Mike Bennett
@formerlytankiemike.bsky.social
History-Archaeology-Geology
Not tanks so much these days.
Not tanks so much these days.
Why you will never see me and Sandi Toksvig in the same room together!
November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Why you will never see me and Sandi Toksvig in the same room together!
Breezy walk on Hive Beach Sunday afternoon.
October 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Breezy walk on Hive Beach Sunday afternoon.
Thanks for the ice creams Sally, much appreciated
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thanks for the ice creams Sally, much appreciated
@scaramucci.bsky.social hopes you enjoyed @chalkefestival.bsky.social your talks were very well received.
June 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
@scaramucci.bsky.social hopes you enjoyed @chalkefestival.bsky.social your talks were very well received.
Loving the new law that once we reach +28° all archaeological digs must provide ice creams and lollies! 😎🍦
#Archeology #Digs
#ValleyofStones #BigDig
#Durotriges
#Archeology #Digs
#ValleyofStones #BigDig
#Durotriges
June 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Loving the new law that once we reach +28° all archaeological digs must provide ice creams and lollies! 😎🍦
#Archeology #Digs
#ValleyofStones #BigDig
#Durotriges
#Archeology #Digs
#ValleyofStones #BigDig
#Durotriges
Quite impressed with the slick set up, but wouldn’t want to be there when it’s really busy! #Stonehenge
June 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Quite impressed with the slick set up, but wouldn’t want to be there when it’s really busy! #Stonehenge
Not been for over forty years, they wouldn’t let me climb on them this time!
June 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Not been for over forty years, they wouldn’t let me climb on them this time!
Historical highlights from our recent tour of Ireland
May 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Historical highlights from our recent tour of Ireland
The Roman road from Dorchester to Old Sarum then on to Londinium.
The Portway uncovered.
The Portway uncovered.
April 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The Roman road from Dorchester to Old Sarum then on to Londinium.
The Portway uncovered.
The Portway uncovered.
I love a good castle.
I can thoroughly recommend the @nationaltrust.bsky.social guided tour, which includes the new Kings’