Welcome to HH Blaidd. Home of those who clear up after others when out at sites :-)

>> ... I left an offering when I finally went,

Are you going to go back and clean up the mess .. erm .. I mean offering you left behind or will you rely on somebody else to do it for you?

>> but the movement of the ground has bothered
>> me since.

Has Wayland's moved to Manchester? :-)

Was the wood across the Ridgeway from WS still occupied by ppl with a penchant for repetative beats?

Maybe some freak event meant you could feel the bass they pump out but not hear it?

don't be put off by Mr Crotchety, welcome to the fold. I trust you're not a 'Wolf' in sheep's clothing and we're all safe.

Not that I've got anything much constructive to say? But I would suggest that two hours is a long time to spend at a site compared to the length most people stop by at Wayland's Smithy. and if you spend time actually 'at' a place, rather than (like most people) being somewhere but actually thinking about a million other things you;ve got to do - well then you might actually experience something of the place and notice things that you wouldn't otherwise.

Did you know Tom Graves' book 'Needles of Stone Revisited' is complete on the internet?
http://www.isleofavalon.co.uk/ndlstone.html
That might have something relevant to you in it.

By the way, presuming you aren't PDC, you hail from round Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire way?

Hi Blaidd! Welcome to HH.

I am curious to hear more of your experiences with the vibrations. The fact that you spent a few hours at Wayland's must be a factor - obviously folks who spend 5 mins there are not going to have any such experiences, but that aside, it is so easy to become *at one* with Wayland's - even when the copse dwellers are giving it large 150 m away.

Something went wrong this morning. Has anyone lost a year? because I seem to have gained one! If it's yours and you want it back feel free to ask :-)

It's the huge network of underground tunnels built by the army to move stuff around secretly.

Not that I'm paranoid or anything.

Hey Blaidd,
Welcome to the chimps tea party that is the TMA forum. Jeez- looks like you had a pretty rough ride with your first post. I can appreciate where FW is coming from though as I always come back form sites/hills looking like a binman with pockets full of other folks rubbish.
Anyway, it's good to have more female points of view round here ;)
Martin

Hiya Baidd,
welcome to our fucked up little world.
Your vibrating could be down to infrasound.
The body naturally resonates at 4-5 Hz which is below the threshold of hearing. Thats my two penneth worth.
As for votive offerings, a large cloud of exhaled, fragrant smoke is generally accepted a reasonable offering.

Wayland Smithy has wings! Its a star car!

Hey there Blaidd. I usually live over on U-Know! but i do pop in here now and then. I have a tangential interest in ancient sites, in that i'm interested in "sacred landscapes" (i.e. places which inspire a - subjective - feeling of peace within me), but often find that neolithic / ancient sites serve the function of diverting ones awareness away from the landscape and towards the monument.

Which is, of course, groovy if you're there for the monument.

That said, Wayland's Smithy does have a special place in my heart. And i have to echo your experiences. I was camping up there for a couple of nights, and both nights i felt a very strange thing. It felt as though the air itself was pulsating (rather than the ground). It's kind of difficult to explain, but if you've ever experienced it, you'll know what i mean.

Anyways, it happened both nights that i was meditating there (early hours of the morning) and was actually quite spooky for a while.

Of course, i should add the fact that i wasn't entirely straight at the time (but then again, i rarely am, so not sure if that says anything), and i also do seem to be very sensitive to the "vibe of a place"... which doesn't make me a irritating new-ager, FW, not to worry ;-)

Anyways welcome to these parts; we're generally a nice bunch (i think). And whilst i myself do take a "leave a place as you found it" attitude (not only to monuments, but any place), i will staunchly defend your right to leave nuts and the like. I also think flowers are quite acceptable as an offering, so long as they are left in an unobtrussive place. Whenever i go to a place like that i tend to do a full litter-pick upon leaving, and leave a small offering of flowers next to a tree a little way from the site.

Invisible to the next visitors.

the name 'waylands smithy' always conjures up a picture of waylon smithers in my head.

gm
(release the hounds)

Sheesh! The longest thread yet on TMA forum.

See what a bit of controversy can do!

Oh, actually if you remove the biscuit section it drops dramatically down the list.

Nice one Squiddo!! :-)

I have never experienced this at Waylands, But i have experienced a 'kaboom!' every now and then whilst relaxing on the downs about 3 miles away. It baffled me for ages. I then experienced it at Liddington Castle much more strongly.

It seemed to be the Lorries (the big ones!) on the M4 (close) going over a bridge and the vibration and boom sound that accompanied was felt very strongly.

WF