Be Careful What You Wish For!  Jackie and Bob were supposed to be celebrating their twentieth wedding anniversary in Paris...

...But ended up at the Camp instead! Shan, half-joking, offered to do a Handfasting for the couple, and they loved the idea. So, within a few hours, we had found some wonderful things around the site with which we could decorate the Sacred Garden.  There were also the four elements...

Earth  A piece of driftwood, a green blanket and a scarf accompanied some precious belongings to represent the earth element.

Air  A branch, a feather, and some more items found in the tents of the camp attendees wafted in the gentle breeze.  It was a beautiful day with blue skies and sunshine.

Fire  Red blankets, a lantern, a candle, one of Lyn's Harry Potter wands and my Celtic Fairy, lovingly made by a dear friend, represented fire.

Water  A blue beach towel, a bowl of fresh water and various shells represented the water element.

We were all invited to stand next to the element representing our astrological star signs and so, being a Pisces, this is where I stood.

Light and Love  Like most of the attendees, I hadn't seen a Handfasting before. Even though the ceremony was relatively short, it was a wonderful, powerful, moving experience.

Here are Jackie and Bob with Shan, the fantastic priestess whose generosity and kindness made this all possible. I never expected anything as fantastic as this to happen at my camp, but I would like to thank Shan, Jackie and Bob for sharing the moment with us.

There were a lot of people wearing Shan's red ochre after the ceremony - some wore it because it meant something to them, some wore it because it was fun, and some wore it because Shan had hugged and kissed them!!