Andy Whiting
@awdorset.bsky.social
Former Archaeologist, now a Naval Project Manager, based in Poole, Dorset.
Loves crumbling buildings, broken ceramics and hidden earthworks. Particularly interested in medieval buildings, towns & ports.
Sometimes posting about ships & aviation.
Loves crumbling buildings, broken ceramics and hidden earthworks. Particularly interested in medieval buildings, towns & ports.
Sometimes posting about ships & aviation.
Really enjoyed our first visit to the rather wonderful freshly re-opened and rejuvenated Poole Museum - particularly love the Shipwreck! maritime archaeology gallery in the medieval town cellars @poolemuseum.bsky.social #Dorset
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Really enjoyed our first visit to the rather wonderful freshly re-opened and rejuvenated Poole Museum - particularly love the Shipwreck! maritime archaeology gallery in the medieval town cellars @poolemuseum.bsky.social #Dorset
A quite perfect morning for a walk at Hengistbury Head - lovely views of the Isle of Wight & the Needles, as well as west toward Bournemouth, Poole & Purbeck, the Iron Age defensive earthworks “the Double Dykes” and the reconstructed roundhouse #Dorset
September 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A quite perfect morning for a walk at Hengistbury Head - lovely views of the Isle of Wight & the Needles, as well as west toward Bournemouth, Poole & Purbeck, the Iron Age defensive earthworks “the Double Dykes” and the reconstructed roundhouse #Dorset
Good morning from a chilly but sunny Poole Quay
September 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Good morning from a chilly but sunny Poole Quay
A pleasant evening walk around Poole Quay & old town to finish off the weekend.
📷 Custom House [1813] (with the Town Cellars and Poole Museum in the background)
📷 Old Lifeboat Station [1882]
📷 St James Church [1819]
📷 The Almshouses [C16th] & the view up Market St towards the Guildhall [1761]
📷 Custom House [1813] (with the Town Cellars and Poole Museum in the background)
📷 Old Lifeboat Station [1882]
📷 St James Church [1819]
📷 The Almshouses [C16th] & the view up Market St towards the Guildhall [1761]
September 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A pleasant evening walk around Poole Quay & old town to finish off the weekend.
📷 Custom House [1813] (with the Town Cellars and Poole Museum in the background)
📷 Old Lifeboat Station [1882]
📷 St James Church [1819]
📷 The Almshouses [C16th] & the view up Market St towards the Guildhall [1761]
📷 Custom House [1813] (with the Town Cellars and Poole Museum in the background)
📷 Old Lifeboat Station [1882]
📷 St James Church [1819]
📷 The Almshouses [C16th] & the view up Market St towards the Guildhall [1761]
The country seems angry and full of hatred, the sky is dark and full of rain, so I think I’ll pop on some jazz, have an ale and read about the fascinating archaeology of Cranborne Chase this evening.
September 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The country seems angry and full of hatred, the sky is dark and full of rain, so I think I’ll pop on some jazz, have an ale and read about the fascinating archaeology of Cranborne Chase this evening.
The view of the wonderful Priory from Christchurch Castle’s keep (built c.1300)
September 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The view of the wonderful Priory from Christchurch Castle’s keep (built c.1300)
St Mary’s church at Almer - a typical unassuming parish church sat peacefully just off the A31 but worth a visit. The church has a C13th Purbeck font and some nice Norman features including the south doorway and the three rounded mid-C12th arches of the north arcade #Dorset
September 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
St Mary’s church at Almer - a typical unassuming parish church sat peacefully just off the A31 but worth a visit. The church has a C13th Purbeck font and some nice Norman features including the south doorway and the three rounded mid-C12th arches of the north arcade #Dorset
The grey bleakness of British motorway service stations is somehow admirable
September 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The grey bleakness of British motorway service stations is somehow admirable
Friday lunchtime walk at Corfe Castle
September 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Friday lunchtime walk at Corfe Castle
August 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Steamship Shieldhall departing Poole this morning - always nice to see historic ships in the harbour. Shieldhall was built in the 1950s in the style of a 1920s steamer.
August 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Steamship Shieldhall departing Poole this morning - always nice to see historic ships in the harbour. Shieldhall was built in the 1950s in the style of a 1920s steamer.
Nice charity shop find today 🥰
August 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Nice charity shop find today 🥰
July 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Mostly people-free and zero traffic noise (except passing boats), it’s bliss. You take one of the small ferries from Poole Quay across the harbour to the other end of the island and then walk through the woods to get there.
July 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Mostly people-free and zero traffic noise (except passing boats), it’s bliss. You take one of the small ferries from Poole Quay across the harbour to the other end of the island and then walk through the woods to get there.