Windrow Scythe Info
Simon Fairlie
tony at cultureshop.org.uk
Sun May 22 23:06:09 BST 2011

Dear Mower
Attached you will find a pdf of The Windrow, the magazine of the
Scythe Association of Britain and Ireland. In case you can't open the
pdf, the listings are pasted in below.
This mailing comes out about three times a year. If you no longer
wish to receive it please reply to this email, giving the title
"unsubscribe".
The next mailing will be towards the end of the summer. If you wish
to contribute anything, please send it to me at this email address
best wishes
Simon Fairlie
Scythe Events
West Country Scythe Festival and Green Fair
Muchelney, Langport, Somerset
9 June to 11 June
Scythe Teachersâ Training Course
Tutors: Christiane Lechner, Phil Batten and Simon Fairlie. £135.
Comprehensive training in teaching and organizing courses. Only a few
places left.
Saturday 11 June
Scythe Course for Beginners and Improvers.
Scythe tuition in the morning, and then a choice of workshops in
the afternoon, including peening, grass management, haymaking with
the scythe, English scythe use, and blade repair. £60, including
entry to fair on Sunday.
Friday 10 June, evening
Meeting of SABI, the Scythe Association of Britain and Ireland (all
welcome)
Sunday 12 June.
Scythe Competition and Green Fair.
Heats from 11am till about 2.30 pm. Championship at 3.15. Other
events include team-mowing, scythe v strimmer, peening competition
and hay-tossing. Plus all the fun of the fair.
Booking and general info:Simon at: chapter7 at tlio.org.uk 01297 561359
For green fair programme: http://www.greenfair.org.uk/
For directions and camping: http://www.thorneylakes.co.uk/
Wimpole Cambs
Scything and Smallholders Weekend
Scythe course on 25 June
Competition and Fair on 26 June
Simon Damant 01223 206000
simon.damant at nationaltrust.org.uk
Ireland
Trim Haymaking Festival, Co Meath, 19 June, including scythe
competition, sheaf-tossing. hay-for play area etc,
http://www.trimhaymakingfestival.com/festivalevents.html,
Scotland : Gairloch Gathering
For the fourth year running the Gairloch Gathering will be holding a
scythe competition, the only one in Scotland. .
Contact Peter Cunningham: info at wrft.org.uk and formore info about the
gathering see http://highland-gathering.com/
Hit the Hay: Scythe Festival in Yorkshire
Saturday 30 July 10am - 5pm.
Haymaking weekend Experienced scythers will teach you all you need
to know and set you off in team formation across the field.
Competitions to beat the strimmer. For those who can stay into the
evening we will be firing up our pizza oven.
Cost: £40 includes lunch and evening pizza.
BOOK NOW - send us a confirmation email and then a cheque in the post
to âEdiblesâ and send to The Barn, Paddock Farm, Parkgate Road,
West Slaithwaite, Huddersfield HD7 5XA. Instructions and directions
will be sent on receipt.
websit: http://edibles.org.uk/scything%20festival
Transylvania
Week long scythe and haymaking festival in Transylvania, August 20-28
2011
www.savortransylvania.com/index.php/visit/events/83-haymaking-festival,
Cumbria Scythe Events
Scythe festival at Langdale Valley 2-3 July.
Contact: littoral at btopenworld.com
There is also an event at Sprint Mill near Kendal. For info about the
North West of England see
http://scytherspace.wordpress.com/
Scythe Courses
Courses at the
West Country Scythe Fair
9-11 June, with Christiane Lechner, Phil Batten and Simon Fairlie.
See festival programmes on page 2
Course at the
Eastern Counties Festival
Simon Damant has a beginners course at the Eastern Counties Scythe
Festival on 25 June. See page 2.
Dorset/Devon
Simon Fairlie gives courses at Monkton Wyld near Axminster.
Two day courses, including hay making and grassland management: 8-10
July and 9-11 September. One day courses from August, date to be
arranged
Simon also takes on people for âmini-apprenticeshipsâ see page 3.
For more information see: www.thescytheshop.co.uk/courses.html
chapter7@ tlio.org.uk
Devon
Courses with Alastair Inglis
Sat 28 May: Refresher Scythe Day with Exeter Community Agriculture
at Shillingford St. George, Nr. Exeter. For scythesfolk with some
initial experience, but who need to solidify their style, remember
what to do, practice peening, etc... Perhaps a Pre-Festival Warm Up?
