Category Archives: albion

Dear Wen: ‘Dead Enkidu?’…

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen, … I expect that is what is so endearing about Thomas ‘the Covenanter’ although his leprosy does become a metaphor for our culture and its ‘outcasting’ of the land. A ludicrous idea if ever there was one, I … Continue reading →

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Kirkoswald…

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* … “That’s the church we nearly used in December for ‘Full Circle’. It was on the back up list in case it rained heavily.” * “I thought the name sounded familiar. I didn’t realise we were so far down … Continue reading →

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Out of Time – a Human Story

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We were, had the world not closed ranks against the pandemic, supposed to have been running a workshop at Avebury this summer, looking at some of the less obvious sites and addressing some of the deeper questions posed by the … Continue reading →

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Dear Don: Big Wheels

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, I’ve always had a fondness for the ‘outcasts’ myself. Probably comes of our ‘being at a tangent’, I would think. Which might have something to do with the way the sheep react on occasion. Perhaps as much as … Continue reading →

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Dear Wen: Big Wheels…

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Da Wensta… The remedials, as I recall, back in the day, were a ‘class of individuals’ best shunted into the dungeons of our glorious process in the name of Progress… Curious how all these accepted terms now seem to … Continue reading →

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Too tired to think…

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Four hours later, the rain stopped and we re-hit the road. * The deflating tyre which had plagued us again and again the whole trip was worsening and meant it was too risky to use any motorways. * But … Continue reading →

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Forgetting Ayr…

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

*  We drove until we lost the light… * We drove on as the rain poured down… * But after almost driving into Loch Lomond twice… Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Getting to Ayr…

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …We had counted on leaving the ferry by six, and being off the Isle of Skye, by seven. * We were late off the ferry and did not cross back onto the mainland until eight. * Besides which, having … Continue reading →

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Dear Wen: Utterly Unacceptable…

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen… It occurs to me that the term ‘Hollow Hills’ may not be a landscape but rather a mind-scape description… ‘…The landscape of Cavan is dotted with drumlin hills but there are also many lakes and the drumlins form … Continue reading →

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Up for Ayr…

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …It wasn’t that we forgot to bring the road-map on board. * We didn’t even think to. * Perhaps our heads, or more likely hearts, were still with the stones… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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