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Nigel

Twinn

Activities of the Tamar Dowsers 2012 to 2020

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2020
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December        Zoom talk by Andy Burnham 
                                The Old Stones and the Megalithic Portal
 
                                 Zoom talk by Graham Gardner
                                 Dowsing: Magic for the 21st Century
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November        Zoom talk by Derek Gane
                               The Samanic Pathway
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                               Zoom talk by Dr Patrick MacManaway
                               Farming and Landscape Healing
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October            Zoom talk by  Alison Denham
                               Guy Underwood's Features in the South West
 
September     Zoom talk by Nigel Twinn
                               Fraying at the Margins/The Idea of Dowsing
 
February          Talk by Sue Edwards and Alan Jones
                                  The Sacred Feminine: the Arthur/Merlin mythos
 
January               Talk by Chris Hytch
                                  Past Life Dowsing
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2019
 
December           Talk by Nigel Twinn
                                  The Linear Landscape
 
                                  Field trip with Anne Hughes
                                  Winter Solstice at The Hurlers
                  
November          Talk by Sue Wallace and Peter Knight
                                  Albion Dreamtime
         
October                Talk by Sue Weaver
                                  Crystals and Crystal Healing
 
Septem                Field trip with Nick Butcher
                                  Mount Edgcumbe
                                    
August                 Field trip with Helen Fox
                                  Secret Siblyback
                  
June                       Field trip
                                 The Hurlers at Midsummer
 
May                       Workshop with David Lockwood
                                 Dowsing and Healing
                           
April                     Talk by Marcus Mason
                                 Acupuncture and Earth Energy
                  
March                 Talk by Adrian Incledon-Webber
                                Holy Sites: Sacred Places
 
February           Talk by Andrew Tresidder         
                                Healing Yourself                                    
 
January              Talk by Alan Jones and Sue Edwards
                                 Outsiders amongst us
 
 
2018
 
December                  
Talk by Andy Burnham
                           The Old Stones
                  
November                  Talk by John Moss
                           Pasties, Cream Teas and Dowsing Rods
         
October                  
Talk by Gary Biltcliffe and Caroline Hoare
The Power of Place                  
 
September                 
 Improvers’ Day - Merrivale
                           with Nigel Twinn
 
                           Field trip - Finch Foundry
                           with Devon Dowsers
 
June                          
 DFest 2018
                           South Tawton
 
June                           Talk by Brian Sheen and Carolyn Kennett
                           Dowsing and Astronomy
 
February                  Talk by Gwynn Paulett
                           Did Julius Caesar cross my lawn?  
                                  
January                   Talk by Denise Lockwood
                           Hypnotherapy and Dowsing
 
 
2017
 
December                  
Talk by Jo May    
                                                                               Fogou
 
November                  
Talk by Peter Knight
                           Dartmoor Mindscapes
 
October                  Talk by Cheryl Straffon
                                 The Cornish Otherworld
 
September                  Finch Foundry
                           with Devon Dowsers
 
August                  Lundy Island
                           with Devon Dowsers
 
July                           In Search of Tywardreth Priory
 
May                           Small Pilgrim Places Field Trip
                           with Terry Faull
 
April                           Pentiddy Woods
                           Open Day
 
March                  Talk by Valerie Gosling and David Lockwood
                           The Work of the Duchy Healers         
 
February                  Talk by Helen Fox
                           The Holy Wells of Cornwall         
 
January                  Talk by Terry Faull
                           The Small Pilgrim Places Network
         
 
 
2016
 
December                  Talk by Sean Ferris
                           A Modern Alchemy         
 
November                  Talk by Nigel Twinn
                           What are Ley Lines?
 
October                  Illustrated Talk by Christopher Clarke
                           The Wisdom of the Kogi
 
September                  Finch Foundry
                           with Devon Dowsers
 
August                  West Cornwall Field Trip
                           with Palden Jenkins         
 
July                           Berry castle nr Torrington
                           with Devon Dowsers
 
June                           Talk and Field Visit to the Hurlers
                           with Callum Beeson
 
March                  Talk by Anne Hughes
                           Death - A Dowser’s Perspective
 
February                  Talk by Alan Jones
                           The Knights Templar
 
January                  Talk by Palden Jenkins
                           New Geomantic Discoveries in West Cornwall
 
                           
2015
 
December              Singing the Solstice Circles 
                                   The Hurlers at Imbolc
                                   Talk by Ann Lodygowski 
                            Advanced Animal Communication
 
November              Talk by Christopher Strong
                            Autobiography of a Sceptical Dowser
 
October                  
Talk by Bill Kenny and Nigel Twinn
 Dowsing by Listening
 
August                     Visit to Penhallam
 
July                           Demonstrations at Widecombe 
                                   for Dartmoor National Park Authority
                                   Merrivale  
                                     with Devon Dowsers
 
March                     Talk by Paul Broadhurst
                                     The Greenwich Meridian - Axis of Heaven
 
February               Workshop with Nigel Twinn
                                   Dowsing Asks BIG Questions
 
January                   Gong Bath 
                                    with Wendy Scott
 