Sun 19 June: Haymaking Demonstration at the Underwood Discovery
Centre, Beeson Farm, Beeson, South Hams, Devon. Contact Alastair for
further details.
Sat 25 June: Beginners Scything Course with Orchard Link at Ham
Farm, Loddiswell, South Hams, Devon. Contact Alastair for further
details.
Sat 20 August: Beginners Scything Course at Wayfield Nurseries, East
Prawle, South Hams, Devon. Contact Alastair for further details.
Sun 21 August: Wheat Scything Demonstration as part of the âNatural
Materials Dayâ at the Underwood Discovery Centre, Beeson Farm,
Beeson, South Hams. Contact Alastair for further details.For
details and further information contact Alastair on 07796-805453,
or email al.inglis at yahoo.co.uk
Nottinghamshire
Ray Lister has been giving courses in Nottinghamshire for the last 5
years
Phone number: 01777 248610
Herefordshire
Introduction to Scything, Saturday 9th July 10am-1pm, Little
Dewchurch Church, Herefordshire. Free to participants. More workshops
will be happening this summer.
Andrea Gilpin at Caring for Godâs Acre 01568 611154,
info at cfga.fsnet.co.uk, www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk
Brighton
There will be a two day course for beginners with Simon Fairlie at
Brighton Permaculture Groupâs place at Stanmer on 30 /31 July 2011.
See http://www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
Carmarthenshire
Phil Batten and Michelle Laine hold courses and workshops in
Carmarthenshire. Their programme is as follows:
Sharpening and Peening Workshop: Saturday 9th July
Beginners Scythe Courses: Saturday 28th May, Saturday 25th June, and
Saturday 13th August
Two Day Scythe Course, for the more experienced scyther or
adventurous beginner: 16th/17th July
Bespoke Courses can be run for groups, on request, on any aspect of
scything and hand hay making.
Contact Philip or Michelle at scythecymru at yahoo.co.uk or 07813
464990. Dyfed Permaculture Farm Trust, Penboyr, Drefach Felindre,
SA44 5HG Or visit their new website at www.scythecymru.wordpress.com:
Lincolnshire
Deano Martin gives scythe courses on his 4 acre smallholding, which
has been managed with a scythe for the last four years.
athttp://grinningreaper.wordpress.com/ Or ring 01507 588543.
Shropshire
Acton Scott Historic Farm: Scything Course 9 July and Peening 10
July, with Alastair Inglis.
www.actonscott.com/courses.php 01694 781307
Karuna: Scything course, led by Andrea Gilpin on 12 June (Sunday), 10
am - 5 pm at Karuna Permaculture Project, Shropshire Fee : £50
including lunch and refreshments
Booking : www.karuna.org.uk, merav66 at hotmail.com 01694 751374
Stiperstones, led by Steve Tomlin, 7 August.
steve-tomlin at hotmail.co.uk
Cumbria
Steve Tomlin and Paul Kingsnorth provide tuition in Cumbria.
Learn to Mow with Paul Kingsnorth: 5 June, 24 July
paul at paulkingsnorth.net
Learn to Mow with Steve Tomlin: 29 May, 2 July
Improve your Peening with Steve Tomlin: 30 Sept
There is also the possibility of a snath-making course in the
autumn this year, contact Steve to express your interest.
steve-tomlin at hotmail.co.uk
See http://scytherspace.wordpress.com/
Scotland
Steve Tomlin is giving a course on the Black Isle, 30-31 July.
steve-tomlin at hotmail.co.uk
Pauk Kingsnorth is doing two courses, back to back, on 6/7 August, at
Scotia Seeds in Angus. To book, people need to contact Fiona Guest:
t: 01356 626425 f:01356 629183. fionaguest at scotiaseeds.co.uk
INDIVIDUAL TRAINING
and ON-FARM OPPORTUNITIES
Scything and Haymaking by Hand
Simon Fairlie writes: From June until August I am likely to be
making hay whenever the rain looks like holding off on my dairy
smallholding at Monkton Wyld Court, Dorset.
I have vacancies for âmini-apprenticeshipsâ of a week to 10 days,
from 15 June onwards. Work includes: haymaking with racks
(continuously except in bad weather) weed clearance, lawnmowing, cow
care, cheese-making, pig fancying etc. You are fed, âwateredâ,
and lodged and 7 days work earns a scythe. To apply please send an
email or letter describing the reason for your interest, and your
previous experience with manual tools etc.
