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NW Group Meeting Jan 2011
In the depths of winter, when there’s not much around to mow the next best thing is to meet up with friends and spend the evening talking about scythes and mowing. Following on from the National Scythe Association meeting the … Continue reading
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Tagged course, event, group, north west, scythe
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Apple Day 2010
Inspired by our meeting in the orchard at Sprint Mill, I organised a stand at this year’s Apple Day at Acorn Bank near Penrith. One of the organisers, Sara Braithwaite, told me that over the years the event has grown … Continue reading
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Tagged acorn bank, apple day, event, National Trust, rake
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Mowing the Orchard at Sprint Mill
Yesterday a small group of the North-West mowers met up at Sprint Mill, just north of Kendal. Edward and Romola, our hosts, have been working their unique smallholding together almost entirely by hand for nearly 20 years. Deeply connected to … Continue reading
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The Cumbrian Scything Challenge!
The first Cumbrian Scythe Festival back in July was probably held on the wettest weekend of the year, but it still managed to attract nearly twenty people for Saturday’s beginners’ scything course. Quite apart from imparting the joys of mowing … Continue reading
Mowing wheat at vintage weekend
This week I’m getting ready to mow wheat in Lancashire as part of Whitey’s Working Weekend. The hosts, Margaret & Andrew Webster, came to the Cumbria Scythe Festival with their family to see if they could find someone with a … Continue reading
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Tagged bow, cradle, scythe, vintage tractor, wheat
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Cumbrian Scythe Festival 2010
After who knows how many weeks without rain, fears the grass would all be burnt off and the commencement of a lakes-wide hosepipe ban, the first Cumbrian Scythe Festival took place amid pouring rain. Nonetheless, 18 hardy souls turned up … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, cumbria, festival, mowing, scythe
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