Category Archives: france and vincent

Dear Don: Utterly Unacceptable…

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, Ah yes… Columcille…. it all clicks back into place now… My mind seemed stuck on Aidan… I am not surprised you are happy about the Minahane being revisited. There was so much more in there at second reading … Continue reading →

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Stone-Circle ‘Gold’…

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Back on the ferry and we are assessing the worthiness or otherwise of our ‘madness’… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Wen: Sheaves…

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen… Yes, indeed…A real bonus though to get the thread of the Erin trip given to us so clearly, and to have But ‘n’ Ben so nicely rounded off. Once again we ended up in quite different places than … Continue reading →

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A ‘Land-Loched’ Isle…

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Much of Northern Lewis looks like this… * * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Don: Sheaves…

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, Good trip, wasn’t it? Once again time seems to have been obliging and stretched itself to fit with our meanderings. We are going to need to go south again though, with all I am reading about Marden Henge … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: Lap of the Gods…

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was already well after eight and the light was beginning to fade as we left Eilean Donan. During the crossing, we had booked a hotel in Ayr and, after two nights of sleeping unprepared in the car, we were … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Achmore…

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* For those souls with a feel for the living land, it would be wise to ‘turn away’ at this point. * The ‘dark back-drop form’ in the landscape depiction above is the line of hills known as the Cailleach-na-Mointeach. … Continue reading →

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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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