Otherwise, if the weather looks as though it will be dry for a few
days, and you are at a loose end, you are welcome to contact me and
find out if we are haymaking. Phone 01297 561359 or email:
chapter7 at tlio.org.uk;
1-to-1 Tuition with Christiane Lechner
One to one tuition at the West Country the Festival . For people
who have already completed a beginners course, this is an opportunity
to get more advanced individual advice and training. During the
45mins your mowing style and grass situation will be analysed to
optimise the scythe setup. You will then be shown how to align your
body, resulting in less strain and a more efficient & effortless
mowing style. Christiane has been a yoga teacher in Austria for 11
years and studied mowing with Peter Vido over the last 8 years.
Sessions will run Saturday 11 June , three sessions from 17:00-20:00
& Sunday 12 June, three sessions from 07:00-10:00. Only six places.
Please book with Simon, but also contact Christiane directly to
arrange a time for the one-to-one session: c.lechner at stn.at
Simon Fairlie
Monkton Wyld Court
Charmouth
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 6DQ
01297 561359
chapter7 at tlio.org.uk
http://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/
http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk/
Simon Fairlie
Monkton Wyld Court
Charmouth
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 6DQ
01297 561359
chapter7 at tlio.org.uk
http://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/
http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk/
Simon Fairlie
Monkton Wyld Court
Charmouth
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 6DQ
01297 561359
chapter7 at tlio.org.uk
http://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/
http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk/
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Dear Mower
Attached you will find a pdf of The Windrow, the
magazine of the Scythe Association of Britain and
Ireland. In case you can't open the pdf, the listings are pasted in below.
This mailing comes out about three times a year.
If you no longer wish to receive it please reply
to this email, giving the title "unsubscribe".
The next mailing will be towards the end of the
summer. If you wish to contribute anything,
please send it to me at this email address
best wishes
Simon Fairlie
Scythe Events
West Country Scythe Festival and Green Fair
Muchelney, Langport, Somerset
9 June to 11 June
Scythe Teachers Training Course
Tutors: Christiane Lechner, Phil Batten and
Simon Fairlie. £135. Comprehensive training in
teaching and organizing courses. Only a few places left.
Saturday 11 June
Scythe Course for Beginners and Improvers.
Scythe tuition in the morning, and then a
choice of workshops in the afternoon, including
peening, grass management, haymaking with the
scythe, English scythe use, and blade repair.
£60, including entry to fair on Sunday.
Friday 10 June, evening
Meeting of SABI, the Scythe Association of Britain and Ireland (all welcome)
Sunday 12 June.
Scythe Competition and Green Fair.
Heats from 11am till about 2.30 pm. Championship
at 3.15. Other events include team-mowing, scythe
v strimmer, peening competition and hay-tossing. Plus all the fun of the fair.
Booking and general info:Simon at:
<mailto:chapter7 at tlio.org.uk>chapter7 at tlio.org.uk 01297 561359
For green fair programme:
<http://www.greenfair.org.uk/>http://www.greenfair.org.uk/
For directions and camping:
<http://www.thorneylakes.co.uk/>http://www.thorneylakes.co.uk/
Wimpole Cambs
Scything and Smallholders Weekend
Scythe course on 25 June
Competition and Fair on 26 June
Simon Damant 01223 206000
<mailto:simon.damant at nationaltrust.org.uk>simon.damant at nationaltrust.org.uk
Ireland
Trim Haymaking Festival, Co Meath, 19 June,
including scythe competition, sheaf-tossing. hay-for play area etc,
<http://www.trimhaymakingfestival.com/festivalevents.html>http://www.trimhaymakingfestival.com/festivalevents.html,
Scotland : Gairloch Gathering
For the fourth year running the Gairloch
Gathering will be holding a scythe competition, the only one in Scotland. .
Contact Peter Cunningham:
<mailto:info at wrft.org.uk>info at wrft.org.uk and
formore info about the gathering see
<http://highland-gathering.com/>http://highland-gathering.com/
Hit the Hay: Scythe Festival in Yorkshire
Saturday 30 July 10am - 5pm.
Haymaking weekend Experienced scythers will
teach you all you need to know and set you off in
team formation across the field. Competitions to
beat the strimmer. For those who can stay into
the evening we will be firing up our pizza oven.
