You must be wondering why you haven’t heard from me for so long - the answer is that I seem to have been rather overwhelmed with events that demanded my full attention. I send you my great apologies. I am now back again.
I do so hope you will enjoy the calendar. It shows all the memorable circles from this year 2020. The cover image is the circle at Stanton St Bernard, which contains illusionary cubes and a hidden six-pointed star, a hexagon.
The proceeds go towards funding my expensive flying and research, so please support me if you can.
When our lockdown descended, I wondered if we would see any crop circles this year, or perhaps the phenomenon would have transferred to more favourable countries. Such was my despair that I doubted that I might not get a calendar out at all for the first time in 22 years. I then decided that if the worst happened I would make one showing the 12 most stunning events over the years. Little did I know that the 2020 season would be so eventful.
Producing a calendar is an exacting proposition. It starts with selecting which of the new circle season pictures to include as the main picture. That is usually the easiest part. Then there are all the small side images to introduce, that - sometimes rather obscurely - interact with the large image. They relate to sacred places, flora and fauna. This is the hardest part, as many wonderful images have to be discarded as they just don’t ‘fit’ the bill. It can involve trying out up to 100 images. These are often hard copy prints, sometimes dating back several years, which I keep labelled in folders. They are then all laid out on my sitting room floor, maybe for several days, whilst I juggle with them. Next comes the data/information regarding each and every photograph in the calendar, plus inserting the sayings and the graphs. I usually manage to get it to the printers by the first week in September. They then send me proofs which always need `tweaking`. Finally, when I am happy that all is good, I give it the OK and the images are put on to photographic plates and printed. Finally the ring binding is added in order that the calendar will not fall to pieces by the end of the year. My task is not finished until all hard copy images are returned to their correct folders - I still haven’t succeeded yet for this new calendar - whew!!!
My next demanding event was putting together a new talk to a small gathering. Only 16 people were allowed to attend. I am not one of those people who feel carefree giving a talk. I worry terribly for several weeks beforehand and keep adding or deleting slides so the talk flows as smoothly as possible. I love researching, and each year new information appears. I love that, but it all takes time. When I finally start speaking my nerves disappear and I forget about myself and I get wrapped up in trying to impart a little of the information (sometimes hidden) buried in this incredible phenomenon.
I am told that if one did not suffer from nerves then it would not turn out as well - but how I wish I didn’t !!!
Contrary to my fears, this year we have had one of the most marvellous summers. Some really remarkable circles have graced our fields, some providing us with intelligent information such as the one at Potterne, Wiltshire on the 29th of May, just at the height of the pandemic. According to a retired American Professor Jerry Kroth, this formation gave us an accurate pathology of the virus, plus new and little known information that was already incorporated in the vaccine being worked on and developed by the Oxford University team of scientists. This is revealed in the so-called ‘blob’ at the end of the formation. Sp8 or Spike protein 8, which is thought to have the same immunological properties as it did in SARS.
© Stonehenge Dronescapes
Maybe the phenomenon prefers less people around - who knows the reason. Certainly the farmers did not get so anxious, though two formations were cut out almost as soon as they appeared.
We owe a great deal to the expertise of the drone pilots who recorded the formations in the early days before anyone was allowed to fly. Nick Bull (of Stonehenge Dronescapes) very kindly allowed me to put his wonderful images on my website.
The final formation I photographed was the lovely one at Woolstone Hill, lying below and between the ancient Uffington White Horse and the equally old long barrow at Waylands Smithy. They both run along the same ridge of hills, the Ridgeway. The Ridgeway meanders from Avebury and runs like a ribbon through Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire finally ending at Ivinghoe Beacon on the Ashridge estate in Hertfordshire. I attended a boarding school close to the Ivinghoe Beacon and I well remember going for walks along The Ridgeway without any knowledge of the special path I was treading.
