Category Archives: travel

An Unexpected Encounter…

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Sue Vincent

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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Magnetic north

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** August bank holiday weekend is approaching fast. The weather has been glorious, the skies clear and temperatures pleasant. As I get myself organised this morning it is, quite typically, raining. Today I once again throw the bags in the … Continue reading →

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Rowan berries

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** It started with a sleepless night. I was late to bed, as I couldn’t seem to relax. I wandered back downstairs a scant hour and a half after snuggling down with every intention of staying there for a long, … Continue reading →

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Stepping stones

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Sue Vincent

I was thinking about one of my favourite places today, and while for me it is the high moors, there are other things to see in Ilkley. As a child I used to love stepping off the train into the … Continue reading →

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Sheela’s Mystery Solved?

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Sunday, 31st July 2022… *** *** Perhaps, like the ‘tomb raiders’ at Dowth, we are looking for treasures of the wrong kind, in the wrong place? *** She’s at the base of the stone on the right! *** … Continue reading →

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Of kings and stone…

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Sunday, 31st July 2022… *** *** All roads lead to Tara as they say. * Or at least all the roads in Ireland. *** *** But like so much else that we have considered on this trip what … Continue reading →

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Dowth…

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Sunday, 31st July 2022… *** *** The dowdiest of the three Boyne Monuments but, in some ways, the friendliest. * No time restrictions, no imminent threat of film-show dread, no waiting bus, full of chattering strangers… * Just … Continue reading →

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Kells…

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Saturday, 30th July 2022… *** *** “Three’s are important,” she said. * And they are, so we can take it that ‘ol’ stubby’ from Killinaboy does not count in our tally of round towers. *** *** The brick … Continue reading →

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Art and Function…

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Saturday, 30th July 2022… *** *** The eastern entrance stone and the two standing stones in front of it are instrumental in recording the equinox. * No one knows what the ovoid shaped stone to the left is … Continue reading →

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Knowth…

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Saturday, 30th July 2022… *** *** Knowth gives us a relatively accurate picture of what Loughcrew might once have looked like… *** *** …With its large mound dedicated to the equinoxes and a whole host of satellites briefly … Continue reading →

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