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chrisull.bsky.social
@chrisull.bsky.social
Programmer, author, musician (lo-fi),
amateur historian, amateur environmentalist (butterfly transect walker at Golitha Falls), chair of St Cleer Environmental group, runner, running coach and Birmingham City
Always felt many of the women artists of the St Ives school or loosely associated to it, were as/more interesting than their male counterparts. First film of 2026 - Mark Cousins makes a great case for Wilhemina Barns Graham in this lovely doc www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/a-sudden-gli...
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | Screenings - Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things will be shown in UK cinemas from 18 October
www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk
January 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
A mile away from me (so was an awkward jaunt on my crutches and brace) is the Witheystone. Recorded on old St Cleer Parish tithe maps, 200 years old+ and marked as a possible menhir on the HER, at a former crossroads (now T junction). Wonder if lichens can help date? #Cornwall #StandingStoneSunday
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Traditional 1st Jan #WildflowerHunt looking for early blooms. Injury not withstanding, knee flexion of max allowed 60 degrees, in crutches and brace for 3 miles. Still managed 7 species wild strawberry, lesser celandine, red campion, hogweed, daisy, dandelion and snowdrops #WildflowerHour #Cornwall
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Yesterday, the physio unlocked my brace so I can quote ‘start learning to walk again’. This year before disaster struck I ran in some pretty amazing places, and here are photos taken mid run in Roscoff, Prague, Karlovy Vary and up the 800m+ Burgstein. Hope to be back soon #Running #Injury #RunSky
December 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The Dolmens de Mané Braz on the Chemin des Megalithes, Erdeven (near Carnac of course) #Brittany #Bretagne #Breizh . A lot more of these cycling/walking/running trails are springing up in France, linking up loads of prehistoric sites, which can only be a very good thing. #TombTuesday
December 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Out for only my 3rd walk post op, more confident now,but being careful not to overdo it. #GolithaFalls #Cornwall #Running #Injury
December 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The huge Saint Uzec menhir, near Lannion, #Brittanny #Bretagne #Breizh, christianised in 1674 and put in a little enclosure but there is no taming the visceral power of this one. It’s over 6 metres high and must have a circumference of several metres. #StandingStoneSunday
December 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This has seen better days ! #FingerpostFriday signpost near Golitha falls, #Cornwall. Only take this one in dry weather, as it leads straight 200 metres of marsh. Hope to do it again one day, once the knee has recovered from its recent surgery. (Snapped patella tendon) #Running #Injury
December 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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There must be a little bit of dust in the air here...

Happy Christmas x

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Brane barrow in Penwith #Cornwall on Valentines Day 2023. What better way to spend the day than ancient monument sightseeing? This one will definitely impress your partner, small Scillonian type entrance grave, in an excellent state of preservation. #TombTuesday
December 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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A creative #TombTuesday image of Trethevy Quoit in cross stitch. One of my sons has learnt to do this and made it into a Christmas card!
December 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Happy solstice! This is Long Tom on #BodminMoor #Cornwall from one winter where there was an absolutely incredible sunset (although taken on February 2023, not on the solstice itself). #StandingStoneSunday
December 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The Dolmen Ouest de la Croix de Saint-Pierre, part of the St Just/alignments de Cojoux. This was restored in the 1990s, and the heather and shrubs are now making themselves at home in 2025. #StandingStoneSunday #Brittany #Bretagne #Breizh
December 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
On #StandingStoneSunday I posted the Prajou-Menhir menhir on a small presqu’ile north of Lennon and today it’s the turn of the accompanying Prajou-Menhir allée couverte, which boasts a fabulous set of carvings and rock art in its final chamber. #TombTuesday #Brittany #Bretagne #Breizh
December 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The Prajou-Menhir menhir is embedded in a bank or field boundary next to the Allée couverte de Prajou-menhir (one for Tomb Tuesday), the last monument visited on my October trip to France. #StandingStoneSunday #Brittany #Bretagne #Breizh
December 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Trethevy Quoit for #TombTuesday
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This week saw an excellent talk on Moonlit monuments by Carolyn Kennett for #Cornwall Archaeological Society (CAS) about the role moonlight might have played in their materials and use. Immediately I thought Duloe circle. Not in moonlight but sunset certainly elevates the quartz #StandingStoneSunday
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The menhir de Kergoarat near the plage de Cam-Louis, a seven metres high monolith looking out to see on a grey October day. #StandingStoneSunday #Brittany #Bretagne #Breizh
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The roadside and beachside Keryvon Allée couverte. Resembling a dolmen, but according to @megalithic.bsky.social it’s a truncated Allée, with further stones in the scrub. Impossible to do the Tregastel coastal scenery justice as the road is too dangerous. #TombTuesday #Brittany #Bretagne #Breizh
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
An unidentified Viking ship- shaped stone circle, Sweden, from over a decade (more like 13-14 years) ago. I remember we drove past a fair few and jumping out the car to see. We did visit Ales Stenar and Kiviksgraven do it could have been on the way to either. #StandingStoneSunday
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The Porz ar Streat menhir near Plouescat in #Brittany #Bretagne #Breizh. This menhir is on the edge of a farmyard where refrigerator lorries are slowly rotting and electric fenced off, which slightly detracts from its ambience. #StandingStoneSunday
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The beached allée couverte of Guinivrit at low tide in #Brittany #Bretagne #Breizh It might have lost all its capstones but it remains a unique and captivating site #StandingStoneSunday
November 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The partially submerged Er Lannic stone circle, on a private island, that can’t be visited and can only be seen by boat. Sea birds have reclaimed this haunting site and perch atop the menhir on the skyline. Photo taken on my birthday this year. #StandingStoneSunday #Brittany #Bretagne #Breizh
October 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Been involved with a couple of moth trapping events at Golitha Falls, and it’s always a multitude of yellow underwings and not much else. Yesterday sitting at the base of the tree where previous displays have been hosted was this jaw dropping Death’s head hawk moth. #Teammoth #mothsmatter #Cornwall
October 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Men Gurta (St Breock downs monolith) on a cloudy day in 2023. #Cornwall #StandingStoneSunday
October 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM