Tag Archives: sacred sites

Keys to Heaven: Planning… Stuart France

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Baldrick, famously, hatches cunning plans which always back-fire. * Dick Dastardly, equally famously, hatches devious plans which always back-fire, and he usually has to be saved from destruction by his pet dog, Muttley. * So, what is it that … Continue reading →

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A Prospect of Whitby (3) Touching the Sun ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There’s something ‘monumental’ about planning to be high on the vast moorlands of the North Yorkshire National Park at the end of the first week in December. Yet that is exactly what we’ll be doing on the Sunday morning of … Continue reading →

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A Prospect of Whitby (2) Steps in Time ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Good food is everywhere in Whitby. Even with our Collie dog in tow, we were able to find a wonderful and furry-friendly tearoom – Sherlocks in Flowergate. Forty minutes later we had enjoyed it so much we decided it would … Continue reading →

A Prospect of Whitby (1) The Abbey at the centre of time

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The title’s cheeky… Bram Stoker created Count Dracula of Transylvania and had him come ashore at Whitby in a ship named The Prospect of Whitby. We’ll not be talking much about Dracula in our coming weekend workshop; we’ve got enough … Continue reading →

Rites of Passage: Last rites III

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Sue Vincent

*** We walked on, the mood had changed with the meditation; all of us quietly aware that there was to be something more. The broad, well-trodden path continued to wind its way through the valley, but we took instead the … Continue reading →

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Rites of Passage: Last rites?

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Sue Vincent

*** On the Sunday morning, the last day of our weekend workshop, we had arranged to meet close to the entrance of Cressbrook Dale, a deep, green cleft in the hills that has a strange and often dark history. Our … Continue reading →

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Rites of Passage: Brief encounter…

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Sue Vincent

*** The Silent Eye weekends are not just about what is built into the schedule, they are also a chance to spend time with people we have come to know through the events and who have become friends. We are … Continue reading →

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Rites of Passage: War and peace

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Sue Vincent

*** We had left two of our companions to return to the hotel, as one of them, gallantly sharing the weekend in spite of upcoming surgery, had turned her ankle and needed to rest. We were, therefore, a reduced company … Continue reading →

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Rites of Passage: Worlds apart

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Sue Vincent

*** Our next stop was not only a site extraordinarily rich in archaeological remains, but also a local beauty spot with plenty of parking nearby and well-defined paths… always a difficult combination. We would always wish to have these places … Continue reading →

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Rites of Passage: Familiarity…

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It isn’t always what you know that counts… it matters more what you understand well enough to bring it into consciousness. Some of us were to get a graphic example of that as we took a break for lunch in … Continue reading →