Mark

Everyman adventurer | Local explorer | Dad | Nemophilist | FRGS | DRD4-7R #dadventure #ArmedForces #Archaeology 🧭

[𝙃𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚 @thorneh]

The Lowbury Hill drovers track, descending into Berkshire with the North Hampshire Downs on the horizon.

[Stonehenge U.K @ST0NEHENGE]

Stonehenge summer Solstice Celebration 2026 🙏❤️

[Mark @ukdadventure]

Great to see so many different types of butterflies dancing around in the sunshine yesterday. 🦋 ☀️

[Mark @ukdadventure]

Archaeologists announced Cave 338 in the Pyrenees, 2,235m / 7,333ft up, as the highest-altitude prehistoric dwelling found in the region. People kept returning to it over ∼5,000 years, 5th–1st millennium BC, with hearths, animal bones, pottery, and jewelry. It rewrites the idea that prehistoric groups only passed through high mountains.

For decades, experts thought areas above 2,000m were just travel routes. This shows planned, repeated occupation “the mountain was not a barrier but an active place within the economic and territorial organization of prehistoric communities”.

https://t.co/JEZ4d76WIO

[Mark @ukdadventure]

@AlistairCarns We need to invest in innovation and manufacturing hubs, dedicated to defence & security, the size of Amazon warehouses in every region of the UK.

👊🏻 Design
👊🏻 Develop
👊🏻 Test
👊🏻 Trial
👊🏻 Implement

All at the speed of a thousand gazelles. 🦌

[Mark @ukdadventure]

“Tomb raiders” (thieves) cutting through fences accidentally revealed a previously unknown Imperial-era villa with perfectly preserved mosaics, marble work, and a statue thought to be Silvanus, Roman god of the countryside. 🏛️ https://t.co/0c5gTfCmwB

[𝙃𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚 @thorneh]

The Roden Downs; the drovers track from Lowbury Hill down to The Ridgeway.

[Mark @ukdadventure]

Former paratrooper Karl Bushby, 57, set off from Chile in 1998 and has reached Belgium. Under the terms of his challenge, he is unable to use transport.

He expects to reach Calais, France, in September but was told on Tuesday that his formal request to access a service tunnel had been declined, with a Eurotunnel spokesperson citing safety and operational reasons.

[Alastair Humphreys @Al_Humphreys]

This could be Kier Starmer's last act in office... Help a British adventurer complete one of the greatest expeditions in history! https://t.co/W3jPoT7Uia

[Mark @ukdadventure]

There’s always more in the tank.

[Benedict Allen @benedictallen]

KEYS TO RESILIENCE- stuff I've picked up over many years isolated in remote terrain.

"You've got more in you than you think."

(Whether it's a run in the local park, or here, nearing a summit in Mongolia, your mind will tell you to stop long before your body really needs to)

[Mark @ukdadventure]

@ShahrarAli When you find it do let us know. 🌳

[Mark @ukdadventure]

I’ve just watched this on YouTube. Never heard of it before. Not a classic, but worth a watch! 🇮🇳 ⚔️

[Mark @ukdadventure]

@lukeakehurst @campbellclaret Falls to 4.9%. Falls to.

It was 4.4% in July 2024.

https://t.co/CjcwRBTlk3

[Mark @ukdadventure]

An ancient oak tree that has stood in the heart of a famous forest for hundreds of years and is linked to the legend of Robin Hood has died, experts believe.

The Major Oak is estimated to have lived in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire for up to 1,200 years, and is considered one of Britain's biggest oak trees. 🌳 🏹#trees

https://t.co/bqGah0EwFN

[Mark @ukdadventure]

Archaeologists believe they have discovered an earlier, much simpler version of Stonehenge 3 miles (5km) away from the prehistoric monument. https://t.co/bU6uYL4erp

[Mark @ukdadventure]

@MattCas04807118 Life mimicking art.

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@Sapper575 @HenMazzig Well, precisely. 👍

[Mark @ukdadventure]

@DrChrisParry From Great Britain to Little China in 2 years. I am genuinely fearful of the next 3 years and the damage this party will do to this once great nation.

[Mark @ukdadventure]

@timespolitics Mmm… I wonder who he has in lin for the chop? 🪓

[Mark @ukdadventure]

As CEO of the IRC:

💰 Base Salary: $818,952
💰 Bonus & Incentive Compensation: $150,000

💰 Other Reportable Compensation & Benefits: Approx. $280,000+ (including retirement plans and non-taxable benefits)

💰 Total Pay Package: $1,253,728

Is he really going to give all this up, including the perks, for a basic salary of £98,599?