Cornwall - King Arthur's Hall, Bodmin Moor

You have to think of Bede:

Bede
“The present life of man upon earth, O King, seems to me in comparison with that time which is unknown to us like the swift flight of a sparrow through the mead-hall where you sit at supper in winter, with your Ealdormen and thanes, while the fire blazes in the midst and the hall is warmed, but the wintry storms of rain or snow are raging abroad. The sparrow, flying in at one door and immediately out at another, whilst he is within, is safe from the wintry tempest, but after a short space of fair weather, he immediately vanishes out of your sight, passing from winter to winter again. So this life of man appears for a little while, but of what is to follow or what went before we know nothing at all.”

Wow - thanks Steve... that expresses it perfectly.

This thing was excavated in the middle about 4-5000 years ago, to create a large pool of standing water - but noone knows why.

Ah yes! A fine capture of this enigma, Jim!

Cheers Andy - it was a three-mile wet trudge across the boggy moor to get here, but worth it I think.

Very much so!

Wow !! great colors

Thank you ColRam