Tag Archives: landscape

Living Lore: Merlin’s Grave? ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

This week, Gary takes us to Marlborough and its enigmatic mound, a place Stuart and I have visited. Within the grounds of Marlborough College, Wiltshire is an artificial hill which has been landscaped over the centuries. The Normans used it … Continue reading →

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Our Blue Chapel…

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Wen and I are discussing plans for the morrow over supper. I for my part am keen to spend as much time in Our Blue Chapel as humanly possible and to that end have come up with a task … Continue reading →

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The Yoke of all Craft…

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

*** …The torchbearers hurriedly re-lit the torches of Dun Culhwch. “Why, a veritable master of all the crafts we have here, it would seem,” said Big Chief Hawthorn, “but let a seat be brought for this man who has asked … Continue reading →

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A novel look at Merlin

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Jamie had gone to bed as soon as the others had left and Merlin had followed shortly afterwards. He was still considering the problem of the barguest as he undressed and threw his clothes in a heap on the chair. … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Giant…

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

…After watching the, again, somewhat recalcitrant sun-up, we decide to head back for breakfast via the cluster of, albeit haphazardly, positioned stones which we have come to call ‘the recumbents’. This is something of a risk, as we do … Continue reading →

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Doomsday…

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

*** …Metallic blue piping ran at strangely oblique angles, stretching deep into the ever darkening glass cliff-face, sparkling in the sunlight when at odd times it emerged like some long forgotten swimmer up for air, jutting rudely into the open … Continue reading →

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And again, should we wash upon, Loch Awe shore… ~ Gavin MacGregor

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from heritagelandscapecreativity: Vicarious serendipities, perhaps, could have only ever occurred at this location? It started with a couple of images from 1970. I would encounter them once every few years or so, but they haunted me over several decades. … Continue reading →

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A New Beginning…

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Since the birth of the Silent Eye, we have held regular workshops, including, for the past seven years, an annual residential weekend of ritual drama in Derbyshire. We have had a huge amount of fun with these weekends over the … Continue reading →

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Dark Enchanted Isle ~ Gavin MacGregor.

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from heritagelandscapecreativity: The small ferry left Stromness as the storm began to rise. With the distant island mountain already backdropped by troubled skies and foregrounded by rising waves, it struggled to land briefly at Graemsay, spilling out people and … Continue reading →

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Laying a trail…

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I pulled the camper-van into the parking spot and woke my companion. While he set about making coffee in the snazzy little kitchen, I rummaged in the storage compartment for the tool kit and another sign. We had done well … Continue reading →