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Activities of the Tamar Dowsers 2002 to 2020

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2020

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December        Zoom talk by Andy Burnham 

                                The Old Stones and the Megalithic Portal

 

                                 Zoom talk by Graham Gardner

                                 Dowsing: Magic for the 21st Century

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November        Zoom talk by Derek Gane

                               The Samanic Pathway

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                               Zoom talk by Dr Patrick MacManaway

                               Farming and Landscape Healing

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October            Zoom talk by  Alison Denham

                               Guy Underwood's Features in the South West

 

September     Zoom talk by Nigel Twinn

                               Fraying at the Margins/The Idea of Dowsing

 

February          Talk by Sue Edwards and Alan Jones

                                  The Sacred Feminine: the Arthur/Merlin mythos

 

January               Talk by Chris Hytch

                                  Past Life Dowsing

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2019

 

December           Talk by Nigel Twinn

                                  The Linear Landscape

 

                                  Field trip with Anne Hughes

                                  Winter Solstice at The Hurlers

                  

November          Talk by Sue Wallace and Peter Knight

                                  Albion Dreamtime

         

October                Talk by Sue Weaver

                                  Crystals and Crystal Healing

 

Septem                Field trip with Nick Butcher

                                  Mount Edgcumbe

                                    

August                 Field trip with Helen Fox

                                  Secret Siblyback

                  

June                       Field trip

                                 The Hurlers at Midsummer

 

May                       Workshop with David Lockwood

                                 Dowsing and Healing

                           

April                     Talk by Marcus Mason

                                 Acupuncture and Earth Energy

                  

March                 Talk by Adrian Incledon-Webber

                                Holy Sites: Sacred Places

 

February           Talk by Andrew Tresidder         

                                Healing Yourself                                    

 

January              Talk by Alan Jones and Sue Edwards

                                 Outsiders amongst us

 

 

2018

 

December                  

Talk by Andy Burnham

                           The Old Stones

                  

November                  Talk by John Moss

                           Pasties, Cream Teas and Dowsing Rods

         

October                  

Talk by Gary Biltcliffe and Caroline Hoare

The Power of Place                  

 

September                 

 Improvers’ Day - Merrivale

                           with Nigel Twinn

 

                           Field trip - Finch Foundry

                           with Devon Dowsers

 

June                          

 DFest 2018

                           South Tawton

 

June                           Talk by Brian Sheen and Carolyn Kennett

                           Dowsing and Astronomy

 

February                  Talk by Gwynn Paulett

                           Did Julius Caesar cross my lawn?  

                                  

January                   Talk by Denise Lockwood

                           Hypnotherapy and Dowsing

 

 

2017

 

December                  

Talk by Jo May    

                                                                               Fogou

 

November                  

Talk by Peter Knight

                           Dartmoor Mindscapes

 

October                  Talk by Cheryl Straffon

                                 The Cornish Otherworld

 

September                  Finch Foundry

                           with Devon Dowsers

 

August                  Lundy Island

                           with Devon Dowsers

 

July                           In Search of Tywardreth Priory

 

May                           Small Pilgrim Places Field Trip

                           with Terry Faull

 

April                           Pentiddy Woods

                           Open Day

 

March                  Talk by Valerie Gosling and David Lockwood

                           The Work of the Duchy Healers         

 

February                  Talk by Helen Fox

                           The Holy Wells of Cornwall         

 

January                  Talk by Terry Faull

                           The Small Pilgrim Places Network

         

 

 

2016

 

December                  Talk by Sean Ferris

                           A Modern Alchemy         

 

November                  Talk by Nigel Twinn

                           What are Ley Lines?

 

October                  Illustrated Talk by Christopher Clarke

                           The Wisdom of the Kogi

 

September                  Finch Foundry

                           with Devon Dowsers

 

August                  West Cornwall Field Trip

                           with Palden Jenkins         

 

July                           Berry castle nr Torrington

                           with Devon Dowsers

 

June                           Talk and Field Visit to the Hurlers

                           with Callum Beeson

 

March                  Talk by Anne Hughes

                           Death - A Dowser’s Perspective

 

February                  Talk by Alan Jones

                           The Knights Templar

 

January                  Talk by Palden Jenkins

                           New Geomantic Discoveries in West Cornwall

 

                           

2015

 

December              Singing the Solstice Circles 

                                   The Hurlers at Imbolc

                                   Talk by Ann Lodygowski 

                            Advanced Animal Communication

 

November              Talk by Christopher Strong

                            Autobiography of a Sceptical Dowser

 

October                  

Talk by Bill Kenny and Nigel Twinn

 Dowsing by Listening

 

August                     Visit to Penhallam

 

July                           Demonstrations at Widecombe 

                                   for Dartmoor National Park Authority

                                   Merrivale  

                                     with Devon Dowsers

 

March                     Talk by Paul Broadhurst

                                     The Greenwich Meridian - Axis of Heaven

 

February               Workshop with Nigel Twinn

                                   Dowsing Asks BIG Questions

 

January                   Gong Bath 

                                    with Wendy Scott

 

