Tag Archives: Stonehenge

Crop Circles, Tornados and Aliens oh my!

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Last week I was looking for a neolithic burial tomb and some ancient stones on Googlemaps. There are thousands of such places but most people only seem to know of Stonehenge. Whilst I was looking for my tomb and amongst … Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture, Life, Cool Britannia | Tagged Weather, Maps, Art, Stonehenge, Wiltshire, Avebury, Crop Circles, Aliens, Aerial Photography, Tornado, Tornadoes | Leave a comment

An eerie journey along old Corpse Roads

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Can anyone believe that I have written Halloween (related posts for 7 years now. When I started this blog I thought I’d be lucky to still be going in a month. As with everything else, I always try to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Cumbria & The Lake District, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Corpse Road, Death, Funeral, halloween, outdoors, Stonehenge, Superstition, walks | 7 Comments

A visit to Clava Cairns

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Everyone knows I like my history and the older it is the better. I spend much of my time visiting prehistoric and neolithic monuments. Everyone knows of Stonehenge but there are hundreds of other stonecircles across Britain as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in history, television, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Avebury, Burial Tombs, Clava Cairns, Neolithic, Outlander, Scotland, Stonecircle, Stonehenge, West Kennet | 15 Comments

Christmas through the ages

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

It seems unavoidable, the big day has almost arrived. Whereas last year I wrote a post on debunking myths surrounding Christmas and in 2015 on the history of Father Christmas and Santa Claus this time around I thought I would write … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Christmas, Father Christmas, Medieval, Neolithic, Saturnalia, Solstice, Stonehenge, Tudor, Victorian | 9 Comments

Crows, Ravens & Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Over the years, I have written quite a few posts on Halloween related subjects such as Halloweens of past and present (updated) Top 10 Haunted places in the U.K. the fearful Spring Heeled Jack who wrought terror in mostly distant times and … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Corvus, Crows, Faith, halloween, Legends, Myths, Ravens, Stonehenge, Tower of London | 3 Comments

Stonehenge At Dusk

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

I don’t usually do simple photo posts but in Thursday on one if my guided tours, we happened to be at Stonehenge at dusk. Due to the latitude of the British Isles, dusk can be anything from about 11pm in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Heritage, Life, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Dusk, Life, outdoors, Stonehenge, Sunset, Travel, Wiltshire | 5 Comments

When playing a hunch leads to The Devil

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

I see a lot of amazing sights when I am driving around the country or indeed walking around London and giving tours to foreign visitors through my company, Ye Olde England Tours. No matter where I go or how … Continue reading →