Category Archives: archaeology

Dear Wen: Erratics…

Posted on March 25, 2019 by

Dear Wen… Yes, an eminently enjoyable weekend, it was good to rediscover an old friend. The sleepy energy of Beeley Warren Circle is a balm to the soul as the numerous Bees we encountered should attest. The silly thing is … Continue reading →

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Dear Don: Erratics…

Posted on March 24, 2019 by

Dear Don, The weekend was excellent… the meeting went very well, we got a lot of good work done (for which I shall have to type up our notes at some point) and we found the stone circle! Which bodes … Continue reading →

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Into the Hill… Stuart France

Posted on March 21, 2019 by

* …And the Wood-Stone started to glow, White it was… * * And I felt an impetus to take flight, but only as far as the end of the passage… * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Notes from a small dog: IndieAni Bones and the dragon’s lair III

Posted on March 1, 2019 by

Parking the car up a bumpy lane, we got out and walked along the Ridgeway for a while. She said she was saving the best till last… and I would have been happy with the little wood she let me … Continue reading →

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Time travelling: A place of kings and “holy air…”

Posted on February 18, 2019 by

“Holy air encased in stone” … that is how Sir John Betjeman described the crypt at Repton, and it was this that we had come to see… we hoped. On a previous visit, the crypt had been locked. This time, … Continue reading →

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Dear Don: Tree…

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

Dear Don, “Oh, Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And who with Eden didst devise the Snake…” It’s this whole Tree thing. It’s bugging me. In Genesis, we have the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which, … Continue reading →

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Swinside…

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

The track to which we had been directed by the lady on horseback was the one we had already passed, deciding it had to be the right one, but acknowledging that the ‘farm vehicles only’ sign meant that we would … Continue reading →

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Gentlemen take polaroids… Stuart France

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

* So… * * The sun came out… * * And started playing… * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Dear Don: Numbers…

Posted on January 8, 2019 by

Dear Don, Do you suppose the 6 and the 9 being the same numerical ‘symbol’ inversed also indicate the inner/outer connection? Certainly the Yin Yang symbol that looks at the polarities and the intimate relationship between them looks awfully like … Continue reading →

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Involution… Stuart France

Posted on January 7, 2019 by

* “You forgot involution,” says Wen with the sort of grin which means things are going to get worse before they get better. “Did I?” “From your list of concepts which may help people fathom the shadowing.” “Ah, so I … Continue reading →

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