Category Archives: England

St Albans Abbey – ‘and unto God’…

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The second post on our visit to the Abbey in St Albans a few years ago. The first post can be found here. Where do you start? If the fabric of the building is made of fifteen hundred years and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Books, Churches, Don and Wen, England, Photography, travel | Tagged January holiday, medieval wall paintings, Ninian Comper, St Alban, stained glass, The Initiate | 4 Comments

Fragments of history

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Over the past month or so, we have been revisiting places in my local area in preparation for the April workshop we will be running here. There are so many wonderful sites that we would love to include, but time … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Books, Churches, England, Friendship, Heart of Albion, History, Life, Love and Laughter, medieval wall paintings, Photography, Spirituality | Tagged being, Books, consciousness, history, Life, Photography, spirituality, Stuart France | 20 Comments

Carved hills

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

One of the most striking things you can see as you drive through the English countryside is the great white shape of a hill figure cut into the landscape. There are many to see, at least fifty known figures, ranging … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, earth, England, History, Photography, travel | Tagged carne abbas, chalk figures, geoglyphs, Uffington, White Horse, wilmington | 22 Comments

Avebury – songs in the stones

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

With the June workshop at the site not too far distant, I spent the evening pondering archaeo-acoustics and how the old ones might have used sound at Avebury… and whether, in its current state, you would be able to test … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, England, History, Photography, Sacred sites, travel | Tagged avebury, faces in stone, henge monument, standing stone, stone circle, Wiltshire, world heritage site | 39 Comments

A weekend wander: Conjuring the Devil?

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

On Sunday afternoon, with a little time to spare, we wandered out to North Marston, just a few miles from my home, to revisit the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. While its name is quite a … Continue reading →

Posted in Churches, England, france and vincent, Living Lore, Photography | Tagged buckinghamshire, healing well, Holy well, legends, miracles, Schorne | 19 Comments

Whitby Weekend: One last wonder… II

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It hits you as soon as you open the door… the towering figures of St George and St Christopher draw your eyes. On our first visit, we’d had no idea what we would find when we stepped inside, but even … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Ancient sites, Art, Churches, England, History, Photography | Tagged Harrowing of Hell, John the baptist, mediaeval art, Pickering, Salome, St Catherine of Alexandria, St Christopher, St Edmund, wall paintings, yorkshire | 10 Comments

Whitby Weekend: One last wonder…

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

There was time for one more visit before our ways parted. Gary knew the town well from time spent there with his father, but could not recall ever visiting the church. Stuart and I have been there before… and were … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Ancient sites, Churches, England, History, Photography | Tagged chantry chapel, effigy, knight, Pickering, St Peter and St Paul, stained glass, yorkshire | 11 Comments

Whitby Weekend: Third time lucky…

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was more than six years ago that Stuart and I first, unsuccessfully, tried the door at St Andrew’s church in Middleton, North Yorkshire. We had tried since then too, the last time we were in the area. And we … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Ancient sites, Churches, England, france and vincent, History | Tagged G. Michael Vasey, historic church, medieval architecture, stained glass. Norman architecture | 10 Comments

The mystery in ‘my back yard…’

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Stuart Templeton at Ratmobile Adventures recently wrote about an impromptu stop and a battle by a bridge. It reminded me of a battle that took place locally… For some reason or another, I’ve been thinking about the church at Hardwick … Continue reading →

Posted in archaeology, Churches, Don and Wen, England, historic sites, History, mystery, Photography | Tagged Battle of Aylesbury, Civil war, Cromwell, Hardwick, Holman's Bridge, Roundheads and cavaliers, St Mary the Virgin Hardwick | 40 Comments

Keeping a promise… a visit to Penn

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Sue Vincent

When my son suggested we take the car out for a run, he left it to me to decide where we would go. Choosing a route that would put the ‘new’ car through its paces, and assuring myself that he … Continue reading →