The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. I love this site for its unique combination of wilderness-edge and thoughtful care (check out the young trees planted in strategic locations), and the way other local businesses have partnered with them to make a well-rounded holiday experience. It is lovingly kept by Elise, an energetic and friendly inspiration, who makes time for her guests and clearly loves what she does. Wytch Wood Camping worked brilliantly for us. There's a book swap and it is a covered area so you can settle down in comfort whatever the weather.Ĭoffee bar: new this year is a coffee bar open from 8am, a must for those of us who need a little boost first thing. Surrounded by benches cut from tree trunks it's the perfect place to meet your fellow campers and members of the family, and to sing songs into the night.īar: selling a selection of local beers and ciders (no spirits) there is plenty of space to chill out and blankets available as the sun sets. I have been to India and this was much more like the genuine cuisine than your average takeaway.īig Bonfire: the big fire bowl is something to see. The food was great quality and very satisfying. Tiffins in the Woods: a local chef brings them in ready-prepared (you need to order in advance). I loved the fact that the session was not time-limited and we could do as much or as little as we wanted. Local supermarkets will deliver here too.Īrchery and Axe Throwing: run by a confident, relaxed and very experienced guide, this session was one of the highlights of a great week. Supplies: there's no shop on site but Crewkerne is 10 mins down the road. A curtain across the solid wooden door, which is supplied with solid hooks and a small shelf, ensures your stuff stays dry (I left my sandals outside). Showers: the hot water comes quickly and remains constant. The compost loos are clean, smart and odour-free and get cleaned daily. Each pitch has its own compost toilet - as close to en suite when camping as it gets. Pitches: these are spaced far apart with loads of room for children to play and explore, and allowing room for wild flowers in between. Resting in the hollow of Somerset's gentle, rolling hills, with deep woodland on one side and a cafe bar on site, this place has everything. They have all recorded extensively, worked in collaboration with many of the top folk roots artists and bands as well as having highly successful solo careers and are well loved and respected by audiences and colleagues alike.Įxpect to be entertained and enlightened by songs of joy, love, hardship and humour.Whether you are new to camping or more experienced Wytch Wood is definitely for you. Now three members of that team, Bob Fox, Jez Lowe and Julie Matthews, have put together a selection of songs from the 2006 new Radio Ballads for a concert performance IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EWAN MacCOLL.Īll three are consummate engaging performers of meaningful songs and stories and are multi-instrumentalists whose skills have been honed by decades of live touring throughout UK, Europe, Canada, U.S.A, Australia and New Zealand. There were eight original programmes and they were masterpieces of radio producing many songs that have since become folk classics.Īlmost half a century later, in 2006, a new set of Radio Ballads were commissioned by BBC Radio 2 using the same format but this time involving a whole team of stellar musicians, singers and songwriters from the folk/acoustic/roots music scene under the guiding hands and watchful eyes of producer John Leonard and musical director John Tams. In the 50s and 60s Ewan MacColl along with Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger created the ground-breaking Radio Ballads broadcasts for the BBC Home Service covering a variety of subjects and using an audio documentary format to highlight the experiences of real people weaving the voices of rarely-heard communities with songs written from and about their recorded interviews, the first-time regional accents had been heard on BBC Radio! Tickets £16 in advance £18 on the door, available from:Ġ1993 THE FOOTSTEPS OF EWAN MacCOLL……and what hugely influential footsteps they are.
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