A 30-year-old Chipp-enham man who was “full of love and touched everyone he met” has drowned at a festival in mid-Wales.

Timothy James Alexis Dawber, of Sarum Road, went for a dip in a pond with friends last week near the village of Llanddewi Brefi in Ceredigion. They raised the alarm when he did not return.

A spokesman for Dyfed-Powys Police said: “Specialist searches were conducted on Monday night and continued the next day in the pond and the surrounding area, but tragically a body was recovered from the water on Tuesday afternoon. There were no suspicious circumstances.”

His body was found on the last day of the Magikana Festival, a neotribal celebration of cosmic and spiritual arts.

Timothy, who went to St Mary’s pre-school and primary and then Sheldon School, later got a diploma in herbal medicine. He was a keen beekeeper and led wild food walks around Glastonbury.

Mum Caroline Dawber said: “Tim was wild. He was full of love, always doing things and loved nature. We had six beehives in the garden last year. He was going to do a degree in environmental science but then he fell in love.

“He was a big influence on a lot of people, he touched everyone he met and chatted to. He was very genuine and outspoken. He said what he thought, and expected everyone else to be as honest as him.

“He didn’t follow a religion but he was very spiritual. He didn’t like violence.”

Timothy rode and had a horse for a while but had to give it away because he liked to travel, visiting Spain, Sweden, Morocco and Mexico.

“He would never have gone on a package tour, he travelled through the real place,” said Mrs Dawber.

Sister Lucy Dawber, 27, said: “You’ve just got to read his Facebook page to see how much love he had to give everyone. He would do anything to help people or make them happy.

“He was so intelligent. He got a B in one of his science A-levels and had to retake it because it wasn’t an ‘A’.”

Timothy also leaves his sister Catherine Dawber, 36, who works at St Nicholas School.

An inquest was opened and adjourned last Thursday by the coroner for Ceredigion.

He will be laid to rest in London Road with his father, who died three years ago, and his brother John who died of cystic fibrosis 17 years ago.

A funeral date has provisionally been set for next Friday, August 9, at noon in St Mary’s Church, Station Hill, but friends are asked to check with funeral directors S W Jones. The family prefer wild flowers or donations to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.