Category Archives: france and vincent

The House that Fish Built: Connor Cruel Crest…

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* The house that Father Fish built was constructed in this way: it had nine compartments from fire place to wall, with each facade made of bronze, standing thirty feet high; it took a wagon team to haul each beam, … Continue reading →

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Calanais…

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Given that we had never really expected to get there, once on the Isle of Lewis, we became quite blase about our arrival, and stopped for a kip and a snack, in a passing point, on the way into … Continue reading →

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The House that Fish Built…

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* … No smoke from the roof-rounds of Albion without tribute to them… A tribute on the Quern. A tribute on the Kneading Trough. A tribute on the Baking Flags… An ounce of gold for every nose North, South, East … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Port Uig…

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* I have fond memories of Holyhead and the ferry to Dublin. * These may, it is true, be now rose-tinted by time, but I am sure that there is a pub in which we enjoyed lunch and a couple … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Millennial Stone…

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* After our sojourn at the Off Road Inn we tried Portree again but although we managed to get a park this time, as we prepared to exit our Red-Pill-Box, the heavens opened… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Wayland: White Horse… Stuart France

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* But according to some, Wayland has far more onerous responsibilities than shoeing the horses of passing way farers… * A group of local lads were enjoying a drink one evening at the White Horse Inn, Woolstone, when an unknown … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Riddle…

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Back in the relative sanctuary of our Red-Pill-Box, Wen looked at me hopefully and said, “You did make a note of the riddle didn’t you?” * “As it is all that now stands between us and oblivion, my dearest … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Way-Stone…

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Given that, by all accounts, the Way-Stone was capable of getting us to the morn, we wasted no time in putting the question… * And were met with a road length peal of laughter, quite light and silvery it … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Gnomes…

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …And he is not just horrible to us, even the gnomes, that used to inhabit the Heart of the Isle, fled to the coast to hurl themselves into the sea. * Some of the gnomes though thought better of … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Fingers of Stone…

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Not only is the Old Man of Storr hurling more water at us than we can shake a weather-vane at… * He is also depriving us of food, and drink, and shelter. * Not one of the food waggons … Continue reading →

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