Salisbury Cathedral this morning

We were pretty lucky at @EH_Stonehenge yesterday

My word of the day today is ‘sprout’.

Never mind ‘to be’ or ‘not to be’….

Worth it though

The shortest day does seem to go on a bit when you get up at daft o’clock to go traipsing across Salisbury Plain

Local-ish 17 year old Charlie Webster is on the bench for the European Champions tonight

My word of the day today is ‘hocus-pocus’.

On my way. Clear sky but a bit misty down in Salisbury

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Hooray!

On the bus

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Proper hippies walk from Amesbury

#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Stonehenge

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the hele or possibly heel stone

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This one definitely come to life after dark Auto-generated description: A large, weathered stone with mossy patches exhibits a face-like appearance, set against a twilight sky.

lichen

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7 players out…and I’ve still not got the call

The time may now be approaching when I have to accept that I may never make the Chelsea first team

Has anybody ever been drinking in the first or second chance saloon?

Don’t have nightmares

www.independent.co.uk/climate-c…

If you are going to @EH_Stonehenge tomorrow morning…a word of warning

It’s a very sad thing to be caught in the rain When night’s coming on upon Salisbury Plain. Oh, Salisbury Plain is bleak and bare,– At least so I’ve heard many people declare, For I fairly confess I never was there;– Not a shrub nor a tree, Nor a bush can you see: No hedges, no ditches, no gates, no stiles, Much less a house, or a cottage for miles;–

www.exclassics.com/ingold/in…

Something special about the place where two rivers meet

RT @twlldun: Can you keep the noise down? Had a cabinet meeting till 3am last night and my hangover is killing me.

My word of the day today is ‘gesticulate’,

So far today I have spelt ‘know’ as ‘no’, and ‘cereal’ as ‘serial’

My brain has logged off for Christmas

Just heard ‘Octopus’s Garden’ on #WATO

Was briefly worried we were about to hear bad news about Ringo Starr

Surely the ideal Christmas present for the DBA in your life

#sql #oracle #dba #sqlserver

www.penguin.co.uk/books/311…

This was from the top of Campbell Road, just in front of the Ring Road

It’s probably my favourite view of @SalisburyCath

Took this photo a couple of days ago at lunchtime

It’s not the best photo, but I love the watery yellowy-orangey, watercolour light you get at this time of year