 
2014
 
December                  Talk by Alan Neal
                           Belief and Disbelief
 
November                  Talk by Ann Lodygowski
                           Animal Communication
 
October                  Talk by Michael Williams
                           Mysterious Cornwall
 
September                  Celtic sites in North Cornwall 
with Terry Faull 
and the Devon Dowsers
 
August                   Duloe Stone Circle, Church and Holy Well
                           with the West Cornwall Dowsers
 
July                           Caradon Town Farm
                           
June                           Dowsing Improvers Session - 
Soussons Wood Stone Circle
with Nigel Twinn
                  
May                           The Hurlers Revisited
North Hill Woodcraft Day
 
Dowsing Improvers Session - Kit Hill
 
March                  Talk by Gary Biltcliffe and Caroline Hoare
                           The Spine of Albion
 
February                  Talk by Paul Gerry
                           The Measurement of Dowsing
 
January                   Talk by Alan Jones
                           Intuition and Total Sensory Perception
 
  
 
2013
 
December                   
Talk by Terry Faull 
Celtic Christianity in Devon and Cornwall
 
November                  
Talk by Peter Knight
                           The Cerne Abbas Giant
 
October                  
Padderbury Fort 
with Neville Wells
 
September                 
 Penhallam Mediaeval Manor House
                           Cothele - Apple day
                           St Stephen’s Village Fete - Langore
 
August                  
The Hurlers 
with Nigel Twinn
 
July                           
Wizewoods
with Nick Thompson and Jo Hayes
                           South Penquite 
with Gordon Ratcliffe
                           Rillaton ‘lost’ Manor House
 
June                           
Carwynnen Quoit         
with Pip Richards
         
May                           
International Dowsing Day - Belstone
                           Merrivale with Nigel Twinn
 
April                           North Hill Village Hall - Woodcraft Day
 
March                  
Talk by Richard Dealler
                           The Michael/Mary Pilgrim Route
 
February                  
Talk by David Ward
                           Dowsing and Hypnotherapy
 
January                 
Talk by David Lockwood
                           Achieving Optimum Health 
through Dowsing and Healing
 
 
2012
 
December                  
Talk by Adrian Incledon-Webber
                           Healing Your Home
 
November                  
Talk by Nigel Twinn
                           The Life and Work of Billy Gawn         
 
October                  
Visit to Trefrancks Farm, St Clether 
                           with the Kempthorne Family
 
September                  Cothele House - Apple Weekend
 
August                  
Widdecombe in the Moor 
with Alan Neal
 
May                           
International Dowsing Day
at The Hurlers         
 
April                           
North Hill Village Hall 
Woodcraft Day
 
February                   Talk by David Ward (postponed due to illness)
                           Talks by Alan Neal and Nigel Twinn         
 
January                 
 Talk by David Lockwood
Achieving Optimum Health 
through Dowsing and Healing
 
 
2011
 
December                 
 Talk by John Moss
                           Dowsing the Decagon
 
November                  
Talk by Dr Patrick MacManaway
                           Dowsing in Agriculture
 
October                  
Dowsing workshops at 
Cotehele House Apple Weekend
 
September                  
Dowsing workshop at Callington
                           for Haye Mill Charity Trust
                           Dowsing workshop at 
Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre 
for Children’s Hospice South West
 
August                  
Visit to Helman Tor 
with Alan Neal
 
June                           
Visit to Notter Tor 
with Gordon Ratcliffe
 
May                           
Trelawne House 
with Ruth & John McCoryn
 
April                          
 Visit to Kit Hill 
with Alan Neal
                           Woodcraft Day at North Hill 
 
March         
Archaeological sites near 
The Hurlers on Bodmin Moor
 
February                  
Talk by Dave Hooley
                           The Archaeology of South East Bodmin Moor
 
January         
Tales of the Unexpected
 with Jacki Ellis-Martin
 
 
 
2010
 
December                   
Talk by Nigel Twinn
                           The Life of Hamish Miller
 
November                   
Talk by Paul Broadhurst
                           The Secret Land
 
October                  
Visit to Cullacott House 
with Alan Neal 
 
September               
   Railways and Romans at Nanstallon
with John & Ruth McCoryn
 
August                  
Visit to Warbstowbury
                           with Annie Holland
 
July                           
Visit to Ed Prinn’s Stone Circle
with the Celtic Dowsers
 
June                           
Visit to Pentillie Castle
 with other Dowsing Groups
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 May
                            Woodcraft Day at North Hill         
                           Perran Sands and Penhale Round 
                           with West Cornwall Dowsers
 
April                          
 Visit to Launceston Priory 
with Jacki Ellis-Martin
 
March                
   Walk on Kit Hill
with Alan Neal
 
February                  
 Talk By Nick Thompson
                           The Pagan World
 
January                   
Talk by Peter Knight
                           The Stones of Dartmoor         
 
 
2009
 
December                  
Talk by Lucy Pringle
                           The Crop Circle Enigma
 
November                  Talk by Bart O’Farrell
                           Dowsing in West Cornwall
 
