from Westmoreland to Wessex to Papa Westree

‘PostDad’ to boisterous, busy, now grown n’flown Cantab ‘PostKids’ | PhD | cats a’slumber | ideas from - for many a family &all adventure.

[from Westmoreland to Wessex to Papa Westree @WWPostdadW]

Host Cafe. The City. St Mary’s Aldermary, rebuilt after the Great Fire of London. So so much in London; should ‘retire’ to country to put down roots; if had unlimited funds, London would never bore.

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#craftpotter #JimMalone Final Exhibition @goldmarkgallery

Outstanding - an utter delight.

Nov ‘23  images|ideas own

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before the storm #Ciarán

[from Westmoreland to Wessex to Papa Westree @WWPostdadW]

on your travels, distant or near, you never know what you will be introduced to

#TatsuzoShimaoka vases meet up for the afternoon, back together? after many a year apart. #craftceramics they natter sing to the room #potter then gently offer farewells

#shojihamada #bernardleach

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daughter T-‘s one-off stitched fabric collage tote bag: remembering many a childhood stay on #Berneray & long days of play exploring natter song #GatliffTrust Hostel

spot us one day searching for tiny pink cowries along #machair #OuterHebrides bays

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#Pictish art.  Paganism meets Christianity, C8th, on reverse sides of sculptured stone & cross. #Meigle & East Coast #Scotland 

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“I spy with my little eye something beginning with T”.

Time to drive a tractor? In #Westmorland 9 out of 10 do. #YFC

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#Cambridge.  Night falls. Whilst images feel silent & still, yet the air is filled with the sound of Graduates celebrating.

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[Pendon Museum @PendonMuseum]

This Sunday — #FathersDay — bring Dad, Granddad or the whole family to see the trains running in the historic Madder Valley Railway.

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Where?

try #fellwalking a #wainwright walk along ridges & tops, a day amongst the #lakedistrict hills & mountains, be they in #Westmorland or #Cumberland

Be sensible: OS map, plan route, clothing, boots, water!

Week22|52 ‘23 images|ideas own

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finish an #adventure

good to return to the @GatliffHostels #howmore & #berneray blackhouses too #Rhenigidale - all oozing character(s) - walking the #OuterHebrides May ‘23

#HebrideanWay
#WesternIsles
#postmanspath

Week 21/52 ‘23  images|ideas own

[from Westmoreland to Wessex to Papa Westree @WWPostdadW]

@21UAP … and our lad is named Harris (& was born in Westmorland)

[from Westmoreland to Wessex to Papa Westree @WWPostdadW]

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Set out on an adventure, and try one of the worlds outstanding #walks (with due care & experience level)

The #postmanspath to #Rhenigidale 

#IsleofLewis
#OuterHebrides
#worldsbestwalks
#WesternIsles

Week 20/52 ‘23  images|ideas own

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@MuseumnanEilean
@britishmuseum loans

the final pieces of the jigsaw

#stornoway museum

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natter a while with ‘Noggin’ & the C12th ivory #LewisChessmen whilst exploring the @britishmuseum London & @NtlMuseumsScot Edinburgh.

… as to their expressions!

#Uig #Lewis #OuterHebrides
#NogginTheNog
#Norse

Week 9|52 ‘23 images|ideas own

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wherever you #walk, visit, #journey or love to return to, keep an eye out for the changing seasons amid your #footsteps 

Spring #flora of the #OuterHebrides

#HebrideanWay 
#machair 
#peatbog

Week 19|52 ‘23  images|ideas own

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head off on an adventure - by foot or bike, explore & learn anew

#OuterHebrides
#HebrideanWay

Week 18|52 ‘23  images|ideas own

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A time for celebration & goodwill

#coronation
#GreatBritain
#UnitedKingdom

Week 17|52 ‘23  images|ideas own

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

It's May Day, the beginning of the month which in medieval literature is the most magical time of the year - a season for love, fairies, and marvellous dreams https://t.co/0jkjHjJkXd

'When miri and hot is the day,
And oway beth winter schours,
And everi feld is ful of flours...'

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Seek out a gallery, explore, rest a while (& enjoy a steaming pot of tea)

#yothom  @SladersYard

@ceramicscentre
@yothomstudiopottery
#studiopotter

Week 16|52 ‘23  images|ideas own

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wonder at: form | glaze | art   
#LucieRie @kettlesyard

@Cambridge_Uni
#craftpotter
#lifelongjourney

Week 15|52 ‘23  images|ideas own