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Enjoy the show. You're listening to Druidcast episode 135.

You're listening to Druidcast, episode 135. Hello, everyone. Hello everyone and welcome to Druidcast episode 135. I am your host Dave the Bard and

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and I know that many of you have also joined the order and started your journey on that

forest path that has been walked now by just over 20,000 members of the order over the

years and it's my honour to have been there walking that

path with you, my friends. A couple of weekends ago, it was the Order's annual summer gathering

in Glastonbury. 200 members from all over the world were there for ritual, music, friendship

and community, and it was, I think, one of the best we have ever had. On Sunday, Philip announced

to those present details of the order's succession plan for the position of chosen chief.

And in the afternoon, a video was uploaded to YouTube and to Philip's blog, but we want to get

this information out there to as many members of the order

as possible. So you know that this topic has been discussed a lot over recent years and things

are now underway to see a safe and gentle transition. So what I've done is taken the audio from

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