On Saturday 5th January a group of about 120 Brighton Permaculture Trust volunteers gathered for the annual Wassail. Wassail is a greeting meaning ‘Be of good health’. Orchards are wassailed to awaken the trees and encourage new growth and a bountiful harvest to the apple trees. The evening started at Hollingdean Community Orchard with traditional singing,…
Neil Smith aka ‘Bongo Neil’ to his friends was one of Brighton’s zany characters who I met over 20 years ago when I first came down this part of the world. He was a part of the alternative music scene where a collection of weird and wonderful people would congregate in the pubs and bang…