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A Thousand Miles of History XXXXIII: Dog-sick with Ice Cream

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

By late afternoon I was flagging. We had been on the road for a mere six days, and although we never rush and we always take our time at each of the sites we visit, we don’t stop either. It … Continue reading →

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IndieAni Bones and the Squeaky Hobbit

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was the day they took me looking for the Ent and the Thunder Stone… they’d promised me three sites and they only ended up finding two. That’s all well and good, ‘cause it means we’ll have to trot back … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXXII: Twin Bridges…

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We were nearing the end of the road across Dartmoor and it was definitely time for refreshments. This was handy, as I wanted to stop anyway… and we could not leave Devon without at least one cream tea, even if … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXXI: An Unexpected Encounter…

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We took to the backroads again, nodding to Drake’s statue as we passed through Tavistock once more, climbing up towards Dartmoor. On our way south, the mists had closed around us completely and we had seen little more of the … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXX: Second Time Lucky…

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Three days and countless ancient places earlier, our attempts to visit the Cheesewring with Alethea and Larissa had been thwarted by the roiling mists of Bodmin Moor. Mists or not, we were determined to try again on our way home, … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXIX: Seeking Sanity…

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

For once we had the forethought to ask the lady in the church for directions to our next port of call… the Holy Well in St Cleer. After our almost accidental visit to the Holy Well at Madron that morning, … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXVIII: The Balance of Power…

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The church in St Cleer may be dedicated to St Clarus, the missionary saint who fled to France to escape the importunate advances of an amorous noblewoman, but at first glance, that seemed to be one of the few nods … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXVII: Toeing the Line

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

One of our main aims in taking the Cornwall trip, quite apart from the sheer beauty of the place and the fact that it is strewn with more ancient and sacred places than you could visit in a lifetime, had … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXVI: House of the Ancestors

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Our next stop was only about half an hour’s drive from the Templar Church, and the road took us through the silent green of Bodmin Moor. With a long drive still ahead, I restrained myself, albeit barely, from turning aside … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXV: The Templars and the Lawless Church…

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Our hotel the previous night had been just off the main highway across Bodmin Moor… a perfectly good modern road that would take us where we wanted to be by a fast and direct route. We were never going to … Continue reading →

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