THE LONGEST day was welcomed with beautiful harp playing on Selsley Common at dawn this morning.

At daybreak, harpist Morwenna Louttit-Vermaat from Hands on Harps and storyteller Josie Felce from Story Magic, both from Stroud, welcome the rising of the midsummer solstice sun with string music as it burns red and orange over Selsley Common.

This stunning video was taken by Stroud freelance photographer Simon Pizzey.