 

2014

 

December                  Talk by Alan Neal

                           Belief and Disbelief

 

November                  Talk by Ann Lodygowski

                           Animal Communication

 

October                  Talk by Michael Williams

                           Mysterious Cornwall

 

September                  Celtic sites in North Cornwall 

with Terry Faull 

and the Devon Dowsers

 

August                   Duloe Stone Circle, Church and Holy Well

                           with the West Cornwall Dowsers

 

July                           Caradon Town Farm

                           

June                           Dowsing Improvers Session - 

Soussons Wood Stone Circle

with Nigel Twinn

                  

May                           The Hurlers Revisited

North Hill Woodcraft Day

 

Dowsing Improvers Session - Kit Hill

 

March                  Talk by Gary Biltcliffe and Caroline Hoare

                           The Spine of Albion

 

February                  Talk by Paul Gerry

                           The Measurement of Dowsing

 

January                   Talk by Alan Jones

                           Intuition and Total Sensory Perception

 

  

 

2013

 

December                   

Talk by Terry Faull 

Celtic Christianity in Devon and Cornwall

 

November                  

Talk by Peter Knight

                           The Cerne Abbas Giant

 

October                  

Padderbury Fort 

with Neville Wells

 

September                 

 Penhallam Mediaeval Manor House

                           Cothele - Apple day

                           St Stephen’s Village Fete - Langore

 

August                  

The Hurlers 

with Nigel Twinn

 

July                           

Wizewoods

with Nick Thompson and Jo Hayes

                           South Penquite 

with Gordon Ratcliffe

                           Rillaton ‘lost’ Manor House

 

June                           

Carwynnen Quoit         

with Pip Richards

         

May                           

International Dowsing Day - Belstone

                           Merrivale with Nigel Twinn

 

April                           North Hill Village Hall - Woodcraft Day

 

March                  

Talk by Richard Dealler

                           The Michael/Mary Pilgrim Route

 

February                  

Talk by David Ward

                           Dowsing and Hypnotherapy

 

January                 

Talk by David Lockwood

                           Achieving Optimum Health 

through Dowsing and Healing

 

 

2012

 

December                  

Talk by Adrian Incledon-Webber

                           Healing Your Home

 

November                  

Talk by Nigel Twinn

                           The Life and Work of Billy Gawn         

 

October                  

Visit to Trefrancks Farm, St Clether 

                           with the Kempthorne Family

 

September                  Cothele House - Apple Weekend

 

August                  

Widdecombe in the Moor 

with Alan Neal

 

May                           

International Dowsing Day

at The Hurlers         

 

April                           

North Hill Village Hall 

Woodcraft Day

 

February                   Talk by David Ward (postponed due to illness)

                           Talks by Alan Neal and Nigel Twinn         

 

January                 

 Talk by David Lockwood

Achieving Optimum Health 

through Dowsing and Healing

 

 

2011

 

December                 

 Talk by John Moss

                           Dowsing the Decagon

 

November                  

Talk by Dr Patrick MacManaway

                           Dowsing in Agriculture

 

October                  

Dowsing workshops at 

Cotehele House Apple Weekend

 

September                  

Dowsing workshop at Callington

                           for Haye Mill Charity Trust

                           Dowsing workshop at 

Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre 

for Children’s Hospice South West

 

August                  

Visit to Helman Tor 

with Alan Neal

 

June                           

Visit to Notter Tor 

with Gordon Ratcliffe

 

May                           

Trelawne House 

with Ruth & John McCoryn

 

April                          

 Visit to Kit Hill 

with Alan Neal

                           Woodcraft Day at North Hill 

 

March         

Archaeological sites near 

The Hurlers on Bodmin Moor

 

February                  

Talk by Dave Hooley

                           The Archaeology of South East Bodmin Moor

 

January         

Tales of the Unexpected

 with Jacki Ellis-Martin

 

 

 

2010

 

December                   

Talk by Nigel Twinn

                           The Life of Hamish Miller

 

November                   

Talk by Paul Broadhurst

                           The Secret Land

 

October                  

Visit to Cullacott House 

with Alan Neal 

 

September               

   Railways and Romans at Nanstallon

with John & Ruth McCoryn

 

August                  

Visit to Warbstowbury

                           with Annie Holland

 

July                           

Visit to Ed Prinn’s Stone Circle

with the Celtic Dowsers

 

June                           

Visit to Pentillie Castle

 with other Dowsing Groups

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 May

                            Woodcraft Day at North Hill         

                           Perran Sands and Penhale Round 

                           with West Cornwall Dowsers

 

April                          

 Visit to Launceston Priory 

with Jacki Ellis-Martin

 

March                

   Walk on Kit Hill

with Alan Neal

 

February                  

 Talk By Nick Thompson

                           The Pagan World

 

January                   

Talk by Peter Knight

                           The Stones of Dartmoor         

 

 

2009

 

December                  

Talk by Lucy Pringle

                           The Crop Circle Enigma

 

November                  Talk by Bart O’Farrell

                           Dowsing in West Cornwall

 

