Category Archives: albion

Pressing Time… Stuart France

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* * Reblogged from Stuart France

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‘El Drac’… Stuart France

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Geography! Never our strongest suit… * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Callings… Stuart France

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* It is entirely possible that this ‘fella’ once stood in a ‘circle’. He now guards a lay-by in an unassuming stretch of Dartmoor, if such a thing can be said to exist. * * Nearby, stands a ‘wayside cross’ … Continue reading →

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Last of the summer sun… Stuart France

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* And all that remains now… * * Is to bring it back home… * * And fill in the gaps… Continue reading at Stuart France

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‘When will we three meet again…?’

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

My friend had a bit of a nightmare getting to my village from the Czech Republic, what with delayed planes, a broken Underground and a lack of taxis at the very last hurdle…but arrive he did, in the early hours … Continue reading →

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Hackpen Hill… Stuart France

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Even our ‘elusive barrow’ was bigger than we expected. We couldn’t help being reminded of the Fairy Mine. * * And we would have got a lot closer still but for the seven-foot-tall stinging nettles. Continue reading at Stuart … Continue reading →

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‘Aye’ of the day’s eye… Stuart France

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Approaching Avebury in this way we got to side-step the crowds. * * Most of whom had been unceremoniously penned into the Red Lion. * * But it is not about meticulous planning. * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Fringe Benefits… Stuart France

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Another one of those ‘green-worm-holes’ presented itself. * * And we were hardly likely to refuse. * * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Weathering?… Stuart France

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* If Giants… * * Could construct… * * Balance-Stones… * * They would look a little like this… * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Weather! … Stuart France

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Getting to the Hurlers proved easy enough… * * Clustered, as they were, around the extremities of Bodmin Moor… * * But the weather closed in… * * Almost as soon as we set foot to turf… * Continue … Continue reading →

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