Category Archives: Books

Carrot and Coals: Vision-Quest…

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …The key to Arbor Low is to regard the stones as always having been laid flat. That way they immediately begin to speak and the first thing they say has to do with time. Wen ‘got’ a clock-face and … Continue reading →

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Carrot and Coals: Maze…

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …There is another important thing with these sites which is not always immediately obvious. It is not a collective thing. It is not simply a case of visiting each and every site and then resting back with feet raised … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: A flying visit…

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

There was absolutely no way we were going to drive to our destination without getting sidetracked. Where would be the fun in that? So we decided that the first place that would take us from the main road north would … Continue reading →

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Carrot and Coals: Earth-Work-Mound…

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* The name Arbor Low is of Saxon derivation, originally ‘Eordburh-Hlaw’ meaning the Earth-Work Mound. Wen smiles, “Where did you dig that up from?” “I have my sources, you know.” “As your text only specifies Saxon, are we to presume … Continue reading →

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Interlude ~ Before the Stones

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The trouble with writing about somewhere like Stonehenge… somewhere that almost everyone recognises and feels they know something … is that most of us know nothing at all apart from the familiar form of the circle and trilithons. We just … Continue reading →

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Carrot and Coals: Calling

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …I have to wonder about Wen. Even before the ‘Wen’ thing she was a little too eager to run off to all the farthest flung reaches of the known universe at the drop of a hat. The ‘hat’ in … Continue reading →

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Carrot and Coals: Telling Stone

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …I wait until I see Wen’s shoulders shaking with grief then go and collect her. As I said earlier, I do not really know why she has to keep punishing herself in this way. Foolishly, we walk back along … Continue reading →

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Carrot and Coals… Stuart France

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Wen seems intent on punishing herself again. I know. I know she probably has little choice but personally speaking I would be more than happy if we never went back to Bar-Brook-One… Ever! That  is not going to happen … Continue reading →

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Pieces of Nietzsche by Stuart France

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* NEW EUROPEANS The desire for Truth. That ‘temptress to risk’. The veracity which all ‘lovers of wisdom’ revere. * Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Finding the path…

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“We should write a book…” Over the wineglasses, it seemed like a good idea. Not that anyone would believe the half of what we would have to recount. Far from exaggerating our adventures and jumping on the bandwagon of sensationalism, … Continue reading →

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