I have been writing about this for years, hundreds of blogs on the subject and attended a few scattering ashes ceremonies, I have seen evidence of where people have scattered ashes – both well and not so well. However, I had not witnessed one as a third party before. Sunday just gone was the longest…
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If Lockdown stopped you from having the funeral you wanted for them…
Lockdown has caused so many problems for so many people, one of the worst hit are the bereaved. Not only have they lost someone they love, but they had to suffer the trauma of severely restricted funeral. Not being allowed to say ‘goodbye’ in the way you wish can hurt and not just at the…
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Wishes if for your ashes are impacted by Coronavirus – one lady’s qiuestion
So I have been keeping an eye out for covid-19 ashes stories, and came across this question that was sent to the ITV helpdesk Diane – l am British and my son lives in the USA. l have always wanted my ashes to be scattered at sea there – on the beach where my…
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Covid-19 & crematoria – should councils be banning families from funerals?
Covid-19 Dear Councils Please could you reconsider your stance on Cremations during Covid-19 outbreak. A number of councils have banned mourners from attending the cremation in order to protect their staff. I want to make it absolutely clear how I feel about this – this is wrong: plain and simple Here are the reasons why…
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Scattering Ashes Covid-19/Coronavirus advice
These unprecedented times have led to a huge amount of confusion on social do’s and don’t. The following is merely our opinion based on Government advice and has no legal standing. Scattering Ashes in a lockdown situation: What we know – Funerals are to go ahead, but mourners are to be limited to immediate…
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Lancaster Coast and River Lune
Scattering Ashes at Sea and River – Lancaster Location Lancaster Area of operation River Lune, Lancaster, Whitehaven, Isle of Man Type of boat Various Duration of trip Dependant on customer needs Capacity of boat 12 People Refreshments Available on some boats Cost On application Disabled Access On the Catamarans Parking Yes Free Parking Average time…
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Lancashire: Fleetwood Fylde Coast
Scattering Ashes at Sea – Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast Location Fleetwood, Lancashire Area of operation Irish sea Type of boat Aquastar 38 Duration of trip Up to 1 hour Capacity of boat 12 People Refreshments Not Available Ceremony Scattering ashes directly onto the water can lead to them being blown about which some families may…
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Carrying Ashes on a KLM flight: Airline Policy
If you are carrying cremated remains / ashes on a KLM airline then you should be aware that this is there policy: An urn can be taken as part of hand baggage, or as check-in baggage. • The urn’s crematorium certificate must be brought and be shown during security check, so the urn will not…
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Ashes in the Wind by Robert Challans
We have had a lovely poem submitted by one of our visitors, we thought we should share it, we hope you like it… Ashes in the Wind. Mourn me not as I dance upon the wind Be not sad as I go my way Now is the time to be my friend On my…
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Mother’s Day Competition
Mother’s Day Competition Want to treat your mum to a fabulous Devon Cream tea at @GlazbrookHouseHotel on us? Enter our Mother’s Day Competition. We’re on the hunt for a mother and daughter to feature in our new brochure. If you and your mum/daughter would like to have your hair and makeup professionally done, be photographed…
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Can someone scatter ashes for me? Yes
Can someone scatter ashes for me? A lot of people leave last requests regarding where they want their ashes to be scattered, as family member or friend this may turn out to be quite an onerous task. People’s choice of locations for the final resting place of their ashes can be hugely varied – a…
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Can you scatter ashes anywhere?
Can you scatter ashes anywhere? The answer is no you can’t. The law in UK is very relaxed compared to many countries but you need the landowners permission. Someone landowners are fine and others are not. As a general rule of thumb the more open and spacious the more likely you are to get permission.…
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Scattering Ashes at Sea Ferryside Carmarthen Bay, Wales
Scattering Ashes on Ferryside Carmarthen Bay, Wales If you want a water ceremony for scattering your loved ones ashes in the South Coast of Wales. Location Ferryside, Carmarthen Bay Area of operation Carmarthen Bay (Ferryside, Llansteffan, Kidwelly, Laugharne, Pendine, Burry Port, Carmarthen, Llanelli) Type of boat Amphibious partially enclosed vessel with seats Duration of trip…
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Losing Ashes Jewellery – Steps to take to keep it safe
Ashes Jewellery is one of the most precious items you’ll own. We know because people tell us. We even have some people order a piece then don’t where it because they get so worked up about losing it. We also know what happens when people who do lose items, and how they try to get…
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How to plan a spreading of ashes ceremony – 5 thoughts for 2020
First thing – DON’T RUSH. Here are five points when considering how to plan a scattering of ashes ceremony Firstly, decide where you want the ceremony. The choice of locations is huge and impossible to list, but here are a few things you should consider: Do you want to be able to visit frequently? Do…
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Does scattering the ashes of a loved one bring closure
We are often asked “Does scattering the ashes of a loved one bring closure?”. The answer is complicated, closure on what? What is it you want closure on? After many discussions with grief specialists I have have come to agree that the term closure is unhelpful. It conjures up thoughts “Right that’s him sorted, time…
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New Survey – Return of Ashes from the Crematorium
Crematorium hand over 400k crematoriums in the UK every year, the average price of a price of a cremation is £850 It don’t need a Nobel prize winning mathaniciacan to work out this is a sizable industry. It is a caring industry too, over the past few years we have been polling the public to…
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Hindu Ashes Immersion Ceremony in the UK – 2020
The population of Hindus and Sikhs in the UK is over 800k. Many of the second-generation Indian diaspora are now in the position of having to arrange funerals. They may not be versed in Hindu and Sikh funeral rights, below is brief guide to help those want to respect their relative’s tradition, but do not…
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I want a Viking Funeral – What can I do?
