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Guest author: Tim Clarkson ~ Æthelflæd: the Lady of the Mercians

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Sue Vincent

This year marks the 1100th anniversary of the death of one of the most remarkable women in English history. Her name was Æthelflæd and she died at Tamworth in Staffordshire on 12th June 918. She was the eldest daughter of … Continue reading →

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Thor’s Cave… Stuart France

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Had there been any doubt about where we were going next… Which there wasn’t. * * For once, our destination proved quite easy to get to. A car park was suggested by the guidebook and in the car park … Continue reading →

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Sayings… by Stuart France

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Sure as Stone’ * * ‘Old as Hills’ Continue reading here

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Lair of the Black Shade… by Stuart France

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* …A flutter of recognition flicked across his gaze. “What is it?” Asked Wen, her icy tone slicing through the summer haze like a frosty stare. “There’s an old lay, I can’t quite remember how it goes…” “Try!” * * … Continue reading →

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Stairways to heaven…by Stuart France

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* “It’s just a landscape, Don.” * * “Well, it is undoubtedly a landscape…” * * “…And a sky-scape too…” * * “…Although, I’m not too sure what justice has to do with it…” Continue reading here

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Not a stone… by Stuart France

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Sue Vincent

It is a familiar conundrum. Whenever we come across sites like this, and we seem to come across more than a few, there is an inevitable question. How much of it is natural? Without question much of it is, but … Continue reading →

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Overkill hill by Stuart France

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* Never look back! It is good advice, unfortunately in literature, this advice, when given, is never adhered to. Gilgamesh…Orpheus…Lot…Dr Faustus… They are all concerned with Soul. The Soul that turns to look back is caught in time. It is … Continue reading →

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Found Mounds III… from Stuart France

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…One of the stops we did manage to make on the way to our second ‘official sojourn’ in Glastonbury was, Merlin’s Mound. Now, Merlin’s Mound you might have thought would be a well-known tourist attraction boasting hundreds of thousands … Continue reading →

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Green grow the rushes O III… from Stuart France

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* …If Tee’s study was the hub of intelligence, then Miss Hunnyfludd’s office, which comprised no more than a hastily compromised ante-chamber to its plush superior, was the heart… Thomas Welch was currently making himself at home in the heart … Continue reading →

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Green grow the rushes O… from Stuart France

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Stuart France… The Grand-Father Clock, tock…tock…tocked reassuringly in the corner of the oak panelled study. Through the window to one side the ancient time piece’s Big Brother could be discerned dominating the metropolitan sky-line… Tee, was wilfully oblivious … Continue reading →

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