Category Archives: England

Sundown

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It had been a long, arduous day after a short night. For the second time yesterday, I turned the car homewards from my son’s place. Only to be met by the road closure that meant yet another detour, cross country … Continue reading →

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IndieAni Bones, all the King’s Men and the Fairies

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“In you go, girlie,” she says, holding the car door open. “We’re going on another adventure!” Well, it was a while ago now, but I remember it as clear as day. She put my seat belt on and told me … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, archaeology, Dogs, England, historic sites, Photography, Sacred sites, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged faeries, historic sites, legend, Mythology, Rollright stones, sacred sites, standing stones, stone circles | 4 Comments

Size matters – Lichfield Cathedral

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Back in June 2017, I finally managed to break my journey between north and south to spend time at one of our mediaeval cathedrals… In our modern world, when we are accustomed to seeing skyscrapers on every skyline, size seems … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancient sites, Art, England, Photography | Tagged architecture, cathedral, gold, history, medieval, Normans, roman, saints, Staffordshire | 11 Comments

The chapel at Haddon Hall

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was the morning after the Riddles of the Night* workshop that I have shared again recently. We wandered out into the landscape. Although the workshop was over, apparently, the work begun on the weekend was only just beginning… Parts … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Churches, Don and Wen, England, historic sites, History, Photography, Sacred sites, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent Eye | Tagged bakewell, Derbyshire, manners and vernon families, medieval architecture, medieval wall paintings, reredos, stained glass | 18 Comments

A visit to Haddon Hall

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was the morning after the Riddles of the Night* workshop that I have shared again here over the past week or so. We always feel the need to ‘come down’ after these weekends and wandered out into the landscape. … Continue reading →

Posted in England, historic sites, History, Landscape, medieval wall paintings, Photography, riddles of the night, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent Eye, workshop 2018 | Tagged bakewell, Derbyshire, Duke of Rutland, Elizabethan, elopment, manners and vernon families, medieval, Renaissance, romance | 7 Comments

The way home

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

From the archives: We had set off for Dorset the day before… way back in 2013… and had inexplicably ended up in Glastonbury. There was, after all, only one way we would choose to go home from there… and that … Continue reading →

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Sidetracked

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

From the archives: What was supposed to be a quick, two day ‘raid’ on Dorset, back in 2013, somehow expanded, as our travels seem to do, to include a few other places… like Somerset. And eventually, Wiltshire… Sitting on … Continue reading →

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More high places

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

From the archives: The second day of our flying visit to Dorset in 2013… I would not want you to think we had been having a good time. No. Would we? Manfully (or, perhaps, hobbitfully in my case), we have … Continue reading →

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A walk in the gardens

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Several years ago, as it was a beautiful day, I decided it was time for a visit to the big house in the village to wander around the gardens for a while. As we are all now stuck indoors, I … Continue reading →

Posted in England, Film, Photography | Tagged chambord, chateau de maintenon, flowers, gardens, spirituality, Waddesdon manor | 21 Comments

A right royal visit…

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A few days after the Jewel in the Claw, a Silent Eye workshop back in 2018, I was lucky enough to have a visit from the queen. Not, I hasten to add, the one who currently wears the crown, but … Continue reading →