Tag Archives: mystery

Dear Don: Utterly Unacceptable…

Dear Don, Ah yes… Columcille…. it all clicks back into place now… My mind seemed stuck on Aidan… I am not surprised you are happy about the Minahane being revisited. There was so much more in there at second reading … Continue reading

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Stone-Circle ‘Gold’…

* Back on the ferry and we are assessing the worthiness or otherwise of our ‘madness’… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Wen: Sheaves…

Dear Wen… Yes, indeed…A real bonus though to get the thread of the Erin trip given to us so clearly, and to have But ‘n’ Ben so nicely rounded off. Once again we ended up in quite different places than … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Crescent #writephoto

 Welcome to this week’s #writephoto prompt! You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up, which was published earlier today. Throughout the week, I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as time … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Clouded #writephoto

Held in Nature’s hand Vision clouded by knowledge Mysteries remain Beyond the realms of logic Heart and spirit find their wings * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken near Swinside stone circle in Cumbria. The circle, tucked away … Continue reading

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A ‘Land-Loched’ Isle…

* Much of Northern Lewis looks like this… * * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Don: Sheaves…

Dear Don, Good trip, wasn’t it? Once again time seems to have been obliging and stretched itself to fit with our meanderings. We are going to need to go south again though, with all I am reading about Marden Henge … Continue reading

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Calanais: Achmore…

* For those souls with a feel for the living land, it would be wise to ‘turn away’ at this point. * The ‘dark back-drop form’ in the landscape depiction above is the line of hills known as the Cailleach-na-Mointeach. … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: Cheesehound…

Dear Wen… I see no reason why I should be blamed for the images in your head… Slugs get a bad press okay, and they have a role in nature’s grand scheme, an important role, just like pigeons in fact, … Continue reading

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Calanais: Cnoc Ceann a’Gharaidh…

* The Head-of-Gary Hill, otherwise known, these days, as Callanish II… provided us with a rest-up place for the night. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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