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Ashbourne

Pre-Raphaelite glass sits in walls pitted by Cromwellian gunfire, while a 1950s reredos graces a chancel that dates back to 1241. That’s why I love these old churches… the history of a community is written within their walls in wood … Continue reading

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Seeking the sacred

All my life I have visited sacred sites when I could, and I have been lucky enough to visit many. Whether ancient church, temple, stone circle or legendary landscape, there is something about these sites that touches a place deep … Continue reading

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‘Cloud City Central!’… Stuart France

* The phrase was uttered as a prognosis as much as a question and so we smiled an affirmative, in relief, that we were not the only one’s to have been thus transported… * * It is not by happy … Continue reading

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Chanteater… Stuart France

* It was probably foolish, I know… * * But I took a liking to this ‘little lady’. * * Who, if the board is correct, could have been supporting the capstone’s weight  for over six thousand years. * Continue … Continue reading

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Sky-Saw V… Stuart France

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Sky-Saw IV… Stuart France

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Sky-Saw III… Stuart France

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Sky-Saw II… Stuart France

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Time before… Stuart France

* Time before and time after… * * After the restless craving for earth, * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Not a stone… Stuart France

It is a familiar conundrum. Whenever we come across sites like this, and we seem to come across more than a few, there is an inevitable question. How much of it is natural? Without question much of it is, but … Continue reading

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