October                  St Peter’s Church - Stoke Beach
 
September                  Looe Island
 
August         
The Hurlers 
with David Lockwood 
and Adrian Incledon-Webber
 
July                           
Poundstock
with Terry Faull
 
June                           Calstock Church and Roman Fort
 
May                           Trerose Manor - Mawnan Smith
 
April                          
 Windsworth, Looe 
with Caroline Petherick
 
March                  Pencarrow House
 
February                  Alan Neal
                           Dowsing and Light
 
January                  Talk by Cheryl Straffon
                           Sun, Moon and Standing Stones
 
 
2008
 
December                           Talk by Hamish Miller
                                    The Parallel Community
 
November                           Talk by Andy Norfolk
                                    Song Lines of Cornwall
 
October                           Brentor and Lydford
 
September                           Hannafore Chapel 
 
August                           Illand Nurseries 
                                    with Ken and Ethnie Roberts
 
July                                   
 Kit Hill 
with Alan Neal
 
June                                    Stamford Hill nr Bude
 
May                                    
The Lost Railways of East Cornwall 
with John McCoryn
 
April                                    St Breock Downs
 
March                           Haye Mill nr Callington
                                    with John and Suzanne Littlewood
 
February                           Talk by Terry Faull
                                    Celtic Christianity         
 
January                           Talk by Alan Neal
                                    Dowsing around Kit Hill
 
 
2007
 
December                           Talk by Paul Broadhurst         
                                    St George and the Dragon Power
 
November                           Talk by Marilyn Hopkins
                                    The Templars
 
October                           
Stara Woods
with Anne Hughes 
 
September                           Yelverton Airfield         
 
August                  
Bearah Tor and Langstone Downs 
with Pete Bousefield
 
July                                    Trecarrell Manor 
 
June                                    
North Petherwin
 with Terry Faull 
 
May        
 Starra Woods 
(postponed due to severe weather)
 
April                                    Slaughterbridge Archaeological Site 
                                    with West Cornwall Dowsers
 
March                           Coleton Fishacre
 
February                           Talk by Alan Neal
                                    The Charlotte Dymond Mystery
 
January                           Talk by Cheryl Straffon
                                    Megalithic Mysteries of Cornwall
 
 
2006
 
December                           Talk by Hamish Miller
                                    In Search of the Southern Serpent
 
November                           Talk by Aaron Bray
                                    Dowsing - then Drilling
 
October                           King Arthur’s Hall
 
September                           Cadsonbury Hill Fort
 
August                           
Rame Peninsula 
with Ruth and John McCoryn
 
July                                    Merrivale - with Devon Dowsers
 
June                                    Hawker Country - with Alan Neal 
 
May                                    Michaelstow - with Terry Faull
 
April                                    
Castle an Dinas and Roche Rock 
with the West Cornwall Dowsers
 
March                           Kit Hill - with Alan Neal
 
February                           Talk by David Lockwood
                                    Leys and Energy Lines
 
January                           Talk by Alan Neal
                                    Dowsing and Healing
 
2005
 
December                           Talk by John Moss
                                    The Stone Circle at May Cottage
 
November                           Trecarrell Manor
 
October                           Penfound Manor
 
September                           The Hurlers
 
August                           Warbstow Bury
 
July         
The Charlotte Dymond Mystery 
with Alan Neal
 
June                                    
Rame Church and Maker Camp 
with Ruth and John McCoryn 
 
May                                    
Talk by Terry Faull
Holy Wells
 
April                                    Cullacott House
 
Mar                                    Castle Dore
 
February                           Tintagel
 
January                            
Trewen  
with David and Denise Lockwood
 
 
2004
 
December                           Talk by Ann Moore
                                    Dowsing with a Twist
 
November         
St Clether Chapel, Church, 
Holy Well & Crosses
 
October                           
Middlewood Nurseries 
with Pete and Jenny Bousefield
 
September                           Restormel Castle  
                                    with Ruth and John McCoryn
 
August                          
 Pengersick Castle 
with Alan Neal
 
July                                    The Stripple & The Trippet Stones         
                                    with Joy and Graham Montague
 
June                                    Okehampton Castle
 
May                                    
Berry Castle 
with Gordon Ratcliffe
 
April                                    Treburrow
 
March                           Berry Down
 
February                           The Hurlers Stone Circles
 
 
 
2003
 
November                           
Darley Ford 
with Jacki Ellis-Martin
 
September                           
Trewotha Farm
                           Talk by John Christian
 
August                           Merrivale Stone Rows
 
June          
Nine Maidens, Belstone 
with Annie Holland 
 
May                                    Cadsonbury
 
April                                    Duloe and St Cuby
 
March                           Rocky Valley and St. Nectan’s Glen
 
February                           Talk by Allan Bennett
                                    Field Trip to Blacktor
 
 
2002
 
September                           Penhallam Mediaeval Manor House
 
August                           Picklebury Fort
 
July                                    St Breock Standing Stones
 
June                                    
King Arthur’s Hall
with Alan Neal
 
May                                    
Polson, Launceston
with Derek Palmer

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