Postcards from Paradise #10 ~ Fiery Dragons Sighted!

Yet more strange and beautiful places

waited for us on our journey North

Holy Island
Northumberland 

There's a strong spiritual presence here

as indicated by the name,

 being the base for Christian

evangelising in AD 635.

Lindisfarne Priory is famous for

 the illuminated manuscript known as the

the Lindisfarne Gospels ~ 

illustrated Latin copy of

Mathew, Mark, Luke  & John.

thought to have been made here in 700s

It was reported by The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ~

"Vikings raided Lindisfarne in 793 

In this year fierce, foreboding omens

came over the land of Northumbria. 

There were excessive whirlwinds, lightning storms,

and fiery dragons were seen flying in the sky. 

These signs were followed by great famine, 

on January 8th the ravaging of heathen men 

destroyed God's church at Lindisfarne".

The island itself is an oddity

it joins the mainland by a causeway

 of about 3 miles,

 you must check the tides before

venturing there otherwise

you're likely to be stranded overnight,

who would want to risk that?

With all those ~

Fiery Dragons Flying Around

!!!

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