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Tag Archives: cumbria
Dawn Mowing at Brantwood House
Time, once again, for the ‘dawn mowing’ at Brantwood, former home of John Ruskin. Last year, Sally Beamish invited early-rising north west scythers to join her in the beautiful lakeside hay meadow, to mow and prepare for the first outdoor theatre … Continue reading
Posted in hay making, Scytherspace, Uncategorized
Tagged brantwood, cumbria, mowing, scythe, UK
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Peening in the kitchen
I’ve got a fully-booked ‘Learn to Mow’ course tomorrow with a group of beginners coming over to Cumbria to learn to use a scythe. So today I’m peening the blades in preparation. When you come on one of my courses … Continue reading
Posted in peening & sharpening, Scytherspace
Tagged cumbria, learn scything, learn to mow, learn to scythe, nw, peen, peening, scythe, UK
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Scythe course in Westmorland Gazette
The weather in Cumbria has turned decidedly un-summer like so perhaps that’s part of the reason the Westmorland Gazette, our local paper decided to run a story of my Learn to Mow with an Austrian Scythe course. Somehow they managed … Continue reading
Posted in greenwood courses, Scytherspace
Tagged cumbria, hay, learn to mow, learn to scythe, scythe, scything, UK, Westmorland Gazette
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Open mowing day in Cumbria
On saturday 9th june we’ll be at Sprint Mill near Kendal mowing one of the meadows which is due to be used for car parking during an event there at the end of the month. Rather than spoil the grass, Edward … Continue reading
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Tagged bale, baler, cumbria, grass, hay, mowing, scythe, scythe festival, somerset, UK
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Hay Baler
With the hot, dry weather we’ve been having we decided to make hay from the grass cut on my learn to scythe course. The grass is quite light which made the scything easier and also meant it made in to … Continue reading
Posted in hay making, Scytherspace
Tagged baler, bales, cumbria, grass, hay, scythe, scything, UK
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Learn to Scythe course
It was hot, hot, hot in Cumbria this weekend – gorgeous weather to be out learning to scythe and that’s just what we were doing on my latest course. I love teaching folk to use the scythe and we’re lucky … Continue reading
Posted in scythe courses, Scytherspace
Tagged course, cumbria, learn to mow, learn to scythe, nw, scythe, scything, UK
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Spooncarving at 'Weekend in the Woods' 2012
I had a brilliant weekend teaching spooncarving to students on the Coppice Association’s ‘Weekend in the Woods’. Six courses all taking place over the same weekend makes a fantastic atmosphere with lots of folk busily making and sharing ideas. When … Continue reading
Posted in greenwood courses, spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged CANW, carving, coppice association, course, cumbria, learn, Weekend in the Woods, wooden spoon, workshop
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Scything with Susan
Last summer my friend Susan came on one of my ‘Learn to Mow’ courses. A few days later I went over to her house to help her mow the grass on her own land. This gave me the opportunity to … Continue reading
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Tagged cumbria, grass, learn to mow, learn to scythe, mow, scythe
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Curach hull complete
Another full day of work on the curach and suddenly it’s all come together. It’s amazing how long it’s taken to tie on all the laths and we’ve put quite a bit of time into getting the curves of the … Continue reading