Category Archives: Ancient sites

The Lost Wedding Party  – James Elkington

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Walking with a Smacked Pentax: I have been spending a lot of time on the beautiful North Yorkshire moors recently, specifically around the lovely village of Pickering. There is so much to explore, and not knowing the area much … Continue reading →

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Names Matter… Stuart France

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …The weather is being unkind again. There are other reasons this time, however, for our sense of anticipation for the first of the Glastonbury talks being perhaps less enthusiastic than it might be. The intrusion of Christmas left little … Continue reading →

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Maiden Mother Crone, Part 6 – Rain to Bow by Helen Jones

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Journey to Ambeth: Along winding roads through green fields, the purpling hills beyond, we travelled back to where our journey began – Easter Aquhorthies. We returned to a circle transformed from the screaming wind and rain of the … Continue reading →

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Chapel-en-le-River II… Stuart France

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* “It’s a Cop.” “Look again.” “It’s still a Cop.” “Or a very big Long Barrow.” “But it’s a hill.” “Look again.” “It’s still a hill.” “Or a very big Long Barrow.” “They didn’t build Long Barrows that big.” “Why … Continue reading →

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Mound Found! … Stuart France

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …Stones missing. * * Still, at least this time, there appears to be a reasonable enough explanation for their disappearance. Source: Mound Found! … | Stuart France

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A game of three halves (3 of 3) – Steve Tanham

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Two So, this one day, considered in all its facets, resolves itself into a journey, a destination and an arrival – an arrival at a meeting with a French relative we have never met, and whose unlikely … Continue reading →

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Maiden Mother Crone, Part 5 – The Maiden by Helen Jones

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Journey to Ambeth:  Stone and rain. Rain and stone. It seemed to be a theme of the weekend. No matter the weather, when we reached any stone of significance the rain would fall. From soft misty drizzle to … Continue reading →

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A game of three halves (2) – Steve Tanham

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Silent Eye: It is, still, all of it, only one day… Though now the winds that buffeted the bed-and-breakfast farmhouse have abated. I look at my watch. We have two hours to go before we need to … Continue reading →

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‘The thing is’… Stuart France

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Quite apart from… * * being excessively beautiful… * * Loch Ness turned… * Continue reading: Stuart France

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Wish you were here?

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Over the past few days we have shared stories and pictures of the places we visited during the Solstice of the Moon weekend in Scotland. What is impossible to share on these pages is the sense of warmth, the laughter … Continue reading →

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