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Old Plod of Plympton (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
On Saturday 22nd November I had the blessing and sheer joy of visiting St. Mary's Abbey, better known at Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon. Although I have been a visitor many times before it never ceases to inspire and uplift me. I was attending a quiet day and Holy Eucharist in the adjacent St. Cuthbert's Conference Centre. Buckfast Abbey is a Benedictine monastery on the edge of Dartmoor National...
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The BNP Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Brave BNP candidate David Owens pulled off a stunning 13% vote in the party’s first outing into the safe Tory area of Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, yesterday. Polling 239 votes, and coming third, David beat Labour and humiliated UKIP in its supposed East Midlands heartland, with that phony party drawing a derisory 41 votes. The full results: Bourne Abbey ward by-election (Lincolnshire County Council)...
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Vintage Amethyst (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
I'm so glad that you all enjoyed seeing the photos of Cockington Village in the last post, so really if you aren't too bored here are a few more photos of our trip to Devon! We visited Buckfast Abbey which is a beautiful Abbey and also home to a community of Benedictine Monks. Photography was not allowed inside the Abbey so nothing of inside to show you I'm afraid. In the Abbey grounds there are also...
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URBANarmy (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Had a good break in Devon - one major question that would not leave me - "is this August?" Thoroughly enjoyed Dawlish Warren, Teignmouth and Shalden, the stainglass at Buckfast Abbey, Exmouth, Dartmoor - meeting up with someone who really helped shape my mind at University - Professor Paul Cloke. It was good to read and spend time with the family even though it rained 80-85% of the time!!
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Torquay and Devon Holiday Blog (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
The grand doors of Torre Abbey have once again re-opened to the public following a three-year, £6.5 million restoration. The biggest surviving mediaeval monastery in Devon and Cornwall, the Abbey first took shape in 1196 when it was founded as…
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Heatonian (Free subscription) | 23/03/2008
It would seem that the produce of some mild mannered monks from Devon has had unintended consequences in Scotland .
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really simple BEER syndication (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
I got the word today that The Lost Abbey will finally be releasing their Red Poppy Ale on January 19. From the press release: The Lost Abbey will issue its long-awaited first release of Red Poppy Ale on January 19, 2008. A Flanders-style red ale made with sour cherries and aged in French Oak barrels for one year, the 60 case limited edition release will only be available directly from the brewery....
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Abbey of the Arts (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts (photos taken over the Christmas holiday while at Whistler, British Columbia)
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
Shares in Alliance & Leicester continued to nudge up yesterday as investors hoped that Abbey owner Santander remained interested in making a bid for it.
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AustenBlog . . . she's everywhere (Free subscription) | 27/12/2007
Alert Janeite Lisa sent an article from the North Devon Gazette with a photo from the filming of S&S08, which was shot in Hartland, Devon. The BBC spent three weeks on the Hartland Abbey Estate filming at a 15th century cottage. It was used as the setting for Barton Cottage to which Mrs Dashwood moved with [...]
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idle speculations (Free subscription) | 14/09/2007
Thrupp, Frederick 1812-1895 Model for a relief, Illustration of a poem of George Herbert Torre Abbey, Torquay, Devon, England
