Category Archives: Ancient sites

Away with the fairies…

…or, as we will be up on Rombald’s Moor, it is more likely to be boggarts and giants… This weekend sees companions of the Silent Eye gather at Ilkley for the Harvest of Being weekend. I will be away for … Continue reading

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Vision

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Pyramid

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Not long….

An ancient landscape, shaped by glaciers and the hand of man. Mysterious symbols carved in stone amid the cairnfields. Quiet circles lost in the mists… and a small group of seekers taking time out of time, listening to the echoes … Continue reading

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Doomsday: Scions of Albion – a new book, now available

 …“We weren’t imagining the highland cattle,” I say as we approach the moor in the Silver Bullet. “I never thought we were imagining them.” “But you know what I mean don’t you? Time seems somehow less stable when you encounter … Continue reading

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Five days: 5 – Lover’s knot

The final photo challenge day… and I choose this simple picture. Nothing spectacular, just a bit of worn stone. But it is a special thing to me, a lover’s knot carved on the base of one of the pillars of … Continue reading

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Five day photo challenge 3 – Avebury

Day 2 of the challenge and I’m cheating. This one was taken a while ago. On the other hand, this is where I actually am… and I hope the weather is as good. We… the Silent Eye and friends… are … Continue reading

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Driving through history

It is after ten and it has been another long day after a night of little sleep. I couldn’t settle for some reason, tossing and turning and listening to the bangs and rumbles in the street as the wind whipped … Continue reading

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The first drop – River of the Sun

We were, inevitably, way too early. But that was okay; it meant we had chance to drink in the morning light … and a morning coffee… at the Barrel Inn, perched high above the little village of Great Hucklow where, … Continue reading

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Chasing shadows

The itchy footed hobbit (no, they are not hairy) got in the car and set off on a mission. It wasn’t so much ‘if you choose to accept it’ .. more a biting off the hand of opportunity…the morning had … Continue reading

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