Category Archives: Ancient sites

Close to home – Ibstone

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

As we are all still grounded, I had a look back through some of the photographs of past ventures into the landscape and came across those from a trip out to Ibstone a few years ago. The village sits right … Continue reading →

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Riddles of the Night: Clues on cue

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Sue Vincent

In December 2017, Stuart and I ran one of the Silent Eye’s regular workshops, this time in Derbyshire. As our workshops are currently on hold because of the pandemic, and as the story of the workshop was originally published in … Continue reading →

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The way home

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

From the archives: We had set off for Dorset the day before… way back in 2013… and had inexplicably ended up in Glastonbury. There was, after all, only one way we would choose to go home from there… and that … Continue reading →

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Sidetracked

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

From the archives: What was supposed to be a quick, two day ‘raid’ on Dorset, back in 2013, somehow expanded, as our travels seem to do, to include a few other places… like Somerset. And eventually, Wiltshire… Sitting on … Continue reading →

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More high places

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

From the archives: The second day of our flying visit to Dorset in 2013… I would not want you to think we had been having a good time. No. Would we? Manfully (or, perhaps, hobbitfully in my case), we have … Continue reading →

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Nowt ’bout owt…

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* The Master Mason watched as the Foundation Stone was lifted from its point of origin and swung out and over the construction site. * “I’d hate to have your job,” said a voice to his left. He shifted his … Continue reading →

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St Albans – “Count the stars…”

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The fourth post on our visit to the Abbey of St Albans a few years ago. Parts One , Two and Three can be found by clicking the highlighted links. We had finally made it into the Crossing at the centre … Continue reading →

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St Albans Abbey – ‘and unto God’…

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The second post on our visit to the Abbey in St Albans a few years ago. The first post can be found here. Where do you start? If the fabric of the building is made of fifteen hundred years and … Continue reading →

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Found Mounds…

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…We didn’t go to High Bradfield to look for a mound we went to High Bradfield for the church there but we found a mound anyway. It was hidden behind the church and was purporting to be a disused … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stone: The Two Bulls…

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …One day Sweet-Mouthed-Maeve went to the well of Uran Garad for water. She was carrying a small bronze cup in her hand which she dipped into the well. The maggot, Gobble, swam into Maeve’s cup, and every colour there … Continue reading →