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Names Matter: vittles…

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …The king he were a comin’ down the street an he hard her sing, but what she sang he couldn’t hare, so he stopped and said: ‘What were that you was a singun of, maw’r?’… …The woman, she were … Continue reading →

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Going West: Going to the Devil

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

At the end of the mountain road we had taken lies a small community clinging to the sides of the gorge above the River Rheidol. Pontarfynach, though, is named for the Afon Mynach, one of its tributaries, that tumbles, roars … Continue reading →

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Dear Wen: ‘Old-Man-Young’…

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen One really cannot expect the authorities to know aught of these things, they lack imagination and insight. It strikes me that the ‘Stepping Stones’ and the ‘Sleeping Giant’ weekend may also have been the occasion of ‘Young James’? … Continue reading →

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Names Matter… Stuart France

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“What’s your name? Why, it’s pudding and tame. And if you ask me again I’ll tell you the same.” Children’s Rhyme. Once there were a woman and she baked five pies. When they came out of the oven they was … Continue reading →

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Middle of Nowhere…

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

After much to-ing and fro-ing of furniture… We had finally embarked upon our pre-tour of Wales and were approaching the border of our eventual destination although it would be some time before our actual arrival there… Road and more road… … Continue reading →

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Dear Wen: Stepping Stones…

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen This clinging to the classical world has always puzzled me and can only be down to those pesky Romans (Acch-Phut)… When in Rome do as the Greeks do. This was over sixteen hundred years ago mind and ‘Pythagorean’ … Continue reading →

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Dear Don: Superstitions…

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, ‘Standing under’ and ‘hanging over you’? The immediate image to arise was that of the Sword that was hung by a single strand of hair above the head of Damocles when he experienced the trappings of power for … Continue reading →

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Moorings…

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* We had watched the ferry moored as we waited to disembark. * And its something we do by habit down south… Always returning via Avebury. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Wen: Superstitions…

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen, Understanding, for some, has been around for millenia… But is ‘standing under ‘ a concept the same thing as having a concept ‘hanging over you’ ? Or is that merely superstition? Sheep really shouldn’t be behaving in that … Continue reading →

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The Matter of Britain…

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Could there be an image more redolent of the true majesty of these isles? * We are minded of the church at Kilpeck with its famous and resplendant Sheila… * The fact that we had failed to get here … Continue reading →

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