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A Dorset Weekend With The Silent Eye – Part 2 ~ Helen Jones

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Journey to Ambeth… Helen Jones continues the story of her experience with the Silent Eye in Dorset: Still officially on a blog break, I swear. But there is more to tell about my trip to Dorset, so here … Continue reading →

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The land of the ‘stone father’

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Sue Vincent

At the heart of an ancient landscape is the Dorset village of Cerne Abbas. The village grew up around a Benedictine Abbey founded there over a thousand years ago and it is still a place where folklore, myth and legend … Continue reading →