Tag Archives: Callanish

Dreaming Stones: Sleepers…

Posted on August 7, 2019 by

After our second night sleeping in the cavernous car, we woke to a pale, opalescent sky over the stones of Callanish. Considering how many decades we had wanted to visit the site, it was a wonderful way to wake. It … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: A room with a view…

Posted on August 5, 2019 by

We might have been able to find a room in Stornoway, had we looked, but it had never entered our heads when we were there to pump up the tyre. After spending the previous night sleeping in the car, and … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: An unexpected hobbit-house

Posted on August 3, 2019 by

If you didn’t know the house was there, you would miss it…and we only knew it was there because of a helpful sign. Not just a house, but a small village. Only one of the houses is complete and it … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: Missed and found…

Posted on August 2, 2019 by

We were heading out to a spot we had seen earlier where we might be able to park up for the night. It had looked perfect when we had first noticed it, almost as good as the Fairy Rock Motel, … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: Third time lucky…

Posted on August 1, 2019 by

The light was changing. Not that it had been doing anything else all day… the light in the Western Isles is amazing… but it was, by this time, almost eight thirty and we were rather expecting the light to fade … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: The Circle of the Seers

Posted on July 31, 2019 by

We left Callanish II and turned our backs to the Callanish Stones that crown the hill over the loch, and walked up the slope towards the third stone circle. Callainish III stands atop a small hill and is actually two … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: Caught in the middle…

Posted on July 29, 2019 by

It was definitely a first… I have never stood within one distinct stone circle and been able to look at two others on the near horizon. The stone circle of Callanish II, otherwise known as Cnoc Ceann a’Gharaidh, stands just … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: Line of sight

Posted on July 27, 2019 by

The stones of Callanish were still busy. We were going to need supplies… and still needed to refuel the car and pump up the dratted tyre yet again. We thought it was time to leave the stones behind and drive … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: Second sight

Posted on July 26, 2019 by

We had returned to the stones of Callanish for a second attempt at getting the feel of a place of which we had a little knowledge but no real understanding.  Facts are not enough, you have to walk the land … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: Invisibility and other weirdness

Posted on July 25, 2019 by

Just beyond the standing stones of Callanish is a small hillock of boulders and green earth. It was here we sat, partly to contemplate the enormity of the site before us… a place we had both long wanted to visit … Continue reading →

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