Forwarded from The Wessex Nomad
Coming this Friday...
In the enchanting region of Dartmoor, I take on the first 21 miles of the Archangels Way. With a diverse range of historical sites from churches, to stone circles, to Viking stones, not to mention trekking through some of the most beautiful scenery in the south-west, this proves to be a wonderful and special time is this desolate and barren region.
This also features a guest appearance from the ever so talented mastermind behind Wessex Woodcraft!
See you all there over on YouTube this Friday at 18:00 BST.
In the enchanting region of Dartmoor, I take on the first 21 miles of the Archangels Way. With a diverse range of historical sites from churches, to stone circles, to Viking stones, not to mention trekking through some of the most beautiful scenery in the south-west, this proves to be a wonderful and special time is this desolate and barren region.
This also features a guest appearance from the ever so talented mastermind behind Wessex Woodcraft!
See you all there over on YouTube this Friday at 18:00 BST.
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WEBSITE FORUMS TO CLOSE ON 17th OCT (7 DAYS FROM NOW)
We are giving the website an overhaul very soon and one of the major changes will be the removal of the forums. The reason for this will be made clear in a forthcoming Woodlander video. For now, please gather any information and contacts you want from the forums before they disappear. The forums will be deleted some time on Friday 17th October so please take what you need before then.
We are giving the website an overhaul very soon and one of the major changes will be the removal of the forums. The reason for this will be made clear in a forthcoming Woodlander video. For now, please gather any information and contacts you want from the forums before they disappear. The forums will be deleted some time on Friday 17th October so please take what you need before then.
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Forwarded from The Wessex Nomad
*New video*
In the enchanting region of Dartmoor, I take on the first 21 miles of the Archangels Way. With a diverse range of historical sites from churches, to stone circles, to Viking stones, not to mention trekking through some of the most beautiful scenery in the south-west, this proves to be a wonderful and special time is this desolate and barren region.
Watch here - https://youtu.be/TTZZGRVYNdA
In the enchanting region of Dartmoor, I take on the first 21 miles of the Archangels Way. With a diverse range of historical sites from churches, to stone circles, to Viking stones, not to mention trekking through some of the most beautiful scenery in the south-west, this proves to be a wonderful and special time is this desolate and barren region.
Watch here - https://youtu.be/TTZZGRVYNdA
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Forwarded from Stiðen Āc Heorð
Some new artwork completed this week. First a new pen drawing of Woden, based on the 'Woden' head that's discreetly hidden in the Sutton Hoo Raven, along with an Anglo Saxon scale pattern from the Staffordshire Hoard.
Also complete are these ALU lino prints, based on the ALU rune formula from burial urns found at Spong Hill.
Also complete are these ALU lino prints, based on the ALU rune formula from burial urns found at Spong Hill.
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Forwarded from The Wessex Nomad
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It'll be great to enter 2026 with over 3k, so please subscribe if you haven't already, or at least please share and spread the word!
Thank you all for the support. Some great content is getting planned, of which I can't wait to begin!
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It'll be great to enter 2026 with over 3k, so please subscribe if you haven't already, or at least please share and spread the word!
Thank you all for the support. Some great content is getting planned, of which I can't wait to begin!
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Forwarded from The Woodlander
The Silvatici were the last Anglo-Saxon freedom fighters who refused to submit to Norman rule after 1066. The name comes from the Latin silvaticus, meaning “of the woods” - the Normans’ way of describing the English who retreated into forests and wild country to continue the fight.
After the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror seized the throne, but many Englishmen would not yield. They took to the forests, hills, and fens - living rough, striking from the shadows, and vanishing into the wild. These men were the Silvatici - forest-dwellers and outlaws, but patriots in the truest sense.
They came from all walks of English society: dispossessed thegns, soldiers, and common men who would not swear loyalty to a foreign king. They saw themselves as the last defenders of their land, law, and blood.
Eadric the Wild (Eadric Silvaticus) was a proud Anglo-Saxon noble from the borderlands whose resistance began soon after Hastings. He led raids on Norman outposts and fought fiercely for years, earning his name as a man of the woods.
Hereward the Wake, the best-known of the Silvatici, led the resistance based around Ely. He and his followers turned the marshes and forests into a fortress, waging guerrilla war against the Normans long after others had surrendered.
The Silvatici fought with ambushes, sudden attacks, and sabotage. They struck quickly at Norman garrisons, tax convoys, and collaborators, disappearing again into the woods. They lived off the land, using England’s forests and fens as their shield - sleeping under trees, eating what they could hunt, and surviving on courage, cunning, and loyalty to their kin.
By the early 1070s, Norman rule had crushed most open rebellion. Yet the Silvatici lived on in English memory - the last free men of England, who chose hardship over submission. Their defiance became the seed of the later English outlaw tradition: men who lived in the greenwood and resisted tyranny.
They were not mere bandits, but warriors of the old Anglo-Saxon realm - the wild men of the woods who kept England’s spirit alive when its crown had been taken. Though their names faded from record, the Silvatici embodied the unbroken will of the English - free men who would rather live wild in their own land than kneel to a foreign crown. Their spirit still whispers through England’s woods, where freedom once took refuge among the trees. Their blood is in our veins. 🏴
After the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror seized the throne, but many Englishmen would not yield. They took to the forests, hills, and fens - living rough, striking from the shadows, and vanishing into the wild. These men were the Silvatici - forest-dwellers and outlaws, but patriots in the truest sense.
They came from all walks of English society: dispossessed thegns, soldiers, and common men who would not swear loyalty to a foreign king. They saw themselves as the last defenders of their land, law, and blood.
Eadric the Wild (Eadric Silvaticus) was a proud Anglo-Saxon noble from the borderlands whose resistance began soon after Hastings. He led raids on Norman outposts and fought fiercely for years, earning his name as a man of the woods.
Hereward the Wake, the best-known of the Silvatici, led the resistance based around Ely. He and his followers turned the marshes and forests into a fortress, waging guerrilla war against the Normans long after others had surrendered.
The Silvatici fought with ambushes, sudden attacks, and sabotage. They struck quickly at Norman garrisons, tax convoys, and collaborators, disappearing again into the woods. They lived off the land, using England’s forests and fens as their shield - sleeping under trees, eating what they could hunt, and surviving on courage, cunning, and loyalty to their kin.
By the early 1070s, Norman rule had crushed most open rebellion. Yet the Silvatici lived on in English memory - the last free men of England, who chose hardship over submission. Their defiance became the seed of the later English outlaw tradition: men who lived in the greenwood and resisted tyranny.
They were not mere bandits, but warriors of the old Anglo-Saxon realm - the wild men of the woods who kept England’s spirit alive when its crown had been taken. Though their names faded from record, the Silvatici embodied the unbroken will of the English - free men who would rather live wild in their own land than kneel to a foreign crown. Their spirit still whispers through England’s woods, where freedom once took refuge among the trees. Their blood is in our veins. 🏴
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