I am 8 years old and I am camping at Bears Rails with the Cubs. The leaders like to tell us how grizzly old Herne the Hunter stalks the woods at night, locking antlers with the stags.

We are sleeping in an improvised shelter of wood and tarpaulin and I need a wee. What are those sounds in the woods? Is that shadow just the twisty branches of an oak, or are those antlers?

(Drawing by George Cruikshank)

#folklore #windsorforest #camping #hernethehunter @folklore #woodland #storytelling

On the #Blakes7 podcast Straight Outta the Federation, I profile actor #JohnAbineri who plays Blake’s uncle in the episode Hostage. He also appeared in four #DoctorWho stories, #RedDwarf, and most relevant in both 1975’s The Legend of #RobinHood (as Marian’s uncle) and 1984’s #RobinofSherwood as #HerneTheHunter. https://blakes7.libsyn.com/straight-outta-the-federation-hostage #scifi #britishscifi #classictv

Going through photos on my phone, here's the time #Cernunnos / #HerneTheHunter was spying on me...

#Folklore #Celtic #FolkHorror