We started with some careful preparation, breaking up the wax reclaimed from our solar extractor, warming it in a bain marie to melting point then carefully pouring it into our expertly designed wax pot ( two baked bean tins welded together and set into two paint tins)...
Very soon our wax pot was ready for us to dip our pre-prepared wicks...
Then the real fun began. A self organised group of bee keepers in a constant procession dipping wicks that gradually built up to be candles...
There was a rack for those who needed to pause and leave their candles to rest for a moment whilst they sampled a little mead and a mince pie or roll out a flaw between two sheets of glass...
There were no prizes for the biggest candle of the night...
Everyone had a prize candle to take home...
