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Last of the summer sun… Stuart France

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* And all that remains now… * * Is to bring it back home… * * And fill in the gaps… Continue reading at Stuart France

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Hackpen Hill… Stuart France

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Even our ‘elusive barrow’ was bigger than we expected. We couldn’t help being reminded of the Fairy Mine. * * And we would have got a lot closer still but for the seven-foot-tall stinging nettles. Continue reading at Stuart … Continue reading →

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‘Aye’ of the day’s eye… Stuart France

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Approaching Avebury in this way we got to side-step the crowds. * * Most of whom had been unceremoniously penned into the Red Lion. * * But it is not about meticulous planning. * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Fringe Benefits… Stuart France

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Another one of those ‘green-worm-holes’ presented itself. * * And we were hardly likely to refuse. * * Continue reading at Stuart France

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St Michael de Rupe… Stuart France

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* “It is something of a ‘dream come true’ to be here, looking at this.” “In all its technicolour glory.” “Traditionally, Michael is depicted either ‘slaying’, or ‘fixing’, or as we might say, ‘drawing’,  or even ‘tickling’, the dragon, or, … Continue reading →

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The Rock of Brentor… Stuart France

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…A church, full bleak, and weather beaten, all alone, as it were forsaken…’ * “St Michael de Rupe?” “St Michael the Rock.” “I thought St Peter was supposed to be the ‘Rock’?” * * “The rock referred to here, … Continue reading →

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Weathering?… Stuart France

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* If Giants… * * Could construct… * * Balance-Stones… * * They would look a little like this… * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Weather! … Stuart France

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Getting to the Hurlers proved easy enough… * * Clustered, as they were, around the extremities of Bodmin Moor… * * But the weather closed in… * * Almost as soon as we set foot to turf… * Continue … Continue reading →

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Citadel of the Sun II… Stuart France

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* … We had been at the mercy of the tides before. At Lindisfarne we were stranded on the ‘island’ for eight hours. This time we were ‘stranded’ on the mainland… There is something about causewayed isles that speaks to … Continue reading →

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Citadel of the Sun… Stuart France

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘There is a certain atmosphere about the place, an echo of a life that is hidden deep in the recesses of the mind.’ * “Brown Sign!” The Green Goddess lurched violently as she swung around the almost impossible corner, … Continue reading →

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