flowing and growing
Once upon a time, when I was a small boy growing into his own sense of identity, I went through a phase of what can only be called “gang mentality”. I was living in urban Nelson in Lancashire at the time, and my only thoughts were to have fun with my small coterie of friends. … Read More “Psychological recycling” »
We are still on our first day in Ireland, having just landed at the hotel and taken a breather from our long journey through the “non toll” roads of Dublin, we decided to hit out for Tara. As Gwas will no doubt relate some of the historical aspects of this site I will deal with … Read More “Ireland 2 – A visit by Caileach” »
The Hill of Tara – Thursday 27th May 2010 It was late in the evening when we decided to grab a ‘travelling tea’ and head on up to the hilly complex of sites known as The Hill of Tara [info], the legendary site that was famous throughout Ireland as the seat of ancient Irish kings. … Read More “Hill of Tara – Part 1: Retrieving the Earth Spirit” »
Castleruddery Embanked Stone Circle – Thursday 27th May 2010 Ruddy hell – it’s Castleruddery! Now that we had the Active10 GPS unit loaded with the correct level of detailed map information finding Castleruddery [map] was not a problem. In fact, again, it turned out to be not far from the main N81 road and the … Read More “Castleruddery: The Ash Staff and the May Trees” »
After some preamble due to a mis-diagnosis of our O.S mapping we eventually found a stone circle called The Pipers Stones. Quite auspiciously to our tired feet it was quite close to the main road. I was the first to arrive there and found a lovely stone just under a tree. The sun was shining … Read More “Ireland 1 – Freeing the dragon” »
The Piper’s Stones, near Athgreany, County Wicklow – Thursday 27th May 2010 [map] What follows over the course of the rest of this month is a series of posts that recount my experiences visiting the sacred sites around the Boyne Valley area of Eire (Republic of Ireland). Kal and I spent five days there … Read More “The Athgreany Piper’s Stones : Fixing a hole” »
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