Tag Archives: Old Cornwall

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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More sea mist… Stuart France

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* After our pre-historic village and our cause-wayed isle, we return to Lands End, ostensibly, to at least, again, consider ‘doing-the-touristy-thing’… Only to find that our dragon has been dining out on pea soup and that the parking charge would … Continue reading →

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How to disguise your sacred monument… Stuart France

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Firstly, cover it with the Dragon’s Breath… Secondly, consign it to a relatively late historical period… Thirdly, invent for it a plausible name… * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Earth -Sea… Stuart France

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Not only did our last hotel fail to provide any windows, to speak of, in our room,   it also failed to provide us with a breakfast… * Which is just as well, really, for we were up, and … Continue reading →

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Gone to earth… Stuart France

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* It is, perhaps, natural to speculate on the original inhabitant of our next site… ** Given its proximity to Dans Maen, a short walk away, Continue reading at Stuart France

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Citadel of the Sun… Stuart France

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘There is a certain atmosphere about the place, an echo of a life that is hidden deep in the recesses of the mind.’ * “Brown Sign!” The Green Goddess lurched violently as she swung around the almost impossible corner, … Continue reading →

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‘A very special place’… Stuart France

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* The Eskimo has over fifty words for snow… * Carn les Boel, is marked on the map as a hill-fort but it is very different from the two ‘hill-forts’ we had just encountered on our Workshop… It is difficult … Continue reading →

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Traced by Angels… Stuart France

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Of wheel-tracks there were none just strange, narrow paths across the moorland.’ * * With the dust well settled over the Living Land Workshop, and already two days into our vacation, we found ourselves in search of a map. … Continue reading →

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