October                  St Peter’s Church - Stoke Beach

 

September                  Looe Island

 

August         

The Hurlers 

with David Lockwood 

and Adrian Incledon-Webber

 

July                           

Poundstock

with Terry Faull

 

June                           Calstock Church and Roman Fort

 

May                           Trerose Manor - Mawnan Smith

 

April                          

 Windsworth, Looe 

with Caroline Petherick

 

March                  Pencarrow House

 

February                  Alan Neal

                           Dowsing and Light

 

January                  Talk by Cheryl Straffon

                           Sun, Moon and Standing Stones

 

 

2008

 

December                           Talk by Hamish Miller

                                    The Parallel Community

 

November                           Talk by Andy Norfolk

                                    Song Lines of Cornwall

 

October                           Brentor and Lydford

 

September                           Hannafore Chapel 

 

August                           Illand Nurseries 

                                    with Ken and Ethnie Roberts

 

July                                   

 Kit Hill 

with Alan Neal

 

June                                    Stamford Hill nr Bude

 

May                                    

The Lost Railways of East Cornwall 

with John McCoryn

 

April                                    St Breock Downs

 

March                           Haye Mill nr Callington

                                    with John and Suzanne Littlewood

 

February                           Talk by Terry Faull

                                    Celtic Christianity         

 

January                           Talk by Alan Neal

                                    Dowsing around Kit Hill

 

 

2007

 

December                           Talk by Paul Broadhurst         

                                    St George and the Dragon Power

 

November                           Talk by Marilyn Hopkins

                                    The Templars

 

October                           

Stara Woods

with Anne Hughes 

 

September                           Yelverton Airfield         

 

August                  

Bearah Tor and Langstone Downs 

with Pete Bousefield

 

July                                    Trecarrell Manor 

 

June                                    

North Petherwin

 with Terry Faull 

 

May        

 Starra Woods 

(postponed due to severe weather)

 

April                                    Slaughterbridge Archaeological Site 

                                    with West Cornwall Dowsers

 

March                           Coleton Fishacre

 

February                           Talk by Alan Neal

                                    The Charlotte Dymond Mystery

 

January                           Talk by Cheryl Straffon

                                    Megalithic Mysteries of Cornwall

 

 

2006

 

December                           Talk by Hamish Miller

                                    In Search of the Southern Serpent

 

November                           Talk by Aaron Bray

                                    Dowsing - then Drilling

 

October                           King Arthur’s Hall

 

September                           Cadsonbury Hill Fort

 

August                           

Rame Peninsula 

with Ruth and John McCoryn

 

July                                    Merrivale - with Devon Dowsers

 

June                                    Hawker Country - with Alan Neal 

 

May                                    Michaelstow - with Terry Faull

 

April                                    

Castle an Dinas and Roche Rock 

with the West Cornwall Dowsers

 

March                           Kit Hill - with Alan Neal

 

February                           Talk by David Lockwood

                                    Leys and Energy Lines

 

January                           Talk by Alan Neal

                                    Dowsing and Healing

 

2005

 

December                           Talk by John Moss

                                    The Stone Circle at May Cottage

 

November                           Trecarrell Manor

 

October                           Penfound Manor

 

September                           The Hurlers

 

August                           Warbstow Bury

 

July         

The Charlotte Dymond Mystery 

with Alan Neal

 

June                                    

Rame Church and Maker Camp 

with Ruth and John McCoryn 

 

May                                    

Talk by Terry Faull

Holy Wells

 

April                                    Cullacott House

 

Mar                                    Castle Dore

 

February                           Tintagel

 

January                            

Trewen  

with David and Denise Lockwood

 

 

2004

 

December                           Talk by Ann Moore

                                    Dowsing with a Twist

 

November         

St Clether Chapel, Church, 

Holy Well & Crosses

 

October                           

Middlewood Nurseries 

with Pete and Jenny Bousefield

 

September                           Restormel Castle  

                                    with Ruth and John McCoryn

 

August                          

 Pengersick Castle 

with Alan Neal

 

July                                    The Stripple & The Trippet Stones         

                                    with Joy and Graham Montague

 

June                                    Okehampton Castle

 

May                                    

Berry Castle 

with Gordon Ratcliffe

 

April                                    Treburrow

 

March                           Berry Down

 

February                           The Hurlers Stone Circles

 

 

 

2003

 

November                           

Darley Ford 

with Jacki Ellis-Martin

 

September                           

Trewotha Farm

                           Talk by John Christian

 

August                           Merrivale Stone Rows

 

June          

Nine Maidens, Belstone 

with Annie Holland 

 

May                                    Cadsonbury

 

April                                    Duloe and St Cuby

 

March                           Rocky Valley and St. Nectan’s Glen

 

February                           Talk by Allan Bennett

                                    Field Trip to Blacktor

 

 

2002

 

September                           Penhallam Mediaeval Manor House

 

August                           Picklebury Fort

 

July                                    St Breock Standing Stones

 

June                                    

King Arthur’s Hall

with Alan Neal

 

May                                    

Polson, Launceston

with Derek Palmer

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