Eleanor Ashton
@eleanorashton.bsky.social
Wife, mother, bit of an RAF historian, shares too many cat pics
Remembering Sean's dad, my Grandad, my great-grandad (rifle remains and medals), and our own service today...
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Remembering Sean's dad, my Grandad, my great-grandad (rifle remains and medals), and our own service today...
Week one of my new job has concluded with a whole weekend to enjoy 🥳. Remembrance in the morning alongside the boys for first time since 2012- when we marked the armistice in Paris, and Bill was 3!
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Week one of my new job has concluded with a whole weekend to enjoy 🥳. Remembrance in the morning alongside the boys for first time since 2012- when we marked the armistice in Paris, and Bill was 3!
This time of year for veterans can push buttons in unexpected ways. Fireworks and big Remembrance parades the same week are sometimes just too much. Tonight I was so grateful to Bill for his headphones 🎧 💙
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This time of year for veterans can push buttons in unexpected ways. Fireworks and big Remembrance parades the same week are sometimes just too much. Tonight I was so grateful to Bill for his headphones 🎧 💙
Trying to work out if these letters mean
. Glaze was done by people who couldn't read/write
. They were left handed (like me) and were just showing off
. Some technique meant they couldn't see which way up they were writing until it was too late
. Glaze was done by people who couldn't read/write
. They were left handed (like me) and were just showing off
. Some technique meant they couldn't see which way up they were writing until it was too late
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Trying to work out if these letters mean
. Glaze was done by people who couldn't read/write
. They were left handed (like me) and were just showing off
. Some technique meant they couldn't see which way up they were writing until it was too late
. Glaze was done by people who couldn't read/write
. They were left handed (like me) and were just showing off
. Some technique meant they couldn't see which way up they were writing until it was too late
3 new tyres today! Pleased I brought her in for a slow puncture. Never used to need to replace them so frequently but country roads and ditches have lot to answer for...
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
3 new tyres today! Pleased I brought her in for a slow puncture. Never used to need to replace them so frequently but country roads and ditches have lot to answer for...
The end of an era today. 12 years as rector in the C of E done. And next month an exciting new chapter begins.
October 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The end of an era today. 12 years as rector in the C of E done. And next month an exciting new chapter begins.
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✈️ Join us on 22 Oct for our next Dementia Friendly Tour at RAF Museum London! Explore our First World War in the Air exhibition in a relaxed, hands-on session for people with early-stage dementia & their carers. 💙
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 rhiannon.watkinson@rafmuseum.org
#DementiaFriends
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 rhiannon.watkinson@rafmuseum.org
#DementiaFriends
October 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
✈️ Join us on 22 Oct for our next Dementia Friendly Tour at RAF Museum London! Explore our First World War in the Air exhibition in a relaxed, hands-on session for people with early-stage dementia & their carers. 💙
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 rhiannon.watkinson@rafmuseum.org
#DementiaFriends
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 rhiannon.watkinson@rafmuseum.org
#DementiaFriends
Evensong for the last time here...❤️
October 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Evensong for the last time here...❤️
Initially thought this was art work/stained glass...beautifying the multi-storey car park, one autumn at a time.
October 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Initially thought this was art work/stained glass...beautifying the multi-storey car park, one autumn at a time.
Restocked candles, wine and wafers yesterday so the parish is set up for the long haul...or a good year at any rate. Also have these two finally being made up... Will be my 'legacy' 😆
October 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Restocked candles, wine and wafers yesterday so the parish is set up for the long haul...or a good year at any rate. Also have these two finally being made up... Will be my 'legacy' 😆
Well I'm so pleased that Masterchef was aired, because those finalists definitely deserved to have their journey catalogued. Fab outcome. Well done all 3.
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Well I'm so pleased that Masterchef was aired, because those finalists definitely deserved to have their journey catalogued. Fab outcome. Well done all 3.
Harvest month in full swing...only another 4 celebrations to go....
September 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Harvest month in full swing...only another 4 celebrations to go....
Relief to get these completed. Now just need to get them made up...Top tip: always ensure you have time to finish your tapestry projects before you leave your post 🤣
September 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Relief to get these completed. Now just need to get them made up...Top tip: always ensure you have time to finish your tapestry projects before you leave your post 🤣
So pleased I'm no longer living in a certain constituency...
September 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
So pleased I'm no longer living in a certain constituency...
Why thank you TV licensing for wasting an inordinate amount of money on threatening the spiders in my empty property on a monthly basis. They are quite old fashioned and don't watch telly!
September 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Why thank you TV licensing for wasting an inordinate amount of money on threatening the spiders in my empty property on a monthly basis. They are quite old fashioned and don't watch telly!
Such a lovely morning at our Teddy Bears Picnic today...Sinbad, Aslan and Albert were joined by lots of cuddlies and there were plenty of games to occupy our families...but I completely forgot to take any photos 😱.
August 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Such a lovely morning at our Teddy Bears Picnic today...Sinbad, Aslan and Albert were joined by lots of cuddlies and there were plenty of games to occupy our families...but I completely forgot to take any photos 😱.
This is the most gorgeous window in my parish. The view is always stunning whatever the season. And regardless of the fact the church is 'closed' and hardly ever hosts a congregation, the view is always there. There's a message in there somewhere... ❤️
August 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is the most gorgeous window in my parish. The view is always stunning whatever the season. And regardless of the fact the church is 'closed' and hardly ever hosts a congregation, the view is always there. There's a message in there somewhere... ❤️
Amazing day today 🥳
August 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Amazing day today 🥳
Beautiful evening after the storm last night.
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Beautiful evening after the storm last night.
Love the fact that emails for my French supermarket loyalty card address me as 'Madame' and not by my first name. I like the return to formality!
August 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Love the fact that emails for my French supermarket loyalty card address me as 'Madame' and not by my first name. I like the return to formality!
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3 August 1902 | German Jewish woman Regina Jonas was born in Berlin.
In 1935 she became the 1st woman ordained as a rabbi by the liberal rabbi Max Dienemann. Arrested in Nov 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt & in mid-October 1944 deported to #Auschwitz where she perished.
In 1935 she became the 1st woman ordained as a rabbi by the liberal rabbi Max Dienemann. Arrested in Nov 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt & in mid-October 1944 deported to #Auschwitz where she perished.
August 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
3 August 1902 | German Jewish woman Regina Jonas was born in Berlin.
In 1935 she became the 1st woman ordained as a rabbi by the liberal rabbi Max Dienemann. Arrested in Nov 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt & in mid-October 1944 deported to #Auschwitz where she perished.
In 1935 she became the 1st woman ordained as a rabbi by the liberal rabbi Max Dienemann. Arrested in Nov 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt & in mid-October 1944 deported to #Auschwitz where she perished.