in Brizzle fall mainly on me!
Well maybe not directly but we have seen a good dousing the last couple of days. It was needed, more is forecast tomorrow now if we could just lose some of the wind that's causing havoc with my legumes i'd be a happier bunny!
My schedule for the week has been weather adjusted which works quite well with Sunday being Hill Bun Day. I haven't got any further than the shops on my walks this week, my sore knee is a lot less sore but neither the weather nor prudence has suggested anything too energetic.
Today however, despite winds reaching 30kts, i got out for a 90+km ride and once again over 10% was ridden on new to me byways and tracks which is great fun when its fairly dry and not too overgrown. I found a couple of less known points of interest, a modern menhir celebrating our late Queen's Jubilees and a C12 church complete with a pirates headstone. I have a vague idea of a ride for Friday which, once again, promises to be dry and bright.
I have started writing a new short story, Patreon supporters can read the first segment now. It's a standalone although the setting may be familiar if you've read any of my other works. I'm hoping to get in another good session tomorrow, the final piece will find its way onto BC sooner rather than later.
And the excitement doesn't end there, Sunday i will post the first chapter of Balancing Trick, currently the last Gaby book.
That's it for for today, i'll be back Sunday,
Tschussie,
Madeline Anafrid
Comments
C12...
12th century?
Eric
Yep
That is how we write it shorthand.
In this instance we are talking about a period around 1120AD, so 900 years ago. The earliest surviving Christian churches in England date to the mid/late 700’s, ie C8 although it’s quite rare for them to survive unaltered. One such does survive at Bradford on Avon but there are others around the country. These stone buildings likely replaced timber structures many of which were burnt by Viking raiders @ this time, most famously Lindisfarne.
There ends the introduction to Saxon churches 101!
Madeline Anafrid Bell