Some lovely Beltane photos...

Head on over to Necropolis Now and see some beautiful photographs taken at Mount Franklin at this year's Beltane.

Another memorable Beltaine

Here are my pictures of this years colossal birthday event. It was so strange to see the mountain covered in lush green leaves, and not just small buds on the trees and barely any grass. I don't remember seeing the ritual circle looking so green - all this rain these past two years has done wonders for the mountain. This was my 11th Beltane - I am getting very used to attending this event now, each of them different but wonderful...

Erecting the marquee

Sunny Saturday visiting the neighbouring campsite of my old friends

The neighbours camp

Our pots of stew bubbling away.

I picked red, pink and white hawthorn for the altar and the maypole

chillin' round the marquee

costumes for the ritual

Michel enjoying the smell of good food

Josie learns her lines for ritual

Members of the Coven of the Eternal Goddess

Andrew, Scarlett, Bev and Kira

Scarlett and Mick

Scarlett plays with my green sequin material

Scarlett as the Nightmare

The Fire birds

The Raven (Me!)

Clive and the Raven

Josie and the Raven

The May Queen and the Raven

Doug

Reuben as the obby oss

The Teaser with the fire birds

Getting ready for ritual

Our fair mountain

My sheep skull Fred got a new feathery hairstyle and LED lights for shiny eyes..

I decorated the maypole on Sunday with the red hawthorn

Looking for people to dance the maypole

The musicians play while the people dance

The Moot begins...

A basenji watches the moot

The final fun for the mount - a witch pinata full of lollies

The maypole gets ready to go away for another 12 months...

Beautiful photos from Kylie...

Write your letters...

It's a 30th Anniversary....

Get your letters written, or email the Mount Franklin blog, make sure your tents have all their pegs and poles, tell your boss that you have to have Friday 28th Oct off work, mend your costumes, dresses and cloaks, save your pennies for the market, buy that new cauldron for camp cooking, bring your clothes for warm weather, drums, instruments and bells....

For soon it will be time to go to Mount Franklin, and drive your winding way up to the crater!

It's 54 days until Beltane, where the Lady and Lord dance!