“Dad said he wanted a Viking funeral; can it be done” this is pretty much as a call we received last week. This is not as unusual request as you might think, films, novels, TV series like Game of Thrones or Vikings amongst other things trigger something within our imagination. And there is something about…
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Splitting the ashes – How many Scatter Tubes are needed?
Splitting the ashes – How many Scatter Tubes are needed? Splitting the ashes? Do you want or need to split the ashes amongst family and/or friends? More and more people want to split ashes, there are a number for reasons for this, here are two of the most common: The person wanted to be scattered…
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Veteran’s Ashes Parachuted in for a final farewell
Remembrance Sunday Remembrance Sunday is an important time of reflection. It has been 101 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the ‘Great’ War, 75 years since D-Day and this year also saw the 75th anniversary of the ill-fated operation Market Garden, the offensive to capture strategic bridges in the Netherlands, that…
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Scattering Ashes at Sea: Newhaven: Sussex
Scattering Ashes on the Newhaven, Sussex If you want a water ceremony for scattering your loved ones ashes in the South Coast on the Channel Location Newhaven Marina W Quay, Newhaven BN9 9BY Area of operation Category 6 3 miles from Newhaven Marina Type of boat Luxury Mediterranean rib Duration of trip Any time Capacity…
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Does your family need more time at the Crematorium?
Does your family need more time at the Crematorium? Does your family need more time at the Crematorium? A rushed service is not a good experience for anyone. In fact, our research shows, when you feel you have not had enough time to say goodbye – it can upset, enrage, distress even traumatize someone. BUT,…
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Ashes incorporated in wedding fingernail design
Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue, the old phrase that brides refer to when hoping to bring luck to the marriage. So once you have checked these off the list the next obvious request would be to have your nail design incorporated a sprinkling of you fathers ashes, right? Well okay not…
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Gandhi’s ashes urn stolen
Gandhi’s ashes urn stolen Gandhi’s ashes urn stolen. Mahatma Gandhi, considered by many Indians to be ‘the father of the Nation’, has had his 150th Birthday celebrations slightly marred. An urn containing a portion of his ashes was stolen from the Bapu Bhawan memorial in the state of Madhya Pradesh, and a poster of the…
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Bespoke Wooden Urns – Meet Your Maker – Simon Hopwood
Bespoke Wooden Urns Bespoke Wooden Urns that are Local – Sustainable – Handmade – Bespoke – Unique – brimming with Craftsmanship. We have a passion for all the above and Simon our carpenter who makes our Dartmoor range of Wooden Urns covers all these bases and more. Simon has been a woodworker for 25 years,…
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Mortonhall Crematorium – Tough Talking their way back into the people’s hearts?
Mortonhall Crematorium Mortonhall crematorium in Edinburgh has had more than its fair share on controversy. In 2013 it was the centre of the baby ashes scandal. They had been disposing of premature baby ashes and telling parents there weren’t any ashes to collect. This caused a huge furore and quite rightly so! (see our previous…
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Is a will the last word on ashes? 2019
Wills are funny things. They can be as eccentric as the people who make them. Think of Jonathan Jackson, who set aside a small fortune in his will for the construction of a mansion for cats. Or Houdini, who asked his wife to conduct a séance each year on the anniversary of his death. We…
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Exhumation of Ashes, Rounders and Drug Dealing
If you have buried ashes and you want to move them it can be difficult if not impossible, particularly if they the ground they are buried in has on blessed (consecrated ground). In which case it is up to the Church of England’s court to decide whether they can be removed. And they don’t like…
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Woman sunbathes in the middle of a Scattering Ashes Ceremony
This image surprised and saddened me. It appeared on the website Reddit and it shows a woman sunbathing in the middle of an ash scattering ceremony. The story comes from Hungary, the son had started to clear a space of debris etc in preparation for the ashes ceremony early that morning, as it was his…
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Land Rover Funerals
Company Name Land Rover Funerals About the company Land Rover Funerals offer a unique 4×4 Land Rover hearse and support vehicle. With the these iconic and instantly recognisable vehicles you can express and show off your loved one’s passion in life, whether country or city based. Land Rover Funerals’ Defender hearse is available with…
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Is the crematorium the right place to hold a funeral?
