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Well our epic journey is now over
and we can now reflect on our experiences in
the beautiful islands of the Hebrides. What
an amazing journey we had!
It was great to receive emails
from all over the world while we were on the
road and also to meet people who had read of
our journey. Although updating the site everyday
was hard work, it was well worth it!
Thanks to everyone who followed
us, we are glad it is inspiring other people
to visit these beautiful islands.
The map shows the slow route
up to Callanish and the very fast trip back
(well as fast as a G reg van will take you!).
We are visitng as many sacred sites along
the way as we, and the weather, can manage.
I will be researching and drawing along the
way for our future calendars. Here's the map
- the red lines are the journey up and the
blue ones the journey back.
Daffy, our trusty
van which took us from Brighton to Lewis and
home again
We had been looking
forward to this for over 10 years!! Having
astrology as a main theme running through
our lives has meant that we are often aware
of planetary phenomenon. Years ago, we fantasized
about all doing a journey up to the Outer
Hebrides and I can't believe it is over!
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Click a link on the calendar
to see where we were that day
June/July
2006
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Two
cottages were booked for a week in Lewis where
we met our friends The
Wheel of Astrologers who had also been planning
and discussing (at length) the Standstill. There
was also a couple of tents in the garden and
a couple of campervans in the driveway, one
of which was us. Everyone made their own way
up there, all with different transport and varied
time scales. We had four weeks and what an amazing
four weeks it was!
Starting at Avebury on the Summer Solstice,
we drove straight up to the Lake District where
we stopped at Castlerigg to rest after the festivites
of Solstice. We then visited the stone circles
of Swinside and Blakely Rise. We then explored
the stunning countryside of the Lakes. We then
travelled up to Oban and across to the Isle
of Mull, over to the sacred isle of Iona and
then out to Fingals Cave.
Next, we sailed back over to the main land and
travelled up to Mallaig and over to Skye where
we went on a whale spotting boat trip and said
hello to the Old Man of Storr.
Then we went over to Uist with it’s legendary
beaches and ancient stones and found some breathtaking
scenery. Then over to Harris where we experienced
the beautiful beaches, huge mountains and, of
course, the climax to our journey in Lewis was
to meet the incredible Callanish stones and
to experience the Major Lunar Standstill.
At the time of the Major Lunar Standstill, the
Moon rises at the feet of the Sleeping Beauty
Mountain, skims along her and then just as it
looks like it has set, the Moon will appear
in the stone circle. My research has all suggested
that the phenomenon with the Moon and the Sleeping
Beauty was initially observed and that the stone
circle was built to honour and harness the Moons
energy.
Thanks again to everyone who came
on our journey with us.......
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