Tag Archives: mystery

Descriptions … Stuart France

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Two singular stones, And one duality… * Yet, tantalisingly, there are lots of other stones, seemingly strewn, and lumps, and bumps, and cavaties, Continue reading at Stuart France

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Playing Place… Stuart France

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Well, it didn’t take us long to get there did it? But let’s ponder a moment what this structure could mean… Continue reading at Stuart France

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Photo prompt round-up – Stone #writephoto

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Ancient stone watches The passing of centuries Carve a weathered face The heartbeat of stone is slow Man no more than passing through * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken on Stanton Moor in Derbyshire. The stone … Continue reading →

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Circle of Stone… Stuart France

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* If ever there was a monument that ought to be regarded as fake. This is surely it. So far as we know it is unique, although there are many holed stones. The others are usually uprights, stand alone, and … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Phyllis Staton Campbell ~ Out of the Night

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Two women, two centuries, and one man determined to destroy them, even from the grave. Chris has faced many challenges in her twenty-one years of life, a mother more involved with her career than with her daughter, a father who … Continue reading →

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Across moorland… Stuart France

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* These strange, narrow tracks betoken something, processional, perhaps… exhaling us where they do with little work to accomplish. * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Stone ~ Hayley R, Hardman #writephoto

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It was too hot to walk on the tops today, but Judy had to get away. Out here, with the heathers, few trees and mother nature all round, she could escape. She didn’t have to put on the brave face … Continue reading →

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Yet another disappearing stone… Stuart France

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* “It’s got a ‘wen’ in it!” * And if we had not already twigged that really should have clinched it! * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Morrow… Stuart France

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …Well, if they did, they also intended us to work for it. * Part of our problem proved to be scale. What we call a lay-by is large and well marked. What they call a lay-by is more of … Continue reading →

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A visit to spiral castle… Stuart France

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Although we didn’t know it at the time, Ballowal Barrow is a ‘Faery-Fort’. It is situated close to a now disused tin-mine and miners, during the late nineteenth century, upon finishing their night shift, are said to have seen … Continue reading →

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