Over recent year there has been an increasing trend to hold the entire funeral at the crematorium. Recent figures suggest that this is around 80% of families do this. This is possibly due to several factors. Increased secularisation, the church was always the main place for a funeral and then often it would be close…
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Direct Cremation is not for everyone, but it is for some
Direct cremation, never heard of it? Well it is what David Bowie did when he died. No family, no crematoria visit, no fuss. He then had his ashes scattered in Bali (Indonesia). Direct cremation is not a new phenomenon but in its current form it is different enough to be making a stir. Depending on…
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Bennetts Funeral Directors: Brentwood, Essex
Company Name Bennetts Funeral Directors About the company Traditional funeral directors with a contemporary edge. Bennetts Funeral Directors have been established since 1891, we pride ourselves on still being a family owned and run business with care of the family, before, during and after the funeral is of paramount importance. Our two bereavement groups…
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Where would you Celebrate the life of your loved one?
Competition Time To enter our competition all you need to do is fill in the form below with your name, email address, where you would like to celebrate the life of your loved one and why. We will select 10 suggestions at random on the 1st August and email you to get details of where…
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Dumping of Ashes makes a Scottish beauty spot unsightly
Scatter ashes at beauty spots hits the papers again For ten years I have writing about scattering ashes, where you can and where you can’t, what you should and shouldn’t do. In fact, in one of my early post I had angry walker in the Lake District blaming me [how very dare he!] for the…
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Ashes Jewellery – Why does it help us grieve?
Losing someone you love is difficult, most of want a connection to that special person. The question is how to make that connection, that memory bond, so it is not surprising to me that funeral or mourning jewellery (ashes jewellery as we think of it now), is now a popular choice. Mourning Jewellery has been…
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Companion Ashes Jewellery
Companion Ashes Jewellery Companion Ashes Jewellery is a fantastic way to keep the ashes of two or more sets of your loved one’s ashes with you forever. You might want a pendant with Grandma and Grandad’s ashes, or Mum and Dad, or two pets. Whoever you want to cherish we can create a unique and…
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Scattering ashes location for Sikh and Hindus in Glasgow Scotland
Inverclyde council in Scotland which is on the banks of the Clyde River is the first authority in Scotland to make official provision for the Sikh and Hindu community. They have done this by allocating a place for the scattering of ashes into river, so that the community can carry out funeral rites. The council…
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Embassies in the UK – Contacts for travelling with ashes
Embassies in the UK – Contacts for travelling with ashes THE LONDON DIPLOMATIC LIST Alphabetical list of the representatives of Foreign States & Commonwealth Countries in London with the names & designations of the persons returned as composing their Diplomatic Staff. Representatives of Foreign States & Commonwealth Countries & their Diplomatic Staff enjoy privileges &…
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What to say while scattering ashes
What to say while scattering ashes Picking the right words to say while scattering ashes can seem daunting, but with a bit of preparation and thought it isn’t too tricky can be very cathartic. What you are looking to do is capture the essence of the person, without waffling or getting too upset. With a…
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What is a Water Ceremony?
What is a Water Ceremony? We are asked ‘what is a water ceremony’ almost every day so I thought I would put together an explanation. Please please ask any questions that you have that I haven’t covered in the comments underneath and we’ll always do our best to answer them. A water ceremony is simply…
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Handmade Keepsake Urns – Meet Your Maker – Clare Mahoney
Handmade Keepsake Urns by Clare Mahoney Handmade Keepsake Urns. Clare Mahoney is a ceramic artist with a fascination for the natural world. A member of the renowned Devon Guild of Master Craftsmen. She works exclusively in clay using a variety of techniques. A graduate of The Glasgow School of Art, completing an MA at Howard…
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Flower Symbolism for Water Ceremonies
Flower Symbolism for Water Ceremonies Flower Symbolism for Water Ceremonies. Using flowers can add a very special element to your ceremony. You can add different flowers simply because you like them. Or you might like to add flowers because they mean something symbolic to you, your family or your beliefs. Flowers can be a central…
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How much for losing ashes?!
We often ponder the value of ashes: to some they are worthless to others the most precious item on the planet, in previous posts we have considered their worth in monetary terms. Well in a recent case in the town of Mobile – a port city on Alabama’s Gulf Coast in US (yes, I thought…
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Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday everyone. So if like me you’re still full from the pancakes yesterday you’re not alone! Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day is when many countries with a Christian population celebrate. Traditionally you would empty your larder of all the goodies before you embarked upon Lent. You can see the almost literal translation in…
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TV wants to hear from families that want to scatter or have them scattered at an iconic landmark
Denhams TV in Plymouth are making a television programme for ITV and would love to hear real-life stories from people who have decided to do something extra special with ashes to commemorate a life. The programme is a celebration of Britain’s most iconic landmarks and we would like to highlight the British public’s connection with…
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