Do Not Lose Sight of The Sea

Coil spent their final five years in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, relocating from London to a 22-room Victorian mansion overlooking the Bristol Channel. This was the band's 'Moon Music' period, during which they produced their most haunting, ethereal and melancholy work. Do Not Lose Sight of the Sea explores the terrain that inspired that lunar period.

Highlights of the all-day exploration include Weston's sandy and rocky coast, the ruined Birnbeck Pier, the Golden Dawn's Osiris Temple (near neighbours of the Coil residence), Worlebury iron age Hillfort, and other 'Somerset substructures' including Balance's favourite bar, the Captain's Cabin. This exploration takes place against the backdrop of the slopes and pastures that inspired Dion Fortune's text The Sea Priestess and subsequently Coil's own cosmic coastal time-travel fantasy of the same name. The walk has been timed to coincide with an evening full moonrise.

As an optional extra, those staying Saturday night in Weston (and thereby getting the best of the full moon) are invited to join an epic, largely narrative-free ramble along the Brean Down Way on the morning and afternoon of Sunday 10 Aug, getting closer to the substance of Fortune and Balance's magickal and mythological landscapes and seascapes.

A waiting list will operate in the event of a sold-out walk; please add your details and the organiser will contact you if a space becomes available. Refunds will ONLY be possible when a ticket can be re-allocated. Tickets ARE transferable; please contact the organiser to re-assign a name and email to a ticket you can't use.

Full public liability insurance exists for the event.

Wear sensible shoes.

About your guide:

Ben has been a Coil fan since discovering Horse Rotorvator at his local lending library in Manchester in 1987. With his Still Walking organisation, he has explored the possibilities of the guided walk format beyond purely heritage culture. He is the author of the 2023 guidebook 111 Places in Birmingham that You Shouldn't Miss and, along with Spydeee Gasmantell, is the co-author of the 2018 epistolary publication Conscience.