“…Manifest thy light for my regeneration, and let the breadth, height, fullness and crown of the solar radiance appear, and may the within shine forth!” Abbe de Villars, ‘The Comte de Gab...
https://scvincent.com/2021/02/07/north-easterlya-final-grace/
Winter on Holy Island, it seems, is silent save for the song of the waves and the cry of the gull. The visitors had left; the locals all seemed to be indoors. It was as if we shared the island �...
https://scvincent.com/2021/01/09/discovering-albion-day-8-a-tide-of-silence/
We had found a pub and, duly watered and warmed by the coal fire of the Crown and Anchor, had wandered out to look around. The tide was still out, but the few visitors were already making their w...
https://scvincent.com/2021/01/08/discovering-albion-day-8-out-to-the-castle/
The parking ticket was heading towards its last hour as we headed for the remains of St Rule’s church within the Abbey precinct. The little church was built in AD1130 and although only a shell ...
https://scvincent.com/2020/12/29/discovering-albion-day-7-high-as-the-sun/
According to the map we covered another two hundred miles that day. More, if you take into account that we did it all on the back roads , being very gentle with the ailing car and sticking to the...
https://scvincent.com/2020/12/24/discovering-albion-day-7-the-elasticity-of-time/