Category Archives: albion

Being European…Stuart France

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Is it civilisation, this trajectory we have embarked upon? It may once have been regarded thus. Humanisation? Probably never. Progress? In some things, perhaps, but not in others… Continue reading at Stuart France

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Reach for the stars… Stuart France

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* “‘Black’ is an abundant place-name element and occurs both in the ‘high places’ and at all track points. The New English Dictionary describes it as, ‘a word of complicated history.’ It seems to derive from ‘blake’ and ‘blac’ which … Continue reading →

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Rock ‘n’ Roll… Stuart France

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Roll… * * Away… * * …The Stone.   Reblogged from Stuart France

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Kniveton – The little church that smiled

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Sue Vincent

On my last trip north, I took a different route, and that is always an adventure. With never enough time to take side-trips and explore, I can never resist when something just drops in my path, so when, after three … Continue reading →

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Dressing the Stone?… Stuart France

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* The ‘Blake’ Stone… * Reblogged from Stuart France

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…Head Stone… Stuart France

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Let my head stone be a book That I might lie  and turn page-after-page day-after-day for the rest-of-time… * Reblogged from Stuart France

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Jewel inn the Court… Stuart France

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* * It was not as though we could have stumbled across it unawares… * * Even following the map we emerged into the square, which held the round, like mice from a labyrinth… * * Continue reading at Stuart … Continue reading →

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A Voice Called Can’t III… Stuart France

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* … “The Matter of Britain!” “I know,” muses Wen, pensively, “People think it’s just Arthur and all that.” “But before Arthur was a king or a British War Hero, ‘he’ was a constellation.” “I know,” says Wen, again. “The … Continue reading →

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Albion… Stuart France

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …And then we come across the church. Cue mass excitement as we take in all the Giants, which appear to sprout from every orifice… The body of the church you see is an education in itself. You probably already … Continue reading →

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Of Truth and Legend… Stuart France

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘The Silver Well: Legend says that St Augustine once visited Dorset. While there he met some shepherds grazing their flocks and asked them whether they would prefer beer or water to drink. The temperate shepherds replied ‘water’ whereupon St. … Continue reading →

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