Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
Part two in my series on stone-age Orkney is on the neolithic burial chamber of Maeshowe. Fairy Mounds feature heavily in the folk lore of Britain and Ireland. The mounds are believed to be the dwelling place of fairies (or faeries), elves or the sidhe. Fairy favour could bring prosperity and happiness but woe betide [...]
Orkney; June 2009 My friend and I were sightseeing around mainland Orkney when we stumbled across this circle of Standing Stones – or rather, Standing Pebbles! I don’t know who did this but it tickled my fancy as a joyful and creative response to the environment. I could imagine doing this with a child – [...]
A quick round-up of useful travel links.. * Go check out the Carnival of Cities, hosted this week by Jessie Voigts of The Wandering Educators. There is a great collection of links to posts on towns and cities around the world, from Detroit to Saigon, including my own contribution on London. * For those of [...]
Thousands of years ago in Britain people liked to erect giant stones in circles. Theories abound about how and why but no one is exactly sure. Was it religion? Was it science? Clearly it was a matter of some importance given that it would have taken considerable effort to achieve. Whatever the reason, the engineering [...]
I took the Labor Day weekend off from blogging so I could recharge my batteries, by getting out and about in nature. I did several day trips over the weekend, culminating with a hike in the ancient redwood forest of Muir Woods north of San Francisco yesterday. Wonderful! I’ve spent most of the day catching [...]
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