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Discovering Albion – day 10: Selby Abbey – Phoenix

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Sue Vincent

“From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring…” Tolkien, Lord of the Rings Just before midnight, October 19th 1906, workers who had been installing a new system in the organ saw flames in … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 10: Selby Abbey – Interwoven Threads

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We walked down the Norman nave, passing Abbot Hugh’s pillar, identical to those at Durham cathedral where we had been the day before. Was it only the previous day? Similar too to the great carved columns of Dunfermline a few … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 10: Selby Abbey ~ Dignity and Memories

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Sue Vincent

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 779 AD mentions a settlement called Seletun. Archaeological remains show it to have been first settled by the Vikings and there was an extensive Roman presence. Today the little town of Selby still straddles the banks … Continue reading →

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Looking Out…

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* I have lain here for millennia watching ages pass. * Great beasts once roamed my slopes. I saw them take to the air. Their leathery calls scarring the sky. In a fiery eye-blink they were gone. * Continue reading … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 9: The Church on the Cliff

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Sue Vincent

The Church of St Mary the Virgin sits high on its cliff above the town. It was founded around 1110 AD, during the time of Abbot William de Percy and the exterior reflects the twelfth century architecture in golden sandstone. … Continue reading →

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‘Cadged’?…

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* Did Turpin’s Troupe Drop him Deep in the Soup? * That Devil’s cast of scallywags and wild haired, grinning hags… who still adorn the plastered walls in Glory’s glossy prima-face. There now to tease and please the local populace. … Continue reading →

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Armoury Show…

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* The prosperous town of Armore was built next to a forest. Late one night Old-Man-Log came out of the forest and sat down in the middle of the town’s market square. He opened up the palm of his right … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 9: Soapbox…

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Sue Vincent

It was getting late by the time we left the island. Ten miles back to the last hotel we had passed or forge ahead and see what happened? We forged ahead and fell lucky, finding a little place north of … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 8: Rose-gold Stone

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Sue Vincent

The Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin on Holy Island is thought to stand on the spot where St Aidan founded the first small church around 634AD. Bede wrote of the old church that it was a thatched affair, … Continue reading →

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Guest Author: G. Michael Vasey ~ Chasing the Mysterious and Magical to Connect with the Land

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Sue Vincent

I have always found life to be mysterious. Even from a young age sitting contemplating reality and asking those mind-boggling questions… ‘why am I here?’ and ‘what am I?’, I have been driven by an outlook at life as an … Continue reading →

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