In between, I had taken two tours which were some of the happiest. Not just because of the lovely people who joined me and the fact that we were allowed to visit three fantastic circles, but also because after being cooped up for so long, we were free to walk in this magical and sacred countryside. A heady and thrilling experience. There was an optional extra included after each tour. For the first, the very special private evening visit to Stonehenge and for the second tour the optional extra of flying over the circles we had visited plus the ancient Avebury stone complex, which left all those who flew with smiles from ear to ear
I have had so many enquiries. I can now give you the dates for my 2021 crop circle tours. The first, on Thursday 29th July, includes the optional extra of a wonderful private evening entry Stonehenge.
The second tour, on Tuesday 3rd August, has the optional extra of a magical flight over the crop circles and sacred sites.
All information is on my website.
Thinking the season was over and finished, I geared myself up to start my 2021 calendar but was amazed when two late circles appeared in September, both near Devizes. The first at Chirton Bottom, near Urchfont, Wiltshire on the 5th September, at the fringe of the inaccessible Salisbury Military zone.
The second and final one, a rather beautiful sinuously twisted ribbon at Roundway, near Devizes, Wiltshire on the 16th September, brought the UK total to 27 and the overall total to 37 worldwide. The rest appeared in France (3) Poland (2) Hungary, Russia (2) Germany and elsewhere.
Now is the time of changing seasons, when people can find it challenging as the days grow shorter and colder. It is also the time when nature needs a rest and before doing so gives us a most glorious display of heavenly colours as the trees turn into a blaze of glory - a stunning display of different hues, as earlier correctly foretold by the Meteorologists. The main ones are the acers, which are the first to show off their magnificent array of bright reds; followed by the yellow glow of the beech; then the wonderful deep gold of the stately oaks - to name a few. The more modest ones also join in to complete a perfect tapestry of radiance.
Winkworth Arboretum, near Godalming, Surrey
I visited the famous gardens, the Winkworth Arboretum with a friend, and we were so completely bewitched by the beauty all around us that we failed to notice which walk we had taken. It seemed we had taken the very longest of the walks, which took us about two and a half hours. Winkworth Arboretum consists of the most beautifully laid out features, with little winding paths ascending and descending over a gradient of over 500 feet. Due to the recent rain it was not easy walking. We started by going downhill over lots of little steps with wooden slats at the top of each one. We did quite a bit of slithering as we went. I did one splendid one on my bottom! One of the best ways of speeding downhill! What goes down must go up and going up we chose the easier route. It had fewer and more shallow steps to navigate. Even so it was quite a pull, but worth it as we were surrounded by such beauty in all directions. We will go again in the Spring.
Nature has the gift of healing and it is during this year that many of us have found ourselves seeing things that we had never noticed before. The birdsong has seemed more beautiful than ever and even the tiniest flower, more important and special. The sky has been bluer. Everything has appeared to stand out in a way it had not done before, even the clouds took on a sharper and more vivid aspect. As someone said ‘there is a difference between looking and seeing.’
As autumn takes us into winter, the days, despite the cold, will slowly get longer and lighter again, but in the meantime it is easy to start feeling ‘flat’. Christmas is not always an easy or happy celebration for everyone. I like to think that we are able to bring some happiness, comfort and cheer to all those who find it a difficult time. We all have good days and bad days, that is fine, but for those whose bad days last longer we must try and bring light into their lives.
I used to ‘channel’ and still find I do so unconsciously at times. Not long ago, I was sitting relaxing and found myself looking down on the earth. The picture zoomed in until I found myself looking at a small town and its surroundings. It was quite dark, maybe eventide. The darkness was one that seemed to herald the dawn. In some way a cleansing and new beginning, a way of moving forward. There was nothing frightening about it - it was the darkness before the dawn, letting us know that the darkness is not here forever, it will pass, just as morning light follows night.
It is time to break through the barrier of fear and illusion and let the light of the soul express itself in every aspect of daily life. Each one of us is light in varying degrees and this shines through every thought, word and deed.
In reality everything is spirit, but over a long period of time the human mind has separated spirit and matter, and therefore materialism has ruled the world. People are now being forced to keep life simple and each one of us has the power to fill it with love, light, peace and healing if we so desire. It is up to us.
We are all one. One Divine Consciousness. We are tiny individual sparks of that whole.
With my love and best wishes
Lucy