Life has been a little fraught in the Chambers household of recent and I have not got round to updating this blog. Also, being dyslexic I'm always full of ideas but never seem to get round to putting them into print.Gill and I managed to get away for a few days before Christmas. We visited Ledbury and Leominster before moving down near Raglan Castle, just outside of Monmouth. Both Ledbury and Leominster are places we frequently pass when travelling down to re-enactment events but never visit. Monmouth and the surrounding area was visited by us some nineteen years ago - the same year we joined the White Company which began our long involvement with the re-enactment world. Interestingly, the ex-members of the White Company have just formed a Facebook group and many of the old photographs and video footage have come to light: some of which may best be forgotten!
Christmas was spent at Gill's sister's house in Suffolk. There was something nice about walking across fields to attend the Midnight Communion. The family joined us and were able to have a relaxing time, punctuated with visits to the Butt and Oyster Pub.
On boxing day we watched the Morris Dancing which is a traditional event. I was to read later the Morris Groups are finding it hard to recruit new members and are in real danger of dying out. What a shame after all these years! It seems life is getting blander (just like drink with Real Ale being taken over by chemical lager)
People are forgetting how to celebrate as a community. Perhaps now our pastime of 'retail therapy' is being taken away we shall remember what life is all about.
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