Gathering under the stars
Robert Keeble reflects on living the simple life at Yearly Meeting Gathering.
As the rain cleared, Friends started to arrive on foot, by bike, car and motor home. We came from all parts of Britain Yearly Meeting, including four Friends from Orkney.
We were blessed with a very large field, well away from the noise of the main road. The brisk fifteen minute walk from the university campus to the camp field took us past the ‘Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ sign, as well as over a cattle grid and past a field of hens, with fresh eggs available from the Rainbow Wood farm house.
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