A dear friend shared this quote with me and I am passing it on: “If I have learned something from Socrates is that you cannot teach people anything, you can only make them think. You can only draw out of them the wisdom which is latent within them. And by doing so, you help open […]
I have featured Men an Tol in a previous blog, but had the calling to revisit the sacred place in preparation for Harmony Day on 19th March and the Super New Moon on 29th March. Both very powerful days. A beautiful sunny day. Not a cloud in the sky and I had the place to […]
Since coming to Cornwall, I have always wanted to climb to the top of Carn Brea. The obelisk at the top is dedicated to Francis Lord de Dunstanville and Basset. He acquired his enormous wealth from the family mines and although he is said to have put money back into the community, his charitable acts […]
First of all Happy New Year especially for those born in the year of the Yin Wood Snake. I celebrated by taking myself on the Number 17 bus from Penzance to St Just and walking from there to Cape Cornwall. It is so easy to find. I got off the bus at the St Just […]
I stumbled on Carn Euny on the A30 on my way back from Chapel Carn Brae. However I have since found a much easier route than taking the tiny, muddy lanes. All I can say, am I glad I didn’t have to contend with any oncoming traffic. The Universe must have been looking after me! […]
This place had been on my “bucket list” since watching the Fisherman’s Friends film where it is mentioned in the song Cornwall My Home. “First thing in the morning on Chapel Carn Brae, to gaze at the Scillies in the blue far away”. Well I couldn’t see the Scillies because of the weather, and there […]
I wasn’t intending to visit this Sacred Site on this trip, but after finding the Tregonebris Menhir, I literally stumbled across it. Still on the A30 heading towards Lands End. I was looking for a place to turn my car around, decided to pull over in a layby to let a convoy of traffic pass […]
The Mehir Tregonebris, often known as the Blind Fiddler, stands over 3 metres high with 4 ft below the surface. It is easy to find if you follow the A30 towards Lands End, past Catchall, there is a layby on your left and the entrance to the field is on the opposite side of the […]
Firstly, I must apologise for the long break in posting a blog. Three days into my journey into the Yucatan Peninsula (1/11/24), I contracted, what my UK doctor described as “a serious bacterial infection”. Foolishly, I had not packed my supplements and as a result, I just about made it back to the UK on […]
Following on from my visit to St Cleer Holy Well, I set off to find Roche Rock & Hermitage, fondly referred to as the Chapel on the Rock. It was a recent Rick Stein programme, where he visited the Rock Inn, that prompted me to write this blog. My friend and I had made a […]
The St Cleer Holy Well is easy to find and is sign posted on the main road going through the village of St Cleer. The well was in ruins until 1864, when it was rebuilt, in Gothic splendour, as a memorial for the local vicar. It now stands amidst modern houses and bungalows. Stories tell […]
I discovered a great walk from Mary Tavey to Tavistock which took me just over an hour and is fairly well signposted. In the Sun and The Serpent, Hamish Miller talks about the Mary line passing through the church at Mary Tavey and I took the opportunity of accepting a lift to the church and […]
A foggy August morning greeted me on my latest pilgrimage to find the Hurlers stone circles. On the way I stopped at King Doniert’s Stone. According to English Heritage “These two fragments, one of which is known as King Doniert’s Stone, are the only surviving examples of 9th-century stone crosses in Cornwall. The inscription on […]
I have been house sitting in Lostwithiel, so I thought I would make the most of these few days to explore the megalithic sites in the area and Brent Tor has been on my bucket list for some time. Unlike many other sites, this one is easy to find. However, you can easily miss the […]
I stumbled on Alsia Well (pronounced Ay lee ah) when reading an article in the marymichaelpilgrimsway. I had not heard of this sacred well before and not surprising, as there are no sign posts whatsoever. As it was the day of the New Moon, I thought I would hop on my local bus and just […]