Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 2 February 2021

  • But what if Candlemas day is snowy, windy and foul …

    But what if Candlemas day is snowy, windy and foul …

    It’s Candlemas, although it feels like just another Groundhog Day. Candlemas is a Christian feast day that sort of coincided with the pagan festival Imbolc, the mid-point between the winter solstice and Spring equinox. Feast days generally have some weather lore associated with them. Candlemas is no exception and there is a wealth of rhymes…