Category Archives: Ancient sites

Time travelling: Ancient sanctity

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We entered through the porch door, surprised to find ourselves in a kind of antechamber. From the outside, there is no suggestion that you will be anywhere other than in the main body of the church and I had forgotten … Continue reading →

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Time travelling

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Nearly five years ago and with strict instructions from my writing partner about ‘not finding things’ on my way north without him, I had accidentally found Breedon on the Hill and we had been ‘going to’ go there together ever … Continue reading →

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A visit to Tissington

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The day was bitterly cold. Icy winds and heavy skies meant that it was definitely not the weather for tramping the moors on search of ancient stones. Instead, we had a run out to Tissington, knowing that one of the … Continue reading →

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Ashbourne

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Sue Vincent

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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Flight of fancy

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Just a few miles away from my home is the little market town of Thame. It is an interesting place with some beautiful old architecture. I have seen a fair bit of it this year as I have had to … Continue reading →

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Seeking the sacred

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Sue Vincent

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

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* 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

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* 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 →