blogging a true path
In the third part of my Brittany visit report I will be covering two sites: the legendary Mont St. Michel and the lesser known Temple of Mars. Mont St.Michel Mont St.Michel has a number of things about it that should pique the interest of any dowser, or anyone interested in ancient earth mysteries. Firstly, it is … Read More “Brittany 3: Mont St.Michel and The Temple of Mars” »
Tuesday 5th May – The St.Uzek stone and the Isle Grande ‘allé couverte’ Being up at the crack of dawn to disembark the ferry at St.Malo, then driving an hour in unfamiliar territory, and on the opposite side of the road to reach your holiday base, then unpacking and heading straight out to the Pink Granite … Read More “Brittany 2: St.Uzek stone and the Isle Grande ‘allé couverte’” »
Technically we may have wandered across county borders, but essentially we were dealing with Shropshire circles this day – April 31st. One of the circles we wanted to visit was actually in Powys, but we don’t really care for county boundaries much. After all – they change shape with the seasons. Many lovely things lie … Read More “Shropshire circles: Kerry Hill, Mitchell’s Fold and The Hoarstones” »
Over the last two weeks my wife and I have been journeying to and staying in the Brittany region in the North Western end of France in my auntie’s guest house near St. Brieuc in the Cotes D’Armour. It was to be our first proper holiday of the year, and to an area renowned for … Read More “Brittany 1: Dragons in Winchester” »
May 1st, or May Day, is the ancient Celtic fire festival of Beltane. It traditionally marks the appearance of the Pleiades star cluster in the constellation of Taurus, an event linked to the start of the farming calendar (which ends at Samhain, or All Hallow’s Eve). It is a fire festival in recognition of the … Read More “Beltane: Firing manifestations” »
We had left Callanish II in a slightly confused state of mind. Callanish III had been lovely, Callanish II the complete opposite. We picked ourselves up and headed for the recommended Carloway Broch – a partially reconstructed shelter that we expected would be like a small stone shelter big enough to possibly fit us both … Read More “Isle of Lewis: Dun Carloway Broch and The Truiseil Stone” »
Sometimes it’s only when you finish writing a post that you realise what it was all about, and can summarise it. Well, as an introduction to this post I want to warn you that if you’re feeling anything but extremely up-beat at the moment then you might want to skip to another cheery post, like “The … Read More “Calanais II: lumpy and grumpy” »
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