Category: Summer

  • Biddestone & Kington St Michael

    Biddestone & Kington St Michael

    Nearing the end of our summer of evenings out, we visited first the beautiful village of Biddestone and danced outside The White Horse on a glorious evening, just across the green from houses like this. By the time we reached Kington St Michael, it was almost too dark for photos of the dancing. But the…

  • Sidmouth Folk Festival

    Sidmouth Folk Festival

    We always try to get enough dancers to join in the dancing along the Front, on the Sunday of the Sidmouth Folk Festival. In fact, many of us are there for much of the Festival, sometimes dancing, but mostly joining in music sessions here there and everywhere. This year the weather was glorious on the…

  • Stow-on-the-Wold

    Stow-on-the-Wold

    We rounded off our tour of the eastern Cotswolds with some dancing in the streets of Stow.

  • Monkton Farleigh Fête

    Monkton Farleigh Fête

    Monkton Farleigh have one of the best views in the county for their Summer Fête. We had what must have been the largest joining-in dance of the season: a huge circle of happy clappers and skippers.

  • Horningsham and North Brewham

    Horningsham and North Brewham

    After the chill of Plough Sunday, it was good to come back to Horningsham on a warm summer evening for a few dances outside the Bath Arms. Then further south, to the charming Old Red Lion in North Brewham (main picture). The villagers knew we were coming and turned out to see us dance on…

  • Monkton Combe, Midford, Wellow

    Monkton Combe, Midford, Wellow

    We rounded off our May dates with an evening that started at the Wheelwrights Arms in Monkton Combe, where the early evening patrons were treated to some lively dancing in the sunshine. There’s a bit of a slope which adds to the entertainment. Then on to a secret crossroads in Midford to dance for and…