the planet people live from stonehenge

it was a clear sky (so it must have been a cold night). you can see people's breath steaming in the air. the planet people are at stonehenge. horsemouth must say it's a beautiful sunrise (but there's been a frost). kids run around playing tag. others walk around to keep warm. those cheap warm clothes from china make a difference. 

horsemouth is up early watching the live stream (with relaxing ambient music) from english heritage.  of course at one point getting to the stones for the solstices was a sacred (revolutionary) duty. 

five years ago (was it? horsemouth tells a lie - six years ago) horsemouth was there with steve and john clarkson (shortly before john departed for porto).  when horsemouth went it was grey skies and low cloud (and one of the warmest ever). 

last night (to celebrate the solstice) horsemouth took a walk round the edges of his parents field (horsemouth travelled counterclockwise - he does hope this is correct). a friend was over visiting nearby garway hill (horsemouth had forgotten the name of it). 

he has written a poem.

solstice 2021

the bench at the top of ewyas harold common

the skirrid and black mountains visible.

the sugar loaf hidden (by other hills).

is it called orcop hill?

the transmitter

the watch-tower

the ponies wander about looking shaggy

guy with 2 dogs passes

dulas church is still the same

pontrilas saw mills likewise

in the golden valley there was once a trainline

and railway stations

a line from pontrilas to hay-on-wye

another line ran from hay to hereford

alongside the river

kilvert tells us

all gone

there was a book

bill at the trout

worked proof reading

some of the books in that series

books about railways

over the brow of the hill

the valley that leads down

to the ford

by the trout

the pub has been shut for years

the income from the pub alone

could not keep them going

(bill and pauline)

coming back through the woods

above the house

trees snapped in half by the recent northerlies

suspended above the forest floor

waiting to fall

back at the house

a pine tree

an old christmas tree planted out

many years ago

grown huge

snapped in half

sawn up

the shavings mulch for my father's fruit bushes

today. well er. breakfast and then horsemouth does not know. (the 'k' is still sticky on the computer). they continue to feed him well. there is talk of re-opening pontrilas railway station. (this will mean herefordshire would have five railway stations - hereford, leominster, ledbury, colwall and pontrilas). this would certainly be useful for horsemouth.  

in the golden glow  extended solstice celebrations it is time for the third golden glow with guest DJ  from the 24th of october 2016. following this one there will be a break of 4 years (real time) but only 2 days symbolic time until we relaunch with those made under the conditions of the pandemic.