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Gardner’s Double Appleton

Grahame Gardner

Labyrinthine revelations… a gift from Troy Farm. A version of this article was published in The Labyrinth Society’s publication ‘Labyrinth Pathways’ no. 5, Sept. 2011 I have long been a fan of the Appleton labyrinth dance ‘discovered’ by Jon Appleton and popularised ever since at almost every meeting of labyrinth aficionados (if you don’t know what an ‘Appleton’ is, click here for details). Recently I had the privilege of having the 15-circuit Classical Troy Farm labyrinth near Somerton to play in for the weekend with a group of students on a course I was teaching for the British Society of … Continue reading Gardner’s Double Appleton

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Walk away winter blues with a snow labyrinth

Grahame Gardner

If you’re suffering from the heavy snow plaguing the country just now and are feeling a bit depressed about the weather, or if your kids are bored with building snowmen and you’re looking for something else to entertain them, why not make a snow labyrinth? They look great, give you a real sense of achievement when you’ve made one; and then of course you have a labyrinth that you can walk again and again – at least until the snow melts. Constructing a snow labyrinth is a little trickier than normal. Usually when drawing a labyrinth, you construct it from … Continue reading Walk away winter blues with a snow labyrinth