longest day tour

SWEYN’S ‘LONGEST DAY TOUR’ THURS 18TH JUNE

We were forced to celebrate an early Summer Solstice tonight as we are visiting Evesham Morris Festival this weekend and won’t be able to dance out on the actual Solstice on Sunday evening.

We met up at the King Arthur at Reynoldston to dance two relaxed sets on a very grey and humid evening. Riggs of Doom, Sherrif’s Ride and Curly Boar were a couple of highlights. Some people sat outside, enjoyed our dancing, and told us so, and we do so like to get positive feedback. The King Arthur was recently awarded a prestigious award for best wedding venue in south Wales, and an award should be given for their ale as the Butty Bach was in fine order!

At 8:30 we drove on up to Cefn Bryn and walked over to Arthur’s Stone. In years past we have attracted a small crowd to watch us perform at sun set but not so on this occasion as the evening sky was gloomy and threatened drizzle. Still, we managed to do Upton on Severn Stick dance and another before Sian’s fiddle bow started skidding off the strings due to dampness, and us deciding it really was too chilly to hang around, and so we headed back to the cars after admiring the Llwchwr estuary in full flood of high tide! 

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A word of warning, there were ticks in the bracken!