Hand powered: Traditional Land based Skills
Events and Courses
Event and course dates:
Cambridge Scythe Festival Sunday 20 July 2025
Wandlebury Country Park, CB22 3AE Wandlebury Country Park is on the Gog Magog Hills, just south of Cambridge. Hosted by kind permission of Cambridge Past Present and Future. Day visitors should park in the pay and display car park and follow the signs to the scything field. Anyone who is travelling a distance to the event should contact Jim McVittie (jim@mcvittie.me.uk) as there is no camping on site. There will also be a scything course on the Saturday. To book go to https://www.cambridgeppf.org/Event/learn-to-scythejuly25
Help is also needed on Saturday to prepare for the Sunday event. Contact Jim if you can help.
Danny and Helene will be present at the events above, and will be running the following events, see below:
Community mow - Meadow scything event (bring your own scythe) Llawryglyn, 31 July 2025 10.00 am - 4.00 pm, Free
Come along to a community event to scythe a beautiful meadow in mid-Wales. Lunch provided. Previous experience of scything required. This is a free event however you must book your place - please email hand.powered@yahoo.com
Tool sharpening Workshop at Dyfed Permaculture Farm, Penboyr, 16 August 2025 10.00 am - 4.00 pm. £98 per person
Bring your hand tools in need of TLC and we'll take you through the best ways to sharpen them. We'll cover tools such as spades, hoes, loppers, secateurs, shears and saws. Please email hand.powered@yahoo.com to book your place.
For more information and photos of past courses, please go to Danny Hodgson's Facebook page. You can contact us for more info through Danny's Facebook page, by email, by phone or on Instagram: @indigenous_journey.
See below posters for the events listed above
CONTACT US
Tel: 07834240559
Email: hand.powered@yahoo.com
Members of the Scythe Association of Britain & Ireland http://scytheassociation.org/ and the National Hedgelaying Society https://www.hedgelaying.org.uk/
Copyright 2025 Danny Hodgson