Category Archives: England

Little gems – All Saints, Burton Dassett I

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Frankly, this is another where I don’t know where to begin. I suppose I ought to begin at the beginning. Monday I was back from the north, Tuesday I was driving northwards again… not as far this time, just an … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Art, Churches, England, History, painting, Photography, travel | Tagged English saints, medieval church, medieval wall paintings, Norman architecture, warwickshire | 13 Comments

Little gems – Burton Dassett Hills

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Six years ago, when we could still travel the land and explore wonderful old places, friends came over from the US and we spent a day in the hills. It is a strange place… and I have since learned of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, England, Friendship, Photography | Tagged burton dassett, landscape, warwickshire | 38 Comments

A country church

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Sue Vincent

If the only way I can get out and play at the moment is to revisit old haunts, then so be it, Four years ago, I stumbled across a little gem of a church… very unexpectedly… For once, I had … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancient sites, Churches, England, History, Photography, Sacred sites, Spirituality, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent Eye, travel | Tagged Bassett tomb, Blore Bay, Dovedale, Norman architecture, Staffordshire, stained glass | 34 Comments

Heart of Albion: Triad of Albion, Book Two ~ Stuart France and Sue Vincent

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

He scared them. He knew things. He was Fey… He had talked to the soldier. They had come from far away, marching across the hill with their sharp swords and short kilts, shiny metal at their breast and sun dark … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Books, England, Heart of Albion, historic sites, Living Lore, mystery, Mythology, Photography, Sacred sites | Tagged don ad wen, magical quest, second ediition, triad of albion | 8 Comments

North-easterly: In Face of History

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We could hardly spend so much time in the churchyard at Rudston without visiting the church. While the Monolith alone was worth the long detour from our route home, we were quite interested to see what kind of place had … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancient sites, Churches, clues, England, History, Landscape, Mythology, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged foliate man, green man, organ, piscina, Roman mosiac, Rudston All Saints, stained glass | 7 Comments

North-easterly: Sidetracked and Gobsmacked

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We had chosen to take a very long route home for one simple reason… there was something we wanted to see that was never going to be on our way to anywhere. So the possible three hour journey took us … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancestors, Ancient sites, Churches, England, History, Landscape, mystery, Photography, Sacred sites, Spirituality, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged cursus, East Riding, menhr, Rudston monolith, sacred landscape, standing stone | 3 Comments

North-easterly: Waylaid by Wyverns

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We didn’t have to go back the long way, but we did. My companion, knowing full well that the moors of North Yorkshire would be calling, and responding to squeaks from the driver’s seat as the hills came into view, … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Churches, dragons, England, historic sites, History, Photography, Sacred sites, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged Hovingham All Saints, North Yorkshire, Ryedale, Saxon frieze, stained glass, Viking Cross, Worsely | Leave a comment

The Horns of the Dancers ~ Abbots Bromley ~ from the archives…

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Given a lousy headache and dodgy vision from the over-inflated flesh, I was glad to come across this old post. With the fallout from COVID keeping churches closed to visitors, and preventing many of our most ancient and mysterious traditions … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, England, History, Photography | Tagged abbots bromley horn dance, ancient dance, antlers, cave painting, church, tradition | 27 Comments

Magical mornings

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

It was a luminous dawn, the world blanketed in a thick cocoon of frost against the darkness and silence of a newborn morning. The sun rose, pale and gold, strewing a million diamonds on the tarmac path; setting a fire … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, England, Landscape | Tagged consciousness, frost, nature, Photography, spiritual journey, spirituality, symbolism, winter | 6 Comments

Discovering Albion – Day 3: Mud and Earthworks

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We left Chester in search of lunch… oh yes, that had only been the morning, but what a morning! A wonderful start to our holiday research trip and in perfect weather too, which was a bit of a relief. I … Continue reading →