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Solstice eve
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Having a toddler has rather put paid to any all night summer solstice shenanigans. When uninterrupted sleep is the norm, the idea of willin...
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Depicting the past
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I'm full of admiration for those illustrators who bring the past to life. When watching  Time Team – a guilty pleasure, I freely admit –...
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The Lie of the Land
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Whenever I travel somewhere new I always want to get a feel for the place, to know the lie of the land. I start by poring over maps - a habi...
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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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