Category Archives: Sacred sites

Time travelling: A place of kings and “holy air…”

Posted on February 18, 2019 by

“Holy air encased in stone” … that is how Sir John Betjeman described the crypt at Repton, and it was this that we had come to see… we hoped. On a previous visit, the crypt had been locked. This time, … Continue reading →

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Ashbourne

Posted on January 28, 2019 by

Pre-Raphaelite glass sits in walls pitted by Cromwellian gunfire, while a 1950s reredos graces a chancel that dates back to 1241. That’s why I love these old churches… the history of a community is written within their walls in wood … Continue reading →

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Swinside…

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

The track to which we had been directed by the lady on horseback was the one we had already passed, deciding it had to be the right one, but acknowledging that the ‘farm vehicles only’ sign meant that we would … Continue reading →

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A church under wraps II

Posted on January 5, 2019 by

As we opened the door into St Kentigern’s church, it was fairly obvious we had picked the wrong time to visit. Not only was the sudden and relative warmth of the building steaming up the camera lens like there was … Continue reading →

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Full Circle: Giants in the churchyard

Posted on December 18, 2018 by

The last of the winter light was beginning to fade as we left St Andrew’s and wandered out into the churchyard. In many respects, what awaited us outside was far more impressive and interesting than the Georgian interior. There were … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stone: incipit…

Posted on October 26, 2018 by

* The Red, the White, the Green… Some things have to be believed Before they can be seen… * …Even allowing for the earliness of the hour, there were far fewer students than he expected. By long habit his steps … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stone: parchment…

Posted on October 25, 2018 by

* Big-Earth… Little-Earth… Bigger-Earth: Earth-Man-Stars. * …On its reverse is scrawled in an uneven hand: “To regain, ‘The Raid’,”… “Seek out the Nine Chief Culdees of Erinn. Then journey with them to the Ogham Stone of Fergus Mc Roy, Continue … Continue reading →

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North-easterly: Sidetracked and gobsmacked

Posted on October 13, 2018 by

We had chosen to take a very long route home for one simple reason… there was something we wanted to see that was never going to be on our way to anywhere. So the possible three hour journey took us … Continue reading →

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North-easterly: Waylaid by wyverns

Posted on October 12, 2018 by

We didn’t have to go back the long way, but we did. My companion, knowing full well that the moors of North Yorkshire would be calling, and responding to squeaks from the driver’s seat as the hills came into view, … Continue reading →

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North-easterly: Sidetracked again

Posted on October 8, 2018 by

It doesn’t matter where we go, the habit of rising early for work seems to follow us, so it was no surprise that on the Saturday morning of our recent trip north, we were up and out a long time … Continue reading →

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