebury and the HurlersAUTUMN: Bring in the harvest with the old gods at Coldrum Long Barrow, and brave the ghosts on misty Blakeney Point WINTER: Make merry at the Chepstow wassail, and listen out for the sunken church bells of the lost medieval city of Dunwich Show more