Cost: £40 includes lunch and evening pizza.
BOOK NOW - send us a confirmation email and then
a cheque in the post to Edibles and send to The
Barn, Paddock Farm, Parkgate Road, West
Slaithwaite, Huddersfield HD7 5XA. Instructions
and directions will be sent on receipt.
websit:
<http://edibles.org.uk/scything%20festival>http://edibles.org.uk/scything%20festival
Transylvania
Week long scythe and haymaking festival in Transylvania, August 20-28 2011
www.savortransylvania.com/index.php/visit/events/83-haymaking-festival,
Cumbria Scythe Events
Scythe festival at Langdale Valley 2-3 July.
Contact: <mailto:littoral at btopenworld.com>littoral at btopenworld.com
There is also an event at Sprint Mill near
Kendal. For info about the North West of England see
<http://scytherspace.wordpress.com/>http://scytherspace.wordpress.com/
Scythe Courses
Courses at the
West Country Scythe Fair
9-11 June, with Christiane Lechner, Phil Batten
and Simon Fairlie. See festival programmes on page 2
Course at the
Eastern Counties Festival
Simon Damant has a beginners course at the
Eastern Counties Scythe Festival on 25 June. See page 2.
Dorset/Devon
Simon Fairlie gives courses at Monkton Wyld near Axminster.
Two day courses, including hay making and
grassland management: 8-10 July and 9-11
September. One day courses from August, date to be arranged
Simon also takes on people for mini-apprenticeships see page 3.
For more information see:
<http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk/courses.html>www.thescytheshop.co.uk/courses.html
chapter7@ tlio.org.uk
Devon
Courses with Alastair Inglis
Sat 28 May: Refresher Scythe Day with Exeter
Community Agriculture at Shillingford St. George,
Nr. Exeter. For scythesfolk with some initial
experience, but who need to solidify their style,
remember what to do, practice peening, etc... Perhaps a Pre-Festival Warm Up?
Sun 19 June: Haymaking Demonstration at the
Underwood Discovery Centre, Beeson Farm, Beeson,
South Hams, Devon. Contact Alastair for further details.
Sat 25 June: Beginners Scything Course with
Orchard Link at Ham Farm, Loddiswell, South Hams,
Devon. Contact Alastair for further details.
Sat 20 August: Beginners Scything Course at
Wayfield Nurseries, East Prawle, South Hams,
Devon. Contact Alastair for further details.
Sun 21 August: Wheat Scything Demonstration as
part of the Natural Materials Day at the
Underwood Discovery Centre, Beeson Farm, Beeson,
South Hams. Contact Alastair for further
details.For details and further information contact Alastair on 07796-805453,
or email <mailto:al.inglis at yahoo.co.uk>al.inglis at yahoo.co.uk
Nottinghamshire
Ray Lister has been giving courses in Nottinghamshire for the last 5 years
Phone number: 01777 248610
Herefordshire
Introduction to Scything, Saturday 9th July
10am-1pm, Little Dewchurch Church, Herefordshire.
Free to participants. More workshops will be happening this summer.
Andrea Gilpin at Caring for Gods Acre 01568
611154,
<mailto:info at cfga.fsnet.co.uk>info at cfga.fsnet.co.uk,
www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk
Brighton
There will be a two day course for beginners with
Simon Fairlie at Brighton Permaculture Groups
place at Stanmer on 30 /31 July 2011.
See
<http://www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk/>http://www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
Carmarthenshire
Phil Batten and Michelle Laine hold courses and
workshops in Carmarthenshire. Their programme is as follows:
Sharpening and Peening Workshop: Saturday 9th July
Beginners Scythe Courses: Saturday 28th May,
Saturday 25th June, and Saturday 13th August
Two Day Scythe Course, for the more experienced
scyther or adventurous beginner: 16th/17th July
Bespoke Courses can be run for groups, on
request, on any aspect of scything and hand hay making.
Contact Philip or Michelle at
<mailto:scythecymru at yahoo.co.uk>scythecymru at yahoo.co.uk
or 07813 464990. Dyfed Permaculture Farm Trust,
Penboyr, Drefach Felindre, SA44 5HG Or visit
their new website at
<http://www.scythecymru.wordpress.com/>www.scythecymru.wordpress.com:
Lincolnshire
Deano Martin gives scythe courses on his 4 acre
smallholding, which has been managed with a scythe for the last four years.
athttp://grinningreaper.wordpress.com/ Or ring 01507 588543.
Shropshire
Acton Scott Historic Farm: Scything Course 9
July and Peening 10 July, with Alastair Inglis.
www.actonscott.com/courses.php 01694 781307
Karuna: Scything course, led by Andrea Gilpin on
12 June (Sunday), 10 am - 5 pm at Karuna
Permaculture Project, Shropshire Fee : £50 including lunch and refreshments
Booking
: <http://www.karuna.org.uk/>www.karuna.org.uk,
<mailto:merav66 at hotmail.com>merav66 at hotmail.com 01694 751374
Stiperstones, led by Steve Tomlin, 7 August.
<mailto:steve-tomlin at hotmail.co.uk>steve-tomlin at hotmail.co.uk
Cumbria
Steve Tomlin and Paul Kingsnorth provide tuition in Cumbria.
Learn to Mow with Paul Kingsnorth: 5 June, 24 July
<mailto:paul at paulkingsnorth.net>paul at paulkingsnorth.net
Learn to Mow with Steve Tomlin: 29 May, 2 July
Improve your Peening with Steve Tomlin: 30 Sept
There is also the possibility of a snath-making
course in the autumn this year, contact Steve to express your interest.
<mailto:steve-tomlin at hotmail.co.uk>steve-tomlin at hotmail.co.uk
See <http://scytherspace.wordpress.com/>http://scytherspace.wordpress.com/
Scotland
Steve Tomlin is giving a course on the Black Isle, 30-31 July.
<mailto:steve-tomlin at hotmail.co.uk>steve-tomlin at hotmail.co.uk
Pauk Kingsnorth is doing two courses, back to
back, on 6/7 August, at Scotia Seeds in Angus. To
book, people need to contact Fiona Guest:
t: 01356 626425 f:01356 629183.
<mailto:fionaguest at scotiaseeds.co.uk>fionaguest at scotiaseeds.co.uk
INDIVIDUAL TRAINING
and ON-FARM OPPORTUNITIES
Scything and Haymaking by Hand
Simon Fairlie writes: From June until August I
am likely to be making hay whenever the rain
looks like holding off on my dairy smallholding at Monkton Wyld Court, Dorset.
I have vacancies for mini-apprenticeships of a
week to 10 days, from 15 June onwards. Work
includes: haymaking with racks (continuously
except in bad weather) weed clearance,
lawnmowing, cow care, cheese-making, pig
fancying etc. You are fed, watered, and lodged
and 7 days work earns a scythe. To apply please
send an email or letter describing the reason for
your interest, and your previous experience with manual tools etc.
Otherwise, if the weather looks as though it will
be dry for a few days, and you are at a loose
end, you are welcome to contact me and find out
if we are haymaking. Phone 01297 561359 or email:
<mailto:chapter7 at tlio.org.uk>chapter7 at tlio.org.uk;
1-to-1 Tuition with Christiane Lechner
One to one tuition at the West Country the
Festival . For people who have already
completed a beginners course, this is an
opportunity to get more advanced individual
advice and training. During the 45mins your
mowing style and grass situation will be analysed
to optimise the scythe setup. You will then be
shown how to align your body, resulting in less
strain and a more efficient & effortless mowing
style. Christiane has been a yoga teacher in
Austria for 11 years and studied mowing with
Peter Vido over the last 8 years. Sessions will
run Saturday 11 June , three sessions from
17:00-20:00 & Sunday 12 June, three sessions from
07:00-10:00. Only six places. Please book with
Simon, but also contact Christiane directly to
arrange a time for the one-to-one session:
<mailto:c.lechner at stn.at>c.lechner at stn.at
Simon Fairlie
Monkton Wyld Court
Charmouth
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 6DQ
01297 561359
<mailto:chapter7 at tlio.org.uk>chapter7 at tlio.org.uk
http://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/
<http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk/>http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk/
Simon Fairlie
Monkton Wyld Court
Charmouth
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 6DQ
01297 561359
<mailto:chapter7 at tlio.org.uk>chapter7 at tlio.org.uk
http://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/
<http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk/>http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk/
Simon Fairlie
Monkton Wyld Court
Charmouth
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 6DQ
01297 561359
<mailto:chapter7 at tlio.org.uk>chapter7 at tlio.org.uk
http://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/
<http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk>http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk/
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