Nice day for a .......

.......RUSHBEARING -

This is a festival celebration associated with the ancient custom of annually replacing the rushes on the earth floors of churches, rushes being a general term for rushes, reeds and sweet smelling grasses. Once widespread, very few places now continue this tradition. Although the church plays a leading role, today Rushbearing is a community event. The bearings vary from large ornate devices such as hoops, staves and crosses to simple sheafs carried by children. Composed mainly of rushes cut from nearby lake shores, they are highly decorated with mosses, flowers and greenery.


My friends and took part in this till we were about eleven,after we did a prossesion round thevillage we had a church service, then a light tea and then we had sports, all good fun, and all this still happens which is excellent as a lot of traditions slowly die out.