Tag Archives: Moors

Walker #midnighthaiku

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged haiku, Moors, mystery, stones | 6 Comments

High on a heather-covered hilltop, we were looking for a stone circle. Instead, we found what looked very like a weathered burial mound… not altogether unexpected in an area where ancient stones and circles abound. What was unusual was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, writing | Tagged ancient sites, burial mound, Derbyshire, eyam moor, heather, Moors, mystery, photo prompt | 57 Comments

Marsden Moor and Upper Colne Valley – Part One by Andy Hemingway

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Andy Hemingway Marsden Moor sits at the very periphery of Yorkshire, in the wild Pennine boarder lands. As the narrowest point of the Pennines, it has been exploited as a crossing point since humans first came to this … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, History, Photography | Tagged Andy Hemingway, marsden, Moors, Pennines, yorkshire | 19 Comments

The Avenue of the Dead – Walking with a Smacked Pentax

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from my friend James Elkington’s blog, Walking with a Smacked Pentax. Deep within Burley moor is a very old, half ruined stone circle. It is one of half a dozen on the moor – but few know about it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Photography | Tagged ancient track, Grubstones, Ilkey, Moors, necropolis, petroglyphs | 5 Comments

Quiet

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged haiku, Moors, rock art, stone | 4 Comments

Rising

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Sue Vincent

When you look out of your hotel window and see such a sunrise over the moors… Even the car park becomes a fairyland bathed in flame and the roads can lead to another world…

Posted in Photography | Tagged colour, dawn, fairyland, Moors, sunrise | 39 Comments

Guardian

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Sue Vincent

It is told that beneath the White Hill, upon which the Tower of London stands, lies buried a wondrous head that faces south towards the English Channel to protect the land from invasion. Within the walls, where the Crown of … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, Photography, Poetry | Tagged haiku, heather, Moors, raven | 20 Comments

Amethyst and honey

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I can barely believe that it is almost a week since I left home for the north. Time seems to be flying by at present and leaving me behind. I had been chomping at the proverbial bit to get away, … Continue reading →

Posted in flowers, Landscape | Tagged Derbyshire. the north, heather, Moors, yorkshire | 48 Comments

Not long….

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Sue Vincent

An ancient landscape, shaped by glaciers and the hand of man. Mysterious symbols carved in stone amid the cairnfields. Quiet circles lost in the mists… and a small group of seekers taking time out of time, listening to the echoes … Continue reading →