Tag Archives: stone circle

The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Legends in the landscape

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We found a main road. That can mean very little in rural Britain except that there is a single lane going each way, but there are bound to be road signs eventually. We had no immediate plans beyond finding lunch, … Continue reading →

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The Wyrm and the Wyrd: The hidden valley

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Tiny roads, miles from nowhere and barely wide enough for a car, wound between hills and hedgerows before finally opening out into the valley. And there, we became a traffic jam. The road was occupied by a horse that had … Continue reading →

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The Wyrm and the Wyrd: ‘I am not a number’

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There were people… two of them… heading towards the Druids Circle… so we wandered over to have a look at the intriguing cluster of stones we could see just over the rise in the land. The trouble with these complex … Continue reading →

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The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Greeting the Druid…

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Sue Vincent

You could not wish for a more spectacular setting for a stone circle. Perched high above the sea, with views to distant mountains in every other direction, it is  a magnificent site. A slight rise to the seaward side blocks … Continue reading →

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The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Ascent

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Sue Vincent

‘The prophet takes over where the mystic stops. The mystic is ascent; the prophet descent.’ – William Everson The bibliomantic reading could not have been more appropriate. From the mines, we were heading for the heights to meet a Druid … Continue reading →

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Circles #midnighthaiku

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent
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#WritePhoto Enigmatic Ending by Pamela Morse #NaPoWriMo

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Sue Vincent

enigma Druid stoners on equinox standing out in a field Worshiped the earth and stars in mystic trances A circle of magical intensity designed to conceal The secrets of the forefathers who designed the dances Bringing forth life, then harvesting … Continue reading →

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The Henge Within a Housing Estate from Walking with a Smacked Pentax

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Sue Vincent

During the late 1970’s, when excavations were being dug for a new housing estate just outside Stirling in Scotland, a prehistoric henge* was discovered. Work was stopped whilst the archaeologists examined the site – and the housing estate was eventually replanned and … Continue reading →

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Smoke – Stuart France #writephoto…

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Sue Vincent

I know why we did it. Why it was suggested. It was Ned’s idea. Ned, with his ‘sacred tobacco’. Still, it could hardly have been sacred here, then… Continue reading here

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Sky-Saw II … Stuart France

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* * * Reblogged from Stuart France

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