Whittenbury’s Watch
‘USING THE HANDS OF TIME TO MAKE THE OTHERWISE UNSEEN AND ORDINARY VISIBLE AND MAGICAL’
Welcome to ’Whittenbury’s Watch’ a feature of our host site www.TheHaymakersSurvey.com. If you like what we do please tell your friends.
Imagine Mother Earth’s spirit - or some other force - had found a way to guide us. Mother Earth knows people are curious - interested in the mysterious and the extraordinary! She also wants to appeal to our common humanity - focusing on love, art and nature! So imagine this:
- Mother Nature sends us a messenger as the voice of the animal kingdom.
- She secretly recruits famous creative people from the past and popular icons from the modern world.
- She then presents to us a remarkable set of coincidences to make the otherwise unseen and ordinary visible and magical.
This is the magic of ‘The Haymakers Survey’. If you love our planet, are concerned what we are doing to it and are spiritual or simply interested in the unexplained you’ve come to the right place.
Our Watch began in January 2007 . Readers of our novel were advised to checkout world events against the questions and events in our story. Something truely extraordinary is taking place.
Our latest posts include our take on the Rolling Stones returned to No 1 in the UK charts, the Icelandic volcano and the 40th anniversary of the break-up of The Beatles. These are just recent examples. We have hundreds that seems to suggest we’re being warned to change our ways. You can review our Watch by date, survey question number or theme, including the Haymakers’ Watch Wonders. The themes we’ve seen include:
Albinos
Many examples of pure white versions of animals connected to our story - for example -a stag, hedgehog, squirrels! Charles Lamb’s journal describes how this links to the need to value our diversity, for pure white contains every colour in the rainbow! watch.thehaymakerssurvey.com/?s=albino
Anagrams
A key feature of our story, and linked to the names of people or places reflected in many of our examples are anagrams that complement ‘The Haymakers Survey’. This is Great Art!
Animal behaviour, features and discoveries
Our story gives a voice to nature. In response nature seems to be crying out to us through record breaking acts, strange behaviour and unusual features.
Anniversaries
A regular stream of key anniversaries linked to the Survey, such as 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love and the Moon Landings. watch.thehaymakerssurvey.com/?s=anniversary
Art magic
Our novel was named, in part, after the Haymakers painting, and great works of art influenced the story. There’s been a great deal of activity and news about art, which readily sits with our tale, such as the discovery of La Surprise and exhibitions of work by artists to feature in the Blakesware Set or influence events in the story (eg William Blake and J Waterhouse).
The Beatles, other ’60s superstars and modern icons
The creative genius of The Beatles provided much of the inspiration for the novel. We’ve seen numerous examples of curious Beatles/beetles/ John Lennon/ Paul McCartney related stories linked to our questions - most recently the Bootleg Beatles appearance in Herts. watch.thehaymakerssurvey.com/?s=beatles
Other popular musicians from the period - Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones - are also finding their way into the Watch! Modern icons celebrating their 50th year are involved too - Madonna, thanks largely to her ‘Hey You’ song and appearance at Live Earth and the much admired if not controversial Micheal Jackson.
Crop circle formations
The novel includes the appearance of a crop circle in Hertfordshire 200 years ago. Whether genuine or fabricated, we’ve seen many examples since which appear to represent events and things in the novel.
Lucy
Is nature personified in our story. Odd then that many of our watch items involve different people or animals, each called Lucy, including a much loved landlady at the Hay-on-Wye festival!
Parrots
Parrots are renowned for mimicking the human voice and other sounds: we’ve seen a number of curious calls by parrots that might readily be seen as wake-up calls by Mother Nature.
Sheep
Unusual antics of activity involving sheep - possibly because of the Lamb link! Examples include a lamb resembling a panda, sheep up on the roof, sheep shrinking and one standing on the cliff edge.
Space
Celestial bodies feature heavily in our tale. We’ve seen many incredible signs and discoveries in space linked to our project, on Venus, Jupiter, Mars and through a series of solar and lunar eclipses.
Sports
Human achievement and endeavour is part of our tale. We’ve captured many curious examples, including on record breaking Olympiads.
Squirrels
The role of squirrels in the Yggdrasil myth features in out tale. Squirrels have been up to all sorts of tricks in our watch. watch.thehaymakerssurvey.com/?s=squirrel
Statues
The role of Uncle John Plumer’s lion head statue in our story is significant. We’ve seen several examples of statues relevant to The Haymakers Survey.
Three of Hearts
Our project’s all about Love, Art and Nature, represented by the Three of Hearts in our story. Many items on our watch feature the number 3! Maybe it really is a special number?
X Factor
Numerous examples linked to the question posed in our novel: Do we have what it takes (the X Factor) to be guardians of planet Earth?
You can find these using the search function at the end of the page. Could it be that the Earth Spirit or a divine force is behind ‘The Haymakers Survey’ and using it as a means to show us - the human race - that we need to live with respect for our planet and the animals who share it with us?
Our novel ‘The Haymakers Survey - Our Secret Inheritance’ revealed the deep magic behind the Watch. The First edition has SOLD OUT but a reprint is now available. We’ve also put a pdf version online http://www.thehaymakerssurvey.com/Novel.php
We’re also publishing videos including images from the Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0KyN3RUNI4 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVebuH-YtbQ
Take a look for yourself. “It’s all here… it’s all real… the seemingly impossible is happening in the world about us!”
Chrissie (AKA Billie Shears)