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Discovering Albion – day 9: Durham Cathedral

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Sue Vincent

The cathedral of Durham is one of the finest Norman buildings and a World Heritage site. It stands on a rocky height above a loop in the River Wear, a perfect place defensively. At the time of its establishment it … Continue reading →

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‘Cadged’?…

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* Did Turpin’s Troupe Drop him Deep in the Soup? * That Devil’s cast of scallywags and wild haired, grinning hags… who still adorn the plastered walls in Glory’s glossy prima-face. There now to tease and please the local populace. … Continue reading →

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Pure #midnighthaiku

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Clean or destructive Water finds its own level Always pure at heart

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Discovering Albion – day 9: Soapbox…

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Sue Vincent

It was getting late by the time we left the island. Ten miles back to the last hotel we had passed or forge ahead and see what happened? We forged ahead and fell lucky, finding a little place north of … Continue reading →

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Transformation #midnighthaiku

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Winter’s purity Ceding place to summer skies Looked for with longing Where is the sorrow Exchanging earth for heaven When two become one

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Discovering Albion – day 8: Sunset

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We walked up to the Heugh, a high point of the island, to watch the sun set in the west. Once there was a fort here and some of the ruined walls remain, providing a little shelter from the prevailing … Continue reading →

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Silenced #midnighthaiku

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Wide horizons missed Human stories left untold Silenced by lockdown *

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Winter walks with camera (5) : long-shadowed figures

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Sun in Gemini:
A bright winter day brings a wonderful benefit: long shadows. Often a matter of being lucky and at the right place at the right time, the long shadow is at its best extending the…

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Discovering Albion – day 8: Rose-gold Stone

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Sue Vincent

The Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin on Holy Island is thought to stand on the spot where St Aidan founded the first small church around 634AD. Bede wrote of the old church that it was a thatched affair, … Continue reading →

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Flight…

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* As the narrow-boat’s snout tickled the under-bridge, Black-Jack cut the engine and peered through the white gloom… A landing-official waved his stray arm in greeting, the lights beyond him intimated warmth and festivity. An Owl screeched! Black-Jack turned to … Continue reading →

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