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The Last Bastion

Flâneur. Photography, Archaeology, Prehistory and Outdoorsy stuff‽ Newts! Linking people and place, mostly int’ Peak
A beautiful start for our first DLL ponds of the season.
Helping the Great Created Newts at Woodhouse Washlands, #Sheffield
@wildsheffield.bsky.social @wildscapescic.bsky.social
@naturalengland.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Dark Peak Wasp
August 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Llanbadrig, Ynys Môn
Kind of Blue.
Simple.
#StainedGlassSunday
July 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Tŷ Mawr, Ynys Môn
Likely Bronze Age, now amidst a strange encroaching hinterland of development and dead bales of silage.
#StandingStoneSunday
July 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Lligwy Burial Chamber, Ynys Môn
Late Neo with a rather chunky 25 ton capstone. #tombtuesday
July 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Super service and the best packaging I’ve had in years from @allthingsanalogue.co.uk
I just hope my mum doesn’t see my bank statement 😳😂
June 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Growing stretches of the countryside are falling behind a paywall.

Lewis Winks, of @righttoroam.bsky.social “From entry fees for historically open parks, to pay-for-permission wild camping and river swimming, the paywalling of the countryside is quietly shutting the public out."
How entry fees took over Britain’s countryside
Growing stretches of the English countryside are “falling behind a paywall,” campaigners warn as national parks grapple with drastic funding cuts.
www.yahoo.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
What a perp‽
St Nicholas, High Bradfield, Sth York’s.
#StainedGlassSunday
June 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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1. It’s good to see this scandal being called out at last. My thanks and congratulations go to Lee Schofield, Karen Lloyd and Ian Convery. But it’s also absolutely infuriating that it has come to this point, as I explain in this thread.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Conservationists call for Lake District to lose Unesco world heritage status
Campaigners say designation promotes unsustainable sheep farming at expense of nature recovery and local communities
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Devils Arrow, Boroughbridge, N. Yorks.
#StandingStoneSunday
June 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Devils Arrows, Boroughbridge, N. Yorks.
#StandingStoneSunday
June 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Twitter is Kaput.
May 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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WTF? If this Government can’t even agree to this smallest of initiatives, which has no cost to them & absolutely no down-sides, what hope that it will step up to the bigger nature challenges we face? This is a *popular* policy, for heavens sake. Obstinate tin-eared stupidity doesn’t come close …
Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sh*tehawks at Navio
May 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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To celebrate reaching 6000 followers, I am going to give away a free copy of my book The Road to Mons Graupius, which charts my journey along a Roman road through Scotland! To enter, follow me, then like and repost this post. I will choose a winner at random on Friday 16th May... #RomanSiteSaturday
May 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Captain Beaky and his band.
St Mary’s, Riccall #adoorablethursday
May 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This is about all of us. Never forget that.
May 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The madness of Mam Tor (and Castleton too)! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Parking chaos and poo: The price of Mam Tor's popularity
Mam Tor in the Peak District has become strangely popular, but what effect is this having?
www.bbc.co.uk
May 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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This is one of the best ads I have ever seen and I can’t believe I missed it
May 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is fantastic news!

‘Exploding' Tunnock's teacakes cleared by tests to fly again www.bbc.com/news/article...
RAF clear 'exploding' Tunnock's teacakes to fly after 60 years
The marshmallow treats were reportedly put on a no-fly list after erupting in a cockpit in 1965.
www.bbc.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Are you involved in training botanical trainers?
Do you lead field meetings or workshops, teach field ID or lead wildflower walks?
Come along to our Training the Trainers interactive webinar to hear ideas & top tips for running a great event!
26 March 7-8pm.
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
March 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Royal Mail has unveiled a set of stamps featuring mythical creatures and fabled figures from UK folklore.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Royal Mail launches mythical creatures stamp collection
Myths and fables from across the UK are illustrated in the set of stamps.
www.bbc.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Day 12 is done
Only 14 remain
W00t
February 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Day 7 is done.
Only 19 remain.
W00t.
February 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM