Category Archives: Don and Wen

Dear Wen: Cheesehound…

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen… I see no reason why I should be blamed for the images in your head… Slugs get a bad press okay, and they have a role in nature’s grand scheme, an important role, just like pigeons in fact, … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Cnoc Ceann a’Gharaidh…

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* The Head-of-Gary Hill, otherwise known, these days, as Callanish II… provided us with a rest-up place for the night. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Don: Cheesehound…

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, I have to point out that the precise origin of ‘your ‘slug trails are probably more unmentionable than the ones I am currently dealing with… No suit should be subjected to such gelatinous treatment and I have the … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Stone Walls?…

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* What with one thing and another on this trip stones and walls began to make their presence felt. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Calanais: Silhouettes…

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* It is not normally advisable to shoot ‘into the sun’, but in this eventually it felt permissable… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Calanais: Skyward…

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* But anyway something was happening in the sky. A great eye of light opened up above the main site… * If we weren’t going to get a night-scape, which we weren’t, we could at least get the stones with … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Folkal Points…

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* It seems strange now to think that these sites were ever considered in isolation from their surroundings but they undoubtedly once were. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Calanais: Cnoc Fillibhir…

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Since the advent of the Visitor Centre at the site, there has been an attempt to rename Cnoc Fillibhir Bheag, which some might render the ‘little hill of the long-seers’, as plain old Callanish III… * Continue reading at … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Spirit…

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* We first coined the term ‘Spirit Stone’ at Waylands Smithy. * It has served us well, denoting as it does, a stone, which, like the spirit, holds many forms. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Calanais: Graces…

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Presumably the fence is here, to keep out the sheep! * From the camera’s perspective, sheep can be less offensive than people… and fences. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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