Posted by bob wallace on Wednesday, August 31, 2011,
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Ireland
Is the best known Irish saint after Saint Patrick, but there does not seem to be as much recorded data on her life. The life of Brigid, written by Cogitosus was written more than 100 years after she died, and he seemed preoccupied with the many miracles she performed. She may have been born in County Kildare but some suggest County Lough and equally she seems to have come from a poor family and other stories tell of some wealth. One thing for sure she gave all she had to the poor and was note...
Posted by bob wallace on Tuesday, August 30, 2011,
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Scotland
Yes I am glad to say I been there, played in it, in many ways, Edinburgh that is. After my home town of Inverness, Edinburgh is the best city in the World, period.
Just nothing can compare for me the thrill of being in Edinburgh, although I have been in New Zealand 11 years, every time I go home, I often head to Edinburgh first to swallow up the atmosphere.
What better way then is to come with me, yes me, on one of our tours to Scotland, explore the rough country, my part of the World,...
Posted by bob wallace on Tuesday, August 30, 2011,
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Scotland
We will soon be celebrating St Andrews day, the 30thof November, a dateless known than St Patrick’s day which has become something of a world icon.
But St Andrews day is growing in prominence every year but have you wondered why he is the patron Saint of Scotland at all??
He is the patron Saint of 3 very diverse nations, Scotland, Greece and Russia. And while the reason for this choice in the other 2 cases in fairly clear, they are the parts of the world where Andrew carried out all ...
Posted by bob wallace on Saturday, August 27, 2011,
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Australia
The Australian Standing Stones began as an ambitious project by a small, dedicated group of citizens who wanted to mark Glen Innes's Celtic heritage. We plan to take a tour May 2012. Be in there
It was in Australia's 1988 Bicentenary Year that the Celtic Council of Australia developed the idea of erecting a national monument to honour all Celtic peoples who helped pioneer Australia. Glen Innes responded with a 46-page submission for Australian Standing Stones, inspired by the Ring of Brodgar ... Continue reading ...
Posted by bob wallace on Saturday, August 20, 2011,
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Scotland
Made now into a film, this is story which has touched most Scottish hearts. The removal of the stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey was front page news within hours of the event occurring on Christmas morning 1950. I was not even born then but have been fascinated by these legendary thieves since many years. Scotland Yard began a frantic search for the stone, to me even the name Scotland Yard conjured up all these Scottish ! policemen involved in a search for something they must have thought... Continue reading ...
I was reading about Dalry in Ayrshire the other day and the student times I spent there as we made weekend escapes from Edinburgh. Sigh seems like yesterday but its 40 years.
Near Auchinskich, in a romantic and sylvan dell, is a natural cave about 183 feet in length and 5 to 12 feet in breadth. This caves, or maybe there caves stretch into the bowels of the earth and is one of the greatest natural curiosities in Ayrshire. There are accounts of this area bei...
Posted by bob wallace on Thursday, August 11, 2011,
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Scotland
Paisley Abbey, The Barochan Cross and the Wallace Window on PhotoPeach
First we start at Houston, every time I hear about Houston I immediately think of the USA city, as for the life of me I cannot get my head around a Scottish town of that name, even though I have been there many times.
There was a castle and the remains are still visible in the city`s conservation area and it is possible that possible that Lord Darnley, the ill-fated husband for a time of Mary, Queen of scots resided ...
Posted by bob wallace on Saturday, August 6, 2011,
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Cornwall
It is said these mines were inhabited by fairy miners called knockers, so known because of their labours in work. They were thought to be remnants of a people who inhabited Cornwall before the Celts, and were neither good enough for heaven or nor bad enough for hell.
The belief in `spirits of the mines ` is a widespread one and in many mines reports of `straunge shapes and spirites ` haunted these place. The fairies only worked rich lodes so if they were seen! Or heard from their knocking a...
Posted by bob wallace on Saturday, August 6, 2011,
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Cornwall
Well I got to thinking , as I do, about chocolate and of course when I do that I think of Cadbury, the makers of this fine delicacy. But there is another bit to Cadbury and it’s the name of several hill forts in The West Country.
And then the story leads to Cadbury castle is seen as the best known of the reputed sites of King Arthur’s Camelot, but this is not such a castle as we know it but a hill fort with 4 lines of bank and ditch defence’s.
