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Discovering Albion – day 7: The Elasticity of Time.

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

According to the map we covered another two hundred miles that day. More, if you take into account that we did it all on the back roads , being very gentle with the ailing car and sticking to the coast … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 5/6: The Kirk on the Bay

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We took the road across the hills, drinking in the green and white beauty agains the backdrop of blue. It was a perfect day. The trip could have taken all day, with me slowing the car every few minutes to … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 5: … and, More Importantly, Ruthwell…

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“Bloody Hell!” The blasphemous words were out before I could stop them… and in a church too! I think, under the circumstances, I might be forgiven. My companion, though less verbal, was equally astounded. The history of the little kirk … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 5: ‘Don and Wen do Gretna…’

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We should probably have stopped at Carlisle. Well, for more than just a supermarket to stock the car with biscuits and suchlike. It has another of those thousand year old castles… and another cathedral that used to be the priory… … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 5: Aspatria

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

By the time we had watched the flock of crows and wandered around the churchyard we were about ready to try the door. Would it be open? There is always that question… Many of the churches in villages and small … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 5: Déjà Vu…

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Where do ladybirds go for winter? I can tell you that… they go to Aspatria. The carvings on the gateposts were full of them. I had recognised the name immediately because it is so unusual. I couldn’t quite remember why … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 5: Decisions at Dawn

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The trouble with bodies is that by the time they realise you are on holiday and don’t have to get up… you are not, and you do. So I was up long before dawn, as usual, scraping the ice from … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 4: Country Miles

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Hovering somewhere between delight and disbelief we wandered around the churchyard of St Mary’s. We knew there had been too much to take in. That is where the camera comes into its own, allowing us to go back and see … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 4: Snow in Them There Hills…

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We decided that it would be sensible to take the coast road north… it is both unusual and rather nice when ‘sensible’ walks hand in hand with preference. We had seen the snow capping the distant hills of the Lake … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 4: An Irish Saint in Lancashire

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We climbed up the ruins of St Patrick’s Chapel, built in the eighth or ninth century. Legend has it that it commemorates the landing of St Patrick of Ireland and although it was constructed many years after his death, it … Continue reading →

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