Adventures in the Czech Republic

The 31st April is an important day in the Czech calendar. It is the day when they raise the maypole and "burn" witches. This year ...

As I was walking in the woods above my home I came across these two monsters. I walk there regularly (especially in the mushroom season) and...

On the last day of April the Czechs set up their maypoles, light bonfires and on occasion burn a witch's effigy, oh and drink a lot of b...

I am back in England now. It is all very strange to leave our house in Czecho, to come home from home. It was almost as though the weather k...

In my previous post I talked briefly about the maypoles that are the centre feature of many village greens in this part of the world. It doe...