mastodon 4.7.2Associate Prof. of #Landscape #History. Centre for #Regional & #Local History, University of #Leicester. #EnvHist #HistGeog #Medieval #archaeology #rivers #flooding #manure #nature #placenames #sewage #farming. Interested in so much more besides. Amateur #Photographs
Newark-on-Trent #Castle, #Nottinghamshire last night. A #photo taken while out shopping. One of two gateways to the #north in #medieval #England. Defending the passage of the Great North road over the #River #Trent. Where #King John died. Good riddance, I say. As incompetent in his dealings with #Europe as our current #government. I wish a surfeit of lampreys on all #Tories.
I fear I lost my audience this #evening.
Me: ‘If you feel like you’ve herd all these cow puns before, you probably have déjà-moo.’
Them: …
I’m gutted at the news of the felling of the iconic #Sycamore at Sycamore Gap on #HadriansWall last night. Made globally famous by the scene in Costner’s #RobinHood Prince of Thieves. So it seems churlish, indeed very ‘I have my environmental history hat on’, to note that the Sycamore was introduced into #Britain in the 15-16th century, at least 300 years after the 3rd Crusade, the period in which the #Film was set. None of this detracts, of course, from the utter vandalism of last night’s act.
For #Plough #Monday, the delicious #chocolate fondant waves of my #home #fields. #Midlands #Nottinghamshire. #Farming #Clay #Winter
My little bit of #Nottinghamshire. Such a dull county. To be driven through on your way to the usual landscape honeypots north, south, east, and west. You enjoy the hordes when you get there. I’ll enjoy the space. Had this all to myself this afternoon as I almost invariably do. Bliss! #Winter #Sunset #Midlands #Landscapes
Sometimes a photograph is so awfully taken that the result is rather pleasing! The view from my kitchen window this morning. There’s something #WilliamMorris #wallpaper about this. I love the subdued colours and the blur. #BlueTit #Frost #Winter Might need to click image for full effect.