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Calanais: Achmore…

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* For those souls with a feel for the living land, it would be wise to ‘turn away’ at this point. * The ‘dark back-drop form’ in the landscape depiction above is the line of hills known as the Cailleach-na-Mointeach. … Continue reading →

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Dear Wen: Cheesehound…

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen… I see no reason why I should be blamed for the images in your head… Slugs get a bad press okay, and they have a role in nature’s grand scheme, an important role, just like pigeons in fact, … Continue reading →

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Racing Through the Moorlands ~ Ashlie Harris #writephoto

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“Sugarbit, slow down!” My white and chestnut-spotted mare had been spooked, undoubtedly by some hideous varmint. “Whoah, whoah,” came my father’s deep voice as he rushed up behind us. “Sugarbit, halt!” With an abrupt jolt, my horse came to a … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Cnoc Ceann a’Gharaidh…

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* The Head-of-Gary Hill, otherwise known, these days, as Callanish II… provided us with a rest-up place for the night. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Don: Cheesehound…

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, I have to point out that the precise origin of ‘your ‘slug trails are probably more unmentionable than the ones I am currently dealing with… No suit should be subjected to such gelatinous treatment and I have the … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Stone Walls?…

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* What with one thing and another on this trip stones and walls began to make their presence felt. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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The House that Fish Built: Fat-Head…

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* “Indeed there is,” shouted Fat-Head, the son of Short-Neck, and he sprang into the middle of the mead house, “bend down you grizzly gawp, that I might cut off your head tonight and you to cut off mine tomorrow.” … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Silhouettes…

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* It is not normally advisable to shoot ‘into the sun’, but in this eventually it felt permissable… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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The House that Fish Built: Carle…

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Twice the height of any of the men of Albion was the horrible mantle about him and his hair was like a great spreading bush the size of a winter shed, under which thirty bullocks could easily find shelter. … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Skyward…

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* But anyway something was happening in the sky. A great eye of light opened up above the main site… * If we weren’t going to get a night-scape, which we weren’t, we could at least get the stones with … Continue reading →

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