Here is the next in my series of revisiting Wednesday Wanders. I’ve been to Llangollen many times in my life; I have family near there, and a lot of history tied up in the little town, nestled among the ancient hills. But my first visit to Plas Newydd was only three years ago – aContinue reading “Wednesday Wander Revisited – Plas Newydd, Llangollen”
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Facing Fear With The Silent Eye, Part 4 – Life and Death
I recently attended a workshop with The Silent Eye about Facing Our Fears, an extraordinary weekend spent among the hills and grey stone villages of the Peak District. It’s taken me a little while, as it usually does, to process everything that happened. Once again there was history and mystery, good company and tasty food,Continue reading “Facing Fear With The Silent Eye, Part 4 – Life and Death”
Wednesday Wander – Natural History Museum, London
It’s Wednesday and time to wander again. This week, I’m not travelling too far from home. I’m lucky enough to live very close to London and all that it holds, including some wonderful (and very famous) museums. This week, I’m wandering to the Natural History Museum, arguably one of the best known. Situated in theContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Natural History Museum, London”
Maiden Mother Crone, Part 7 – The Dance
It was Sunday morning, and it was raining again. But I breakfasted with friends, warmth and laughter a pleasant way to begin the day. Outside, a raven wandered along the wooden fence – one of our group remarked on him, as he was quite unusually large. ‘He was there yesterday, as well,’ I said. SueContinue reading “Maiden Mother Crone, Part 7 – The Dance”
Maiden Mother Crone, Part 5 – The Maiden
Stone and rain. Rain and stone. It seemed to be a theme of the weekend. No matter the weather, when we reached any stone of significance the rain would fall. From soft misty drizzle to gale force rain storms, we experienced just about all the types of rain Scotland seemed to offer, often in theContinue reading “Maiden Mother Crone, Part 5 – The Maiden”
Wednesday Wander – Plas Newydd, Llangollen
This week I’m wandering to a rather wonderful place tucked away on the hillside above Llangollen. This is Plas Newydd, once home to the famous ‘Ladies of Llangollen.’ The two ladies in question were Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler, who came from Ireland in 1778 to live in Llangollen, North Wales. Their storyContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Plas Newydd, Llangollen”
Thursday Doors – United Reformed Church, Nuneaton
My Thursday Door this week comes from a small Midlands town called Nuneaton. It’s a town I’ve been to many times – it has an excellent market and, when I was a child, Saturdays usually included a visit there. When I was three, I was even briefly lost at the market – I remember standing betweenContinue reading “Thursday Doors – United Reformed Church, Nuneaton”
Thursday Doors – Aldwych, London
It’s Thursday, and time for Norm 2.0’s weekly Thursday Doors Challenge. This week I have a photo of a door I took last summer but forgot about – I found it while scrolling through my photo library looking for something else. There were a few reasons I took a photo of this door. One isContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Aldwych, London”
Thursday Doors – The Bishop’s Door, St Albans Cathedral
A little while ago I posted about a set of doors at St Albans Cathedral, which someone commented ‘were probably the oldest’ set of doors to appear in the Thursday Doors Challenge. Now, I know I have an advantage, as I live in a country where buildings can be a thousand years old. However, thisContinue reading “Thursday Doors – The Bishop’s Door, St Albans Cathedral”
Thursday Doors – Silves, Portugal
This week’s door photograph was taken in the town of Silves, Portugal. Carved wood and curved metalwork make this quite an ornate door, yet the flyers casually shoved underneath add a prosaic touch, as do the jumble of wires overhead. Located in the south of Portugal, Silves was a Caliphate from the 8th to 13thContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Silves, Portugal”
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