Winter Droving

The Annual Winter Droving Fedtival in Penrith.
“Each year Penrith in Cumbria marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the "darker half" of the year in a celebration of light, fire and rural life. The festival, whose motto is “turn your clocks back 400 years”, is a staple of the autumnal calendar in the north of the north of England, with its tones of Sawhain, its fire and animal effigies and masks.” Eden Arts

This years was the busiest I’ve seen, lots of effigies, marching, drumming bands and just generally people celebrating this special time of year.