The Solstice horn...part 2
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Did I say I wasn't getting up for sunrise? The gods put paid to that. I woke of my own accord at 3.30am and thus it was settled. We we...
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The Solstice horn
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Summer Solstice is upon us and ordinarily I'd be making my way on foot or by bicycle to Avebury , as has become customary. Alas, not th...
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Cuckoo song
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Making use of the long evenings and the fine weather, we went out to Scorhill , our local stone circle. On Dartmoor, where blocks of granite...
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Resurrection
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According to Plutarch , during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius a sailor by the name of Thamus heard a voice on the water proclaiming that ...
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