Harry the Shetland

[Harry the Shetland @BillHarbour3]

@JLazySAngus Looks lovely and green, well done

[JLazyS Chyenne @JLazySAngus]

You wouldn’t think animals would think water is scary … they know to drink it lol … but much like giving a dog or worse, a cat a bath … horses shy away from mud puddles and have amnesia about walking in water once we’re in the saddle.
So we practice and learn a lot.

[🎩Laird of the Manor🎩 @LairdOfThManor]

Torpenhow Hill, England

When the Saxons arrived and asked the locals what that hill was called, the Welsh replied, “Pen,” which simply means hill in Welsh.

The Saxons, apparently not spotting they’d already been given the full answer, added their own word for hill: tor. So it became Torpen - literally Hill Hill.

A few centuries later, the Norse turned up and repeated the exercise, adding haugr, their word for hill. Now it was effectively Torpenhaugr - Hill Hill Hill.

Then the English arrived, looked at the whole thing, shrugged, and added “Hill” on the end for good measure.

Thus we ended up with Torpenhow Hill:
Hill Hill Hill Hill.

It’s comforting to know that for over a thousand years, successive generations have been independently deciding that the previous lot hadn’t made it quite clear enough that it was, in fact, a hill.

Language is magnificent.
Humans… less so.🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

[Harry the Shetland @BillHarbour3]

@sussexfarming Didn’t they call them the Non Stick Flying Van

[L-inglizi @Cantwara_]

Before Kent stopped being an independent kingdom and was absorbed into what became England it had over 25 kings of its own.

But three English monarchs were also Kentish Men and Maids, being born in Greenwich:

Henry VIII
Mary I
Elizabeth I

[Harry the Shetland @BillHarbour3]

@JocWasko Is that Flax for the fibre or Linseed for the seeds, same family different length of the stem

[Elmley NNR @ElmleyNNR]

Recently fledged Kestrel hunting grasshoppers & butterflies along the path to brickfields. Good numbers of insects for them to feed on in the warm sunshine now they are independent of their parents, a very vulnerable time for these youngsters as the learn essential hunting skills

[Belle @RoyallyBelle_]

Absolutely loving all these photos of Catherine meeting people during her Three Peaks hike this weekend 🥹⛰️

Her warmth and positive energy always shine through 💚

[Paula Matanovich © @paulamatanovich]

This is gorgeous

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

Dame Penelope Keith has sadly passed away.
This stairway sketch from the 1977 Morecambe & Wise Christmas Special is still one of the funniest things ever shown on TV. You can see all three trying (and failing) to keep it together. An absolute classic.

[Harry the Shetland @BillHarbour3]

@wigtoftfarmer Oh yes I used to have Springers

[Elmley NNR @ElmleyNNR]

Last nights Glorious strawberry moon rising over the north Kent Downs , wonderful end to the dusk safari walk. A magical walk watching Barn and Little Owls, Marsh Harriers, Cuckoo and Hares galore.

[Harry the Shetland @BillHarbour3]

@JLazySAngus Our ponies love their salt blocks

[L-inglizi @Cantwara_]

Today is St. John's Day (June 24) in Spain, commemorating the birth of St. John the Baptist. It is rooted in pre-Christian summer solstice rituals.

In Kent like the rest of Tudor England, massive communal "bone fires" were lit the night before to ward off evil & purify the air.

[L-inglizi @Cantwara_]

I can’t believe 10 years have gone by since Brexit. Not much to celebrate today. The UK is not a better place than in 2016 and there are still a lot of people who want to rejoin. Kent of course has its own post-Brexit issues. What an utter mess.

[Kentish tales and trivia @Kentishtrivia]

#OTD 1967 The World Custard Pie Championships were first held, at Coxheath Primary School to boost funds for the village hall and playground.
In this now annual event, teams of 4 throw pies with their left hand, and aim for their opponent's face, for a maximum of 6 points.

[Harry the Shetland @BillHarbour3]

@Flattliner @JLazySAngus I find that interesting. Here in England I have believe it or not I have a Jeep Cherokee which has a 9 speed automatic transmission I bought it to pull a horse trailer and I love it, our roads are often narrow with hills so it makes driving much more difficult but auto is 👍😊

[Harry the Shetland @BillHarbour3]

@dbfarms2023 😋