Category Archives: travel

Whispers of Babylon ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on December 6, 2018 by

It is unlike anything you’ve seen before. If you were raised, like I was, on sci-fi, you’ll recognise the soaring structures that look like other-worldly trees; whose job is to be a framework for a vast array of green life … Continue reading →

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The Temple Church II: Talking heads…

Posted on November 14, 2018 by

It is difficult to say what you see first when you step inside the church built by the Knights Templar in the middle of London, over eight hundred years ago. What you notice first, though, is a complete disparity in … Continue reading →

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North-easterly: Forgotten stories

Posted on September 27, 2018 by

Once more we found ourselves gravitating towards the tower of an ancient church. As we were meeting in Bamburgh, it seemed only right that we pay our respects here. It may seem a little odd that although we are not … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXIX: The balance of power…

Posted on September 10, 2018 by

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: House of the ancestors

Posted on September 7, 2018 by

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 XXXVI: The Templars and the lawless church…

Posted on September 6, 2018 by

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 XXII: Seeking the circle

Posted on August 13, 2018 by

“It’s somebody’s drive.” The neat rows of montbretia made that very clear. Yet, this was at least one of the ways we could, according to the map, get to our first site of the day. We had already driven up … Continue reading →

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A thousand miles of history III – A ring of life and death

Posted on June 26, 2018 by

We arrived in Dorchester with time enough for a coffee and a short wander before Helen’s train was due to arrive, after which we would be heading north a few miles to meet our companions for the workshop weekend. Window-shopping … Continue reading →

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A thousand miles of history II – The Templar Head

Posted on June 25, 2018 by

Heading towards the location of our weekend workshop, we had found a route south that avoided the inevitable delays around Stonehenge. Traffic passing the great circle is always slow, although it does give you a chance to see the stones, … Continue reading →

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A thousand miles of history…

Posted on June 24, 2018 by

To be exact, that should be one thousand, one hundred and twenty four miles, but that makes for a bit of a mouthful as a title… and that’s without the other few hundred miles Stuart had to travel between his … Continue reading →

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