Category Archives: Landscape

A Thousand Miles of History XXV: Going In…

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The church of St Sennen did not disappoint. It has a cosy feel; a still, silent haven from the elements and the constant motion of the sea. I wondered how many women had taken refuge here in prayer over the … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancient sites, Churches, france and vincent, Landscape | Tagged First and Last Inn, fishing village, Land’s End, medieval wall painting, seafarer, Sennen, stained glass, wreck | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in England, Landscape, Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Spirituality | Tagged being, consciousness, Life, passion, Photography, spirituality | 34 Comments

In conversation with G. Michael Vasey #podcast

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Author G. Michael Vasey invited me over to be his guest on his podcast, to talk about how we can connect with the living energies of the land and the events that led to Stuart France and I writing The … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Ancient sites, Books, Don and Wen, Landscape, The Silent Eye | Tagged albion, earth energies, G. Michael Vasey, living land, magic, podcast, Stuart France, Sue Vincent | 16 Comments

Eyes to see

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“By virtue of Creation, and still more the Incarnation, nothing here below is profane for those who know how to see.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin I remember one hot, summer’s day as a child, laying in the long, tickly grass … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Life, Love, Spirituality | Tagged divinity, nature, pondering realities | 2 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

Riddles of the Night: Clues on cue

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Sue Vincent

In December 2017, Stuart and I ran one of the Silent Eye’s regular workshops, this time in Derbyshire. As our workshops are currently on hold because of the pandemic, and as the story of the workshop was originally published in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, consciousness, dragons, History, Landscape, Photography, riddles of the night, Spirituality, The Silent Eye, Workshop 2017 | Tagged coincidences, following a trail, quest | 3 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 →

Posted in Ancient sites, England, History, Landscape, Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Sacred sites, Spirituality, travel | Tagged being, consciousness, England, history, landscape, Life, Photography, sacred sites, spirituality, travel | 18 Comments

Hill-of-the-Buried-Sun…

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …It was, after all, rather disconcerting to be thus accosted by a total stranger… * “Does this count?” he demanded, ferociously, and pushed an admittedly intriguing photograph across the bar at us. “Does that count as what?” * “One … Continue reading →