The event happens every January in Chepstow, Wales. With the Mary Llywd procession, mingling with the Wassail, and over from the border, Sedbury.	Wassail 2025 - This year the crowd were in full celebration to bring the light into the dark. Colours, tradition, horses heads, music and poetry.	Wassail 2025 - This year the crowd were in full celebration to bring the light into the dark. Colours, tradition, horses heads, music and poetry
Wassail 2025 - This year the crowd were in full celebration to bring the light into the dark. Colours, tradition, horses heads, music and poetry	Wassail 2025 - This year the crowd were in full celebration to bring the light into the dark. Colours, tradition, horses heads, music and poetry	Wassail 2025 - This year the crowd were in full celebration to bring the light into the dark. Colours, tradition, horses heads, music and poetry
Wassail 2025 - This year the crowd were in full celebration to bring the light into the dark. Colours, tradition, horses heads, music and poetry	Wassail 2025 - This year the crowd were in full celebration to bring the light into the dark. Colours, tradition, horses heads, music and poetry	Craft workshop in caldicot casle
Battlement walkabout in Chepstow castle.	Involved folk in discussion and song.	The morris dance group have a very traditional contrasting purple and blue attire, and appear at every Chepstow Wassail / Mray Llywd event.
An accordion performer along with various teams of dancers for the afternoon.	These horse heads add to the humour of the event.	Chepstow castle Mary Llywd
Late afternoon sun offers a dynamic viewpoint, and surprising shadows.	Late afternoon sun offers a dynamic viewpoint, and surprising shadows.	Late afternoon sun offers a dynamic viewpoint, and surprising shadows.
Late afternoon sun offers a dynamic viewpoint, and surprising shadows.	Late afternoon sun offers a dynamic viewpoint, and surprising shadows.	Late afternoon sun offers a dynamic viewpoint, and surprising shadows.
Late afternoon sun offers a dynamic viewpoint, and surprising shadows.	Packed high street procession of the event, with plenty of horse skull theatrics and humorous musicians.	Lancaut is actually a nature reserve now, but had a small population once. On the banks of the Wye stand St James Church. The path beyond the building leads along the Wye back into Chepstow, and splits off to join Offas Dike.
Lancaut is actually a nature reserve now, but had a small population once. On the banks of the Wye stand St James Church. The path beyond the building leads along the Wye back into Chepstow, and splits off to join Offas Dike.	A few loose morning ends, as stalls were stocking up.	I laid on my back on the loose scree to gain this angle.
To help guide vessels inbound to Bristol City, the Avon has these slightly rusty boxes, with character, placed into position.	To help guide vessels inbound to Bristol City, the Avon has these slightly rusty boxes, with character, placed into position.	A fellow hiker friend stood out to look to the horizon, on one of the many breath taking standpoints in the Peak District.
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Some Henry Moore shapes looming in the shadows.
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