...green and magic land.

Back in England, Mum and I went our separate ways for a day

Cynthia, John and Mum went to this grand house and garden, Osterley? I think.

and did what they do best.

I boldly caught trains into London

If I'd only waited 30 seconds I could have shown you the incredible colour and diversity of the passengers who disembarked from that bus - I started to feel how exciting it could be to live here...  I was sitting outside a Starbucks waiting for my friend and former Wu Tao teacher, Shanah.

We drove to Avebury - like Stonehenge but more accessible.  The carpark guys told us that the carpark was full but an obliging tree allowed us to lift its branches and park under - that's the sort of thing that happens with Shanah.

 We entered the stone ring and had a picnic

and watched a pagan ceremony.

Then we walked to the village

for a little shopping.
Here's a photo of the area taken from a postcard:

We walked across country to the mound you can see at the top of the photo.  This is Silbury Hill and is man-made.  We crossed the road to West Kennet Long Barrow

and danced Wu Tao overlooking Silbury Hill.

This was sublime.
When we had finished dancing we went to have a look at the Barrow.  And guess who was there?

The Green Man and the Keeper of the Stones.
Some of you know I'm a bit of a fan of the concept of The Green Man.  It was however The Keeper who was the important one on the day - apparently this group use a ceremony based on a Welsh tradition and the Keeper is always a woman.

We wended our way back to the car, then along the M4, over Hammersmith, through Chelsea and back to the Underground Station.  We said our sad goodbyes and I caught 2 trains home to Watford feeling I was dancing all the way.  It was a day made on the Good and Bountiful Earth.