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Hay Time Scything Event in the North Pennines 2012

Posted on June 19, 2012 by stevetomlin

I have been invited by the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Beauty (or ‘AONB’) Partnership to run a two day Learn to Mow course as part of a Hay Time Scything Event on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th July taking … Continue reading →

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Scythe weekend at Brantwood House

Posted on June 10, 2012 by stevetomlin

On 14-15 July I will be teaching a two-day scythe workshop with Paul Kingsnorth at Brantwood House on Coniston Water. During the weekend you will learn the art and craft of scything in one of the most iconic settings of … Continue reading →

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Scythe course in Westmorland Gazette

Posted on June 8, 2012 by stevetomlin

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 →

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Open mowing day in Cumbria

Posted on June 3, 2012 by stevetomlin

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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Hay Baler

Posted on June 1, 2012 by stevetomlin

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 →

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Learn to Scythe course

Posted on May 29, 2012 by stevetomlin

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 →

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Scythe weekend at Bradwell Community Orchard

Posted on May 24, 2012 by stevetomlin

The summer weather arrived just in time for my first scythe course of 2012, at Bradwell Community Orchard in the Peak District. I’d already done some mowing in the Lake District and in Austria but I was especially looking forward … Continue reading →

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Scythe Teachers' & Group Leaders' Training Course 2012

Posted on May 17, 2012 by stevetomlin

Teachers’ and Group Leaders’ Training Course for mowing instructors, group leaders or those wanting to perfect their scythe skills Thursday 14 to Saturday 16 June at Muchelney, Somerset culminating in the West Country Scythe Fair on Sunday 17 June The … Continue reading →

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Somerset Scythe Festival 2012 programme

Posted on May 15, 2012 by stevetomlin

Whatever the weather outside your window, summer is officially here as Simon Fairlie has just sent me the programme for this year’s Somerset Green Scythe Fair. This is the UK gathering for mowers and scythe enthusiasts. Nowhere else will hear the … Continue reading →

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One-to-One Scythe Tuition at Somerset Scythe Festival

Posted on May 14, 2012 by stevetomlin

Christiane and I will be running a small number of one-to-one workshops in mowing and peening at this year’s Somerset Scythe Festival on 16-17 June 2012 at Thorney Lakes, Muchelney. You can learn to improve your scything with individual attention … Continue reading →

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