Ashmore in torrential rain!

Excellent Leadership and Management training today and in a very beautiful part of the county so knew I could get any number of pretty blips on the way home......that's until the rain came:-(

Ashmore is a very quaint little village situated on Cranborne Chase about five miles south of Shaftesbury. The village consists of a church and 83 old stone cottages and farms, many with thatched roofs. The village is built around a clay-lined dew pond which provided water before pipes were installed. This pond or "mere" is what gave the village its original name of "Ashmere". At over 700 feet above sea level the village is the highest in Dorset.
The village is situated on the Roman road from Bath to Badbury Rings. Villagers celebrate the longest day in June by hosting the Filly Loo where much dancing takes place around the pond. A Green Man arrives in a procession and takes part in the first dance to start the evening. Dancing continues until dusk culminating with the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. This is a torchlit procession with six antlered deer-men, a Maid Marion, a bowman, a hobby horse and a fool. Accompanying this procession is a very haunting solo melody which adds to the atmosphere. The evening closes with torches in the ground around the pond and everyone holding hands for the last dance. Lots of fun!