Ep 3 - FRIDAYS IN THE GRAVEYARD - St. Mary's Church Graveyard - Lindisfarne, Northumberland

It's FRIDAYS IN THE GRAVEYARD. I love a graveyard, don't you? In this episode, Mindie Burgoyne visits the graves on the grounds of St. Mary's Church in Lindisfarne, Northumberland in the UK (also known as Holy Island) Join Mindie Burgoyne for a walk across the old Abbey graveyard at Lindisfarne - also known as Holy Island on the North Sea in Northumberland. Graves date to the Dark Ages. Markers date to the 17th century but the church itself is built on the site and graves of the 6th-century monks of Lindisfarne established by St. Aidan who came from Iona. Hear Mindie Burgoyne recount the story of St. Aidan and the tradition of the Celtic Cross, and hear about the memorial marker to a young man whose body was left on the fields of Flanders during World War I, and view images of the old 12th-century abbey ruins. St. Mary's Church and the abbey ruins on Lindisfarne are featured on The Monk's Trail tour of Scotland led by Mindie Burgoyne and Thin Places Tours. For more information on Mindie's Thin Places Tours, visit http://thinplacestour.com #FridaysintheGraveyard #ThinPlacesTours #ChesapeakeGhosts Mindie Burgoyne is the owner of Thin Places Mystical Tours, conducting group tours and arranging individual travel to Ireland and Scotland. For more information on Thin Places Tours, visit http://thinplacestour.com Mindie is also the owner of Chesapeake Ghost Tours, which operates eleven year-round ghost walks and 5 bus tours on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. For more information on these ghost tours visit http://chesapeakeghosts.com background music on intro and outro by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com