A Dance with the Skeleton Horse: Wassailing and The Mari Lwyd

For the first time since before covid, the Mari Lwyd returned to my home town this weekend! As Chepstow sits on the boarder of South Wales and England, the delightful tradition of the Mari Lwyd is combined with Wassailing and features Morris Dancing teams from both sides of the boarder. What better time to explore…

The Nightmare: A Original Christmas Ghost Story

It is a long tradition of mine to settle around the fireplace and share a Christmas ghost story or two, and now we know each other in familiar terms, I feel it’s time to share one of my own with you, dear friend. So, if I may invite you to take a seat aside my…