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Tag Archives: Cumbria
Aira Force ~ Mike Biles
Reblogged from A Bit About Britain…a place of extraordinary beauty: The walk to Aira Force, a small but beautifully formed waterfall in England’s Lake District, is a favourite. It’s great if you’re not feeling like struggling up a serious fell, … Continue reading
Discovering Albion – day 5: Aspatria
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
Posted in adventure, Ancient sites, Churches, History, Photography, scotland road trip, travel
Tagged celtic cross, Cumbria, Rev. Calverley, St Kentigern, St Patrick, stained glass
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Discovering Albion – day 5: Decisions at Dawn
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
Posted in adventure, Photography, scotland road trip, travel
Tagged cars, Cumbria, dawn, river Esk, Whitehaven
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Discovering Albion – day 4: Gobsmacked in Gosforth
Ye gods and little fishes, where do you start with the stones of Gosforth? Well, not with the gods and fish… I’ll save those till last. That was the best bit. First, we had the crosses. One, sadly, a mere … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, Ancient sites, Photography, scotland road trip, travel
Tagged Cumbria, Fishing stone, Gosforth Cross, Norse mythology, Thor, Vikings
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Discovering Albion – day 4: Snow in Them There Hills…
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
Posted in adventure, Ancient sites, Photography, scotland road trip, travel
Tagged Cumbria, Gosforth, Romans, snow, Vikings, Wastwater, Western lakes
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Walking into Prehistory ~ John Bainbridge
Reblogged from Walking the Old Ways: A Neolithic stone circle, a Bronze Age burial cairn used again in the Dark Ages, and a Romano-British defensive settlement – centuries of history in a walk of several miles from the village of … Continue reading
Sky-Saw III… Stuart France
* * * Reblogged from Stuart France
Posted in albion, Ancient sites, Don and Wen
Tagged Cumbria, landscape, magic, meaning, mystery, Photography, psychology, standing stone, stone circle, Stuart France, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, symbolism
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Wood ‘n’ Stone… Stuart France
* “Witches ‘n’ Warlocks”… * * “Life ‘n’ Death”… * * “Life in Death”… * Continue reading at Stuart France
Swinside…
The track to which we had been directed by the lady on horseback was the one we had already passed, deciding it had to be the right one, but acknowledging that the ‘farm vehicles only’ sign meant that we would … Continue reading
Posted in albion, Ancestors, Ancient sites, archaeology, Don and Wen, france and vincent, historic sites, Moors, Photography, Sacred sites
Tagged Cumbria, midwinter sun, standing stone, stone circle, Swinside
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A road to now-here… Stuart France
* While it is true… * * The road does… * * Not lead anywhere. Continue reading at Stuart France