"The Call has gone out far and wide across the universe. The incredible Glass Bead Game is to be played for the first time in a thousand years in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, on 6 July 2012, coinciding with the arrival of the Olympic Torch in Essex."
Details of an 80k cycle ride on Sunday 6th May, organised by the Essex branch of the Cycling Touring Club.
According to Wikipedia 'May Day marks the end of the unfarmable winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere, and it has traditionally been an occasion for popular and often raucous celebrations'.
A countryside pub with real character off the beaten-track in the heart of the Essex countryside.
2011 was a funny year for the weather - funny peculiar rather than funny ha-ha. Let's hope for a better 2012, although with a long dry spell in March breaking just in time for the Easter Bank Holiday, don't bet on it!
Well, it's Good Friday and it's bright and sunny in the north of Colchester. Not as warm as we would have liked, but at least it's dry, and is forecast to be dry for a couple more days.
Under new ownership, with a rapidly changing selection of local beers.
I was walking through the High Chelmer shopping centre in Chelmsford a few weeks ago and saw a lot of activity going on. There was a big banner set up proclaiming 'Changing Chelmsford: a collaborative city visioning process' which caught my eye
Hylands House runs regular adult workshops and courses, ranging from patchwork, stumpwork, silverwork, cookery and various equine activities. I decided to take part in the three week blackwork course that was held recently, wondering if my embroidery skills were up to it!
The weather recently hasn't been that great so we haven't been out and about as much as usual. So instead of travelling to other Essex villages and towns, this weekend I decided to visit Colchester's two art galleries.
