Flames light the night and the beat of the drum calls…
Guardians await the coming of the Silver Fox…
Foxes prowl the night…
…and the revellers become aware… and they follow.
Music fills the night…
Trees blossom with fireflowers…
and strange creatures, half seen in the shadows.
The Silver Fox lights the torches…
Many flock to the banner…
Dragons dance in the flames…
…and a giant Crow challenges the Silver Fox.
…but he is no match for the feral fire.
and he flees into the shadows.
A shaft of flame from the staff of the Silver Fox lights the braziers…
and the Foxes dance, triumphant.
Esto Audax…Esto Ferox.
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
England, as an old country, should have more things like this.
I mean, I LITERALLY live 10 minutes away from a castle that was built in the 10th century.
Why are we not so interesting!?
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I live close to an ancient settlement, a Roman road and Saxon remains… and few in the village know about them. But this event is in England… Yorkshire…and the Foxes are most definitely local 🙂
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Is that really what they get up to in Holmfirth? Who’d have thought it? Gorgeous photos btw.
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Certainly the foxes invade once a year 🙂 thanks Jane.
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Timeless. Heart your heart out 21st Century.
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It is truly a magical experience that takes you out of time 🙂
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Love this – the photos, the light, the words – just fantastic! I imagine it’s quite an experience in person.
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It is a whole other world when you are there… the smells and sounds… an incredible experience. Every time 🙂
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Otherworldly seems a very apt way to describe it, Sue – it looks extraordinary.
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Oh it is 🙂 And to be inside the arena with them at the workshop was just amazing 🙂
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Awesome – I hope one day I’ll have the chance to see the Foxes.
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I hope you can, Mary. They are fabulous 🙂
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What a fabulous post. The pictures are truly amazing.
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So difficult to choose just a few… there are so many …
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No problem. Besides reading, looking at photos is my other love.
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I like pictures too 🙂 Not that you would ever have guessed, of course 😉
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🙂
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Thank you!
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Wonderful! Loved seeing Sid’s Cafe as well!
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You can’t help recognising so many of the locations there 🙂
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Reblogged this on stevetanham.
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Thanks Steve x
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Love the photos, Sue. The last close up is fabulous. All that fire and smoke sets such a wonderful mood; it’s so otherworldly and evocative. What great fun 🙂
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I would love to share all the rest of the photos… but hesitate to put several hundred of them on the blog 🙂 I am a dab hand now at framing the dancing ground and clicking in time to the music without actually looking at the screen 🙂 I don’t have to miss a thing 🙂
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Digital cameras are the best. Remember the old days? One technological advancement that we all enjoy 🙂
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I do… and all the films I could never afford to get processed too! 🙂
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Exactly! And all the pictures I didn’t take because I only had two shots left!
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Yep… I love my digital camera.. even if it does need replacing after a nasty fall…
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Excellent
always a good story always a good show
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That they are 🙂
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No wonder you are a mystery writer – so much beguilement in your photos and story.
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I’m not a mystery writer 🙂 Though I do write about the Mysteries.
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Oh, thanks for setting me straight!
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And thank you for the cmpliment 🙂
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