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The Giant and the Sun – The Great Hill II

Posted on July 17, 2018 by

(Continued from Part I) Halfway across the length of Maiden Castle, the terrain changes. It is a slight demarcation… little more than a step ‘up’ at one end… yet the change is palpable. While the western entrance leads onto a … Continue reading →

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The Giant and the Sun – The Great Hill

Posted on July 16, 2018 by

Our final site of the official weekend workshop was Maiden Castle, an enormous prehistoric structure just outside the Roman town of Dorchester. We gathered in the car park beneath the hillfort and began the climb to its gates. The name, … Continue reading →

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Shades #midnighthaiku

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

Gazing in wonder Toe to toe with history Not dissimilar Shadows of the past Civilisations crumble Will we never learn…

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The Giant and the Sun – In search of King Arthur

Posted on June 30, 2018 by

We wandered the summit of Cadbury Castle, each of us alone with our thoughts before gathering once again at the centre to speak of archaeology, history and legends. Now, legends are all very well, but many a place has adopted … Continue reading →

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The Giant and the Sun – The ramparts of Camelot

Posted on June 29, 2018 by

We had only a short way to walk to our second site of the day. We were only going to climb a hill, which sounds simple enough, but there can be few places where fact, fiction, folklore and otherworldly dreams … Continue reading →

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The Giant and the Sun – Going off at a tangent

Posted on June 27, 2018 by

Every workshop needs a place to start, and with companions arriving from as far apart as Cumbria, London and America, you need to meet somewhere that is easily found. We knew full well that if we converged on the village … Continue reading →

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The old chapel of Kilvaree – Jo Woolf

Posted on June 25, 2018 by

Reblogged from The Hazel Tree: Towards the bottom of the Craignish peninsula, but not quite at the tip of it, lies an old ruined chapel. Rather confusingly, it bears several names, including Kirkton, Kilvaree, Kilmolroy, and Kilmory.  While the first … Continue reading →

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Drawing a dark veil…

Posted on June 12, 2018 by

“Tell Augustine that he should be no means destroy the temples of the gods but rather the idols within those temples. Let him, after he has purified them with holy water, place altars and relics of the saints in them. … Continue reading →

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Yorkshire Lasses in Wales: When Jessie Cahalin Met Judith Barrow

Posted on June 11, 2018 by

Reblogged from Books in my Handbag: Judith Barrow, originally from Saddleworth, near Oldham, and on the wrong side of the Pennines but still in Yorkshire Judith waited for me in a department store while I waited for her in Cardiff … Continue reading →

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Remains – Bobby Fairfield #writephoto

Posted on June 9, 2018 by

O hear me, ye faithless for I have a warning to retell. My name is M’neptah and I was formerly the tutor of the son of my sovereign master Thutmose, Lord of all the dominion of Egypt. On the night … Continue reading →

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