Edward Thorpe
@edwardt.bsky.social
Independent Company malingerer, amateur historian, very amateur photographer, even more amateur modeller of tanks, trains, planes & things. Husband, Dad & Dog Lover.
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
RAF Ravenscar a former chain low radar station from the Second World War. Slowly crumbling & going back to nature.
Not quite the back of beyond as there was a railway behind it.
#history
#photography
Not quite the back of beyond as there was a railway behind it.
#history
#photography
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
RAF Ravenscar a former chain low radar station from the Second World War. Slowly crumbling & going back to nature.
Not quite the back of beyond as there was a railway behind it.
#history
#photography
Not quite the back of beyond as there was a railway behind it.
#history
#photography
Just off the Cleveland Way path in North Yorkshire the remains of RAF Ravenscar a Second World War radar station
#history
#Yorkshire
#photography
#history
#Yorkshire
#photography
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just off the Cleveland Way path in North Yorkshire the remains of RAF Ravenscar a Second World War radar station
#history
#Yorkshire
#photography
#history
#Yorkshire
#photography
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Kicked my way through autumn's golden gown this morning, hands & face well & truly scoured by an icy wind & even icier rain showers. Autumn in the pennines never felt so good
#autumn
#autumn
October 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Kicked my way through autumn's golden gown this morning, hands & face well & truly scoured by an icy wind & even icier rain showers. Autumn in the pennines never felt so good
#autumn
#autumn
Today's walk. Getting more autumnal
October 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Today's walk. Getting more autumnal
A trip over to the dark side - building the Stuka has reminded why I don't do a lot of aeroplanes...
#scalemodelling
#scalemodelling
October 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A trip over to the dark side - building the Stuka has reminded why I don't do a lot of aeroplanes...
#scalemodelling
#scalemodelling
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Stevenson Lighthouse at Ardnamurchan Point - the most westerly point in mainland Scotland
#Scotland
#Photography
#Scotland
#Photography
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Stevenson Lighthouse at Ardnamurchan Point - the most westerly point in mainland Scotland
#Scotland
#Photography
#Scotland
#Photography
From a trip to Bronte country - trees at Top Withens.
Top Withens is said to have been the inspiration for the setting of Wuthering Heights
#EmilyBronte
#WutheringHeights
#Yorkshire
Top Withens is said to have been the inspiration for the setting of Wuthering Heights
#EmilyBronte
#WutheringHeights
#Yorkshire
October 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
From a trip to Bronte country - trees at Top Withens.
Top Withens is said to have been the inspiration for the setting of Wuthering Heights
#EmilyBronte
#WutheringHeights
#Yorkshire
Top Withens is said to have been the inspiration for the setting of Wuthering Heights
#EmilyBronte
#WutheringHeights
#Yorkshire
Once upon a time I came across Ike
September 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Once upon a time I came across Ike
Evolution of passenger coaches on the Ffestiniog Railway - 4 wheel 'bug boxes" from the 1860s, iron framed bogie coaches with sumptious 1st class seating for some from the 1870s, replica/rebuild WW1 army surplus toastrack Some fool chose 1860s boneshaker rather than 1st class
#traintravel
#history
#traintravel
#history
August 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Evolution of passenger coaches on the Ffestiniog Railway - 4 wheel 'bug boxes" from the 1860s, iron framed bogie coaches with sumptious 1st class seating for some from the 1870s, replica/rebuild WW1 army surplus toastrack Some fool chose 1860s boneshaker rather than 1st class
#traintravel
#history
#traintravel
#history
My first love as an albeit amateur historian was the medieval era with its big characters, dramas and the legacy they left us in the chronicles and the ruined castles & abbeys. Last week's trip to Scotland was an inspiration for me
#medievalhistory
#castles
#medievalhistory
#castles
June 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My first love as an albeit amateur historian was the medieval era with its big characters, dramas and the legacy they left us in the chronicles and the ruined castles & abbeys. Last week's trip to Scotland was an inspiration for me
#medievalhistory
#castles
#medievalhistory
#castles
#books. Today marks 80 years since The Three Railway Engines by the Rev Awdry was published. Beautifully illustrated with many characters based on real locomotive types, some real locations & real incidents
May 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
#books. Today marks 80 years since The Three Railway Engines by the Rev Awdry was published. Beautifully illustrated with many characters based on real locomotive types, some real locations & real incidents
A stroll round the gardens Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal
May 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A stroll round the gardens Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal
#fountainsabbey part 4 - what a site. Monument to medieval monasticism & the vanity of a narcissistic tyrant
May 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#fountainsabbey part 4 - what a site. Monument to medieval monasticism & the vanity of a narcissistic tyrant
#fountainsabbey part 3 - stonework details
May 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#fountainsabbey part 3 - stonework details
#fountainsabbey part 2 - the cellarium underneath the lay brothers dormitory & a norman archway
May 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#fountainsabbey part 2 - the cellarium underneath the lay brothers dormitory & a norman archway