Starting on Thursday 10th and concluding Sunday 13th April 2008, the Clan of The great Bear held the latest of its folkmoots. Though this is the first to be recorded in this blog, this is the tenth such meeting that has been held by brethren of the Clan since our endevour was magically inaugurated on Midsummer Day last year. Typical among the elements of our folkmoots are physical excercise, intense academic debates (amongst other things), Blot, Sumbel and copious imbidment of ale and mead. Our recent folkmoot in Snowdonia in North Wales featured all of these elements. English and Welsh brothers tackled a gruelling ascent of Glydder Fawr in freezing winds and snow, concluding at the famed Devil’s Kitchen, a sheer gorge plummetting 3000ft from the mountainous heights into the valley below. Our rather damp nights under canvas were made bearable by the hospitality of the local pub, the Vaynol Arms in the little mountain village of Nant Peris, and by a strange soundtrack of hillbilly cajun music, provided by Baby Gramps. Our return trip from North Wales to Cardiff was broken by a detour to the magisterial Harlech Castle on the coast of the Irish Sea. On the return to civilisation, a traditional celbratory “traditionalist” curry was enjoyed by the group, before some of the brothers dispersed, and others continued the revellry at the hearth of one of our number. Please watch this space for upcoming photos of the recent folkmoot