Old tales, modern tellings

When I started on this path and particularly as a Bard, I was advised that to read the old tales, The Matter of Britain, Tales of Arthur and the Mabinogion and the like. So that’s what I did. Now I cannot pretend that I understood all of the tales after the first read, or even …

Let me sit beside you

"The land rolls away behind me The sky arcs high above me The sea rolls out before me And my feet are planted in the ground Of this, the land that I love" Ever since I moved to Sussex some 17 years ago, I have had a desire to walk the South Downs Way. I had …