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A Thousand Miles of History XXXIX: Seeking Sanity…

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

For once we had the forethought to ask the lady in the church for directions to our next port of call… the Holy Well in St Cleer. After our almost accidental visit to the Holy Well at Madron that morning, … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXVIII: The Balance of Power…

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The church in St Cleer may be dedicated to St Clarus, the missionary saint who fled to France to escape the importunate advances of an amorous noblewoman, but at first glance, that seemed to be one of the few nods … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXVII: Toeing the Line

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

One of our main aims in taking the Cornwall trip, quite apart from the sheer beauty of the place and the fact that it is strewn with more ancient and sacred places than you could visit in a lifetime, had … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXVI: House of the Ancestors

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

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 XXXV: The Templars and the Lawless Church…

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Our hotel the previous night had been just off the main highway across Bodmin Moor… a perfectly good modern road that would take us where we wanted to be by a fast and direct route. We were never going to … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXIV: A Lake of Legends…

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Next morning we were once again up and away early, though this time our first stop was only a mile or two down the road and still on Bodmin Moor, a place where there must be as many legends as … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

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 Sue Vincent

“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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A Thousand Miles of History XXX: The Mystery of the Weeping Stones…

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Sue Vincent

There was one more site we intended to see before we hit the road in earnest, and that was Lanyon Quoit. It is one of the best-known dolmens in Cornwall, probably in part because it is so easy to access, … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXIX: The One with the Hole…

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We had intended to visit this and another site on our way to Hayle the previous afternoon, but the map that has thus far led us without fail across Britain had refused to cooperate. It had been a long and … Continue reading →