banner
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
Oh yes that’s a beaut, I have that somewhere (wrinkles brow as it isn’t in the New Zealand section of my roughly grouped collection), I’ve not known a scene - maybe jazz - where you can follow a single person (eg Michael Morley, Bruce Blucher, Roy Montgomery ) and find so many amazing records.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Oh yes, the xpressway sampler single ‘I hear the devil calling me’ with its 12?! bands and tracks kicked off at least 3 different obsessions for me (Olla - (Chris Heazlewood) Renderers, Dadamah). I already knew Galbraith , Dead C and their fellow travellers by then but I bet there’s so much more
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I have the single that precedes this (but not on the lp), ‘on and on with Lou Reed’, which is a fabulously gnarly slice of xpressway skronk. wondering if I brought the lp back from San Francisco Reckless in the 90s and forgot about! (Eeeek - just found Cyclops cd that had been unplayed for 30 yrs)
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I want to investigate the grassed over one behind it on private land that hasn’t been excavated/restored! Apparently has a nice view of Barnenez itself too from on top of it.
October 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I’m on the list several times… so what next…. Filing a claim?
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My father told me in theory you could (I think if stood on the hills behind) but I certainly never have been able to.
September 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Looked at the map and online photos again and yes Brean Down is the ridge. Was more interested in picking out Pen y Fan et al in the 80 mile distance at the time. Used to go to Fairbourne/Barmouth and look out for Eire which is closer by some 20-30 miles but never see it.
September 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I had this idea it was closer to Barry, not sure where that came from!
September 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yeah another poster mentioned Flat helm and steep holm, which looking at the map looks far more likely
September 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I did raise my eyebrows when I typed it in, and I was thinking where is CADW in all this? As explained EH are not popular in Cornwall, and it smacked a little bit of some English lord gifting it back to his home country. There are definitely similar manors here with similar attitudes to us locals.
September 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
‘with the cooperation of Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council, as part of the celebrations marking the silver jubilee of the cystic fibrosis research trust.’ Above it is the same (I’m assuming) in Welsh. Here in SE Cornwall any English Heritage signs are regularly painted over with Cornish flags.
September 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
‘Helicopter on 6th April 1989. The bluestones were donated by the Lord of the manor of Mynachlogddu to English Heritage, one to be displayed at Stonehenge, the other to be erected here to indicate the place of origin. In May and June 1989 the other bluestone was carried from here to Stonehenge 2/3
September 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The photo was taken by myself on April 2016, in Mynachlogddu, I don’t remember taking it, but I do remember visiting Gors Fawr the same day. I can read the sign which I was paraphrasing it says ‘The pillar of bluestone is one of two brought down from the crest of Carnmenyn by an RAF Chinook 1/2
September 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Motorway signs ah, that will be down to the incomparable Margaret Calvert of course: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Way to go: the woman who invented Britain’s road signs
In the 1960s, Margaret Calvert designed an entirely new signage system for the UK’s roads. Fifty years on, she explains how she did ‘possibly the biggest graphic design job ever’ – and why she’s still...
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
On the other hand it’s been great for commas, I have never seen so many. Silver washed fritillaries too had a strong one. Ringlets in the fields behind me emerged in a small cloud in July
September 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM