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Time travelling: A place of kings and “holy air…”
“Holy air encased in stone” … that is how Sir John Betjeman described the crypt at Repton, and it was this that we had come to see… we hoped. On a previous visit, the crypt had been locked. This time, … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient sites, archaeology, Churches, historic sites, Photography, Sacred sites, Stuart France and Sue Vincent
Tagged archaeology, churches, Derbyshire, folklore, ghosts, local legnds, Repton, Saxon
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Time travelling: St Wystan’s
We finally made it through the outer door of St Wystan’s church in Repton…and stopped. Two huge columns flank the inner door and, scattered around the porch are fragments of ancient masonry. carved medieval grave slabs and Saxon crosses. It … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient sites, Churches, france and vincent, Photography
Tagged archaeology, churches, Derbyshire, folklore, ghosts, local legnds, Repton, Saxon
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Time travelling: Ivar the Boneless and the Bone-yard…
Repton today is no more than a small Derbyshire village, but once it was the capital of Mercia, one of the most powerful realms of its era. For three hundred years, Mercia encompassed most of what would eventually become the … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, churches, Derbyshire, folklore, ghosts, local legnds, mercia, Repton, Saxon, Viking
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Time travelling: The ghosts of Repton…
After our visit to the wonderful church at Breedon, with its wealth of carved Saxon stonework, it seemed only right to call at Repton, less than ten miles away… and probably much closer in the days when horse and foot … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, churches, Derbyshire, folklore, ghosts, local legnds, Repton, Saxon
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Fragrant ~ Anita Dawes #writephoto
My grandmother always told me that Grey House is not a house of ghosts. That there is nothing there but the smell the dead leave behind. People leave their comments in the visitor’s book, telling of the scents they picked … Continue reading
A visit to Tissington
The day was bitterly cold. Icy winds and heavy skies meant that it was definitely not the weather for tramping the moors on search of ancient stones. Instead, we had a run out to Tissington, knowing that one of the … Continue reading
Thoughts of a Ghost ~ Willow Willers #writephoto
Am I awake or is this dream There is no colour, everything monochrome. Shadows lengthen belying the scene. I am cold and a long way from home. I cannot move I cannot speak My mind is confused and my is … Continue reading
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Tagged Castles, ghosts, shadows, Sue Vincent, Thursday Photo Prompt, war, writephoto
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Glimmer ~ Sisyphus #writephoto
“Beyond those hills is our home”, he said softly to her ear, as they looked down the valley, toward the estuary. There the town was cradled, a thin glimmer of light against the darkness. She shivered a little, but not … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, dusk, ghosts, glimmer, haracters, intimacy, love, valley
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A new release from Kaye Park Hinckley ~ The Ghosts of Faithful
When The Ghosts of Faithful won First-Runner-up for Poets & Writers Magazine’s Maureen Egen Award, it was a novel in progress. Here’s what Victor La Valle, author, Professor at Columbia, and Judge of the contest had to say about it: … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Book launch, fiction, ghosts, humour, new book, paranormal
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