The Findon Valley Wassail - January 2026
Findon Valley (at the North end of Worthing now has a community orchard and for the second year held a Wassail to bless the apple trees. This year we were joined by Sompting Village Morris and the South Downs singers for the event organised by the Findon Valley Residents Association.
The Braes of Dornoch
An English Country Dance. It was published in 1752 in Two Hundred Favourite Country Dances, Vol 8 here played at the Calbourne Water Mill on the Isle of Wight (www.calbournewatermill.co.uk)
Manchester Hornpipe played at the Stoke Bruerne canal museum on the Grand Union Canal – the video ends with a trip though the nearby 2,813m long Blisworth Tunnel.
Dancing in Kyle played on a rather wet and dreary day in the splendid Bristol Colonnade at Portmeirion Village
Cotillion at the Tranquility tearooms in Pontivy, Brittany (still images)
United Folk Orchestra
The Sussex Folk Orchestra played several concerts with the Yardarm Folk Orchestra as the United Folk Orechestra.