Category Archives: History

Dreaming Stones: Second Sight…

Posted on August 5, 2020 by

We had returned to the stones of Callanish for a second attempt at getting the feel of a place of which we had a little knowledge but no real understanding.  Facts are not enough, you have to walk the land … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: Give Us a Break…

Posted on July 26, 2020 by

The single-track road was narrow and every few miles we would have to pull over into a passing space to let another vehicle through. And that was as busy as it got. To the left was the coast, with endless … Continue reading →

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IndieAni Bones and the dragon’s lair III

Posted on July 20, 2020 by

Parking the car up a bumpy lane, we got out and walked along the Ridgeway for a while. She said she was saving the best till last… and I would have been happy with the little wood she let me … Continue reading →

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Songs of a bard….

Posted on July 18, 2020 by

I love the old stories, the legends and lays of ancient times when the world, from our vantage point, seemed both a more innocent and more magical place, where the impossible walked hand in hand with the improbable and where … Continue reading →

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IndieAni Bones and the Dragon’s Lair

Posted on July 13, 2020 by

It was a misty morning when she woke me. She was up and about earlier than usual… I wasn’t even awake when she started bustling about… and yet, when I’d had my breakfast and went for the leash, all I … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXXI: An Unexpected Encounter…

Posted on July 4, 2020 by

We took to the backroads again, nodding to Drake’s statue as we passed through Tavistock once more, climbing up towards Dartmoor. On our way south, the mists had closed around us completely and we had seen little more of the … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXX: Second Time Lucky…

Posted on July 3, 2020 by

Three days and countless ancient places earlier, our attempts to visit the Cheesewring with Alethea and Larissa had been thwarted by the roiling mists of Bodmin Moor. Mists or not, we were determined to try again on our way home, … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXVI: House of the Ancestors

Posted on June 29, 2020 by

Our next stop was only about half an hour’s drive from the Templar Church, and the road took us through the silent green of Bodmin Moor. With a long drive still ahead, I restrained myself, albeit barely, from turning aside … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXII: The Chapel in the Grove…

Posted on June 25, 2020 by

A ruined chapel stands in a tiny clearing, sheltered and roofed by the trees that cluster close to its walls as if to offer it protection. The walls still guard the interior from view and a single doorway in the … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXI: The Wells of the Wishing Tree…

Posted on June 24, 2020 by

“Ooh!” My companion, well used to the consequences of such exclamations, braced himself as I swung the car off the road we were supposed to be taking and onto a narrow lane. The sign was intriguing and, although we had … Continue reading →

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