by Steve Tanham
(Continued from Part One on Sun in Gemini) The rain has abated… for now. After the morning of the second day, we return to East Aquorthies to have more revealed to us by our guide, Allan. The morning had contained a visit to another stone circle which had drained and saddened us all. The details will be written up in the next post … Read More Women in the Mist (2)
by Steve Tanham
It was wet in the stone circle; so wet that Allan, our guide to the ancient monuments of this wonderful part of North-East Scotland, remarked that his belly-button was actually ‘filling up with water’. The comment has been immortalised in Silent Eye history, and songs about it will will be sung around soggy campfires in the years to come, one suspects… It is, of … Read More Women in the Mist (1)
by Steve Tanham
Jerome (not his real name, but those are his hands) had been teaching us some elementary Spanish. We had been advised that the lesson was half an hour later than billed, but it had started on time. By the time we got there, the other two students were well ensconced in the picture cards that matched local Mexican animals with their Spanish names. I … Read More Unexpected Shaman (1)
by Steve Tanham
In response to Sue Vincent’s Thursday photo prompt. Liminal – #writephoto Bull Rocks — Did you, then, Perhaps See the bull? His horns like wings His feet, suggested If not seen Ancient anchors In the rocks of here. — Or did you Greet the green-white stones With familiarity Born of expectation? Assembled barrow Just for you… — Just for me? You ask, incredulous Why yes, they … Read More Bull Rocks – #writephoto
by Steve Tanham
How apt! Is broken life Supported on your precious stone? Axes point eternally ©Stephen Tanham, 2016.
by Steve Tanham
Whispers in the West – part three After the group’s successful ascent of Carningli (panorama shot above), the second day of the Silent Eye’s Whispers in the West weekend continued, with a short, further car journey to one of the historic highlights of the trip – Pentre Ifan. Pentre Ifan is the best known, and because of its height, the most impressive megalithic monuments in … Read More Whispers in the West – part three
by Steve Tanham
Whispers in the West – part two The second day of our the Silent Eye’s Whispers in the West weekend began with relief – that we didn’t have to drive all the way across South Wales, again, to reach the town of Newport – our starting point for day two. There are, apparently, many Newports in Wales, but only one of them, some twenty … Read More Whispers in the West – part two
by Steve Tanham
Whispers in the West – part one It was early on Friday afternoon. Lizzy, one of our Companions in the Silent Eye, had assembled us for the start of three days of delightful discovery on the western fringes of Pembrokeshire, centred on the lovely town of St David’s, home of one of the most remote cathedrals in Britain. As promised, we met, on the … Read More Whispers in the West – part one
by Steve Tanham
After the Mist This post is in response to Hugh’s Views and News photo challenge with the subject of ‘After” At the end of our lovely weekend in St David’s, Pembrokeshire, we woke, on the Sunday morning, to a thick mist outside the small hotel’s windows. It was still present, but clearing as we set out to gain access to the coastal footpath that … Read More “Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 30 – ‘After’”
by Steve Tanham
History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Final Part (5) , Warriors of the Heart Their age is uncertain, but most observers place them as medieval. I’m no expert in ancient Christian symbolism, but, on my first visit to Caldey, a decade prior, I knew that the uncovered plaster etchings on the lower walls of St Illtud’s church were unusual. My first reaction was that … Read More History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Five, Warriors of the Heart
by Steve Tanham
History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Four, Two Ships There were two ships on that day, each of them spoke of other dimensions…One completed our journey back from Caldey, in a way that could only be seen as symbolic. The other was the vessel called St Illtud’s church, whose foundations, and, perhaps some of the contents, had carried the ancient wisdom of the … Read More History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Four, Two Ships
by Steve Tanham
History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Three, Ancient Suns I had to crouch down to get the shot of the ancient sun, above. These wonders of ancient history occupy a very quiet and almost hidden place on Caldey Island, one I had stumbled across eight years ago, when we paid our first visit here. Then, the twenty or so plaster (reproduction) engravings … Read More History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Three, Ancient Suns
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