Thursday 22 October 2009

A candlelit procession lighting up Gill Banks

Saturday 31st October at 6.30pm

The people of The Gill invite you to join them for a short full-moon celebration when we will follow the candle lit lower path into the dark wood and return by the upper path. About a hundred different pottery ‘spike lights’ have been made to light the way by local people. When we return there will be a few cakes, spooky food and drink in some of the Gill houses. We suggest a contribution of £2 per family and the individual handcrafted lights which make into table lights, will be on offer at £2 each. The absence of torches which dazzle the eyes, enhances the experience.

Test runs have impressed us with the unusual experience of walking in the dark , beside the stream with the only light coming from hundreds of candles that light the way every few yards.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

How lovely.

Mary said...

I wasnt there but that sounds like fairyland. Is it going to be an annual event.

Geoff Dellow said...

Yes we hope to repeat the event and any suggestions for improvements would be welcome.