2nd Visit to Grove

On Monday 19 April we once again set out to dowse the area around Grove. Although it was slightly hazy from the Icelandic Volcano ash cloud, the sun was getting through and we felt warm as we walked along the canal path. We climbed over the stile and went across the field, full of sheep with their lambs and it really felt like spring at last!

We crossed the footbridge and were soon on the site of the old monastery fish ponds. We had been here before (please see entry 1st July 2008 for the details). We both felt our chests tighten as the energies of the area flowed around us. We dowsed for ley lines and picked up three but only two were important. We were interested in finding out if we were near a node point. Unfortunately, because this field is enclosed with fencing and barbed wire, we were unable to follow the main leyline directly, instead, guided by our rods, followed a marked path across the field, over another very small bridge, continued along the path about 200yds and came out by the quarry.

Last year this ground had been churned up by the heavy plant vehicles and was very muddy but today it was now dry and covered with the seedy heads of coltsfoot and other ground plants and a Skylark was singing above us, and, to make it perfect, ahead of us was our beautiful old Oak tree. It was lovely to see it again and we were very pleased when we discovered that Jackie’s crystal offering that we had made last year was still there. Although old and many branches now dead there were still signs of this year's new growth.

The energies in this area are, literally, breathtaking. Reading the history of Grove (Jackie’s specialist subject!) this area was well known for its meeting point of several ley lines. These 'node' points hold the energies of all the crossing ley lines. Sian did a “helicopter” dowsing and the rods pointed to Ivinghoe Beacon, Billington Church, St Michael’s Church Grove and All Saints’ Church. We again picked up our two major ley lines. One ran across from All Saints to Ivinghoe Beacon and resonated to the colour Yellow; the other ran from Billington Church to St Michaels Church at Grove and resonated to blue. The latter possibly went on to the tree circle (See our entry dated 5th Nov 2008). Jackie was rather disappointed to find that the All Saints to Ivinghoe Beacon resonated to yellow as this signified it was part of the Mary Line as she felt this was part of the St Michael Line, as this has resonated to Red in the past. (But do the ley lines resonant with different colours on different days depending on weather, strength of the energy etc. Something we may need to check each time we go dowsing.) We felt this meeting point (node point might have been very near the site of the old hamlet of Grovebury and Grovebury Priory.

Sian took a panoramic photo from where we stood.She started facing the magnificent spire of All Saints, in Leighton. She moved around across thenew buildings of the housing estates and up to Billington, where we could see St Michaels Church on the top of the hill. Then on to see the outline of the Downs in the distance, on to the Beacon, with the tower of St Mary's Church at Edlesborough in the fore ground. Then round to St Michael's church Grove and in the distance Wing Hill, then back to All Saints. The hills surrounded us and we were standing in the flat valley bottom that covers several miles. The ancient energies of Ivinghoe Beacon seem to sweep down and wash the whole area. What a special area this is, and we wondered what the magnificent oak tree had seen over the years. Perhaps Nuns and monks had sat under its branches.

We plan to visit Billington, Edlesborough, Ivinghoe, Stanbridge, Tilsworth and Eggington churches to see if the blue leyline and also the other we picked up flow through them and confirm what we had found today. We were now starting to feel hungry and decided to go back for lunch. This however was delayed as Sian, AGAIN, lost her rods (again please see entry for 5th November 2008). Rather wearily, we made our way back to the oak tree, and Jackie's rods once again came to the rescue and found Sian’s rods on the ground. I do wish she would look after her things!! Sian here – I’m soo sorry Jackie – What a complete idiot I am. But at least it shows how utterly brilliant you are finding lost things with your dowsers. Is that enough grovelling?!!!