Category Archives: albion

Stone-Flecked… Stuart France

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* * A day upon which to find… * * Some thing… Continue reading: Stone-Flecked… | Stuart France

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Sun-Flecked…  Stuart France

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* * What will the day of such a dawn hold? * * Source: Sun-Flecked… | Stuart France

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Guest author: Trent P. McDonald – Where myth and history collide

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

In the shadowy area where myth and history collide Back in early 2013, I was taking a walk and thinking about myth, legend (not the same thing!) and history.  Don’t we all do that?  Anyway, I had a little “aha” … Continue reading →

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Sharing the quest…

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

In the books written with Stuart France, we weave a story which details our journeys through the sacred landscape of old Albion, the ancient and inner heart of Britain. They are not factual guides or journals of our travels, nor … Continue reading →

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Tell Tale Signs V… Stuart France

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Sue Vincent

A very early version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, perhaps, yet there is much more here than merely a cautionary tale. Or is this the ‘first entrance’ of our much vaunted king Arthur? The emphasis on topography and the singularly macabre … Continue reading →

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Hidden gems – Hoar Cross

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The church of the Holy Angels at Hoar Cross is one I had tried to get into before. The first  time it was a summer’s day, but I did not manage to get inside until the rain highlighted the stark … Continue reading →

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A visit to Somerton – Symbolic mystery

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

If the exterior of Somerton church is unusual, the same can definitely be said of the interior. At first glance, it seems a simple place…a country church with much history and little ostentation. It is only when you start exploring … Continue reading →

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A visit to Somerton

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

About twenty miles away from my home is the Oxfordshire village of Somerton. I had been there once before, a couple of years earlier, when a sign saying ‘historic church’ had sidetracked me on the way home from the north. … Continue reading →

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Tell-Tale Signs IV… Stuart France

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* One of Ireland’s, ‘Three Great Tales of Sorrow’ which all deal with the lives and tragic deaths of offspring, this one, the second in the series, is the most poignant perhaps as, ostensibly, the offspring are still children. Whilst … Continue reading →

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The Wyrm and the Wyrd – Within the living land

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It had been a long time since I had first come across a reference to Thor’s Cave when I was doing some research for Dark Sage. We were not, at that point, feeling the call to go there; caves were … Continue reading →

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