Sunday 26 September 2010

Long Meg and her Daughters

Saturday was a beautiful autumnal day crossing the Pennines across high moors via the cobbled streets of Alston and the impressive Hartside Pass to visit Long Meg and her Daughters (this link has Wordsworth's thoughts about the circle)




The Lake District from the top of Hartside Pass. I love the fading colours.







Long Meg watching over the circle, oh yes and the cows. These pilgrims paid their respects and left. leaving a stillness, a peace, no human sound, a panoramic sky, the evidence of our ancestors and a buzz in the centre that would not be denied.







Long Meg, silvery lichen highlighting the stern planes and etching the wrinkles of her timeless face.






One of the spiral markings on her side.



More photos to be seen here , ironically we used sat-nav to get to this amazing ancient place, the co-ordinates are NY571372 !


Hugs
Lindsey

Mood: Connected!

2 comments:

Sally Stafford said...

Lovely photos and words...i have never visited Long Meg (or heard of it for that matter) but i will now

Lindsey said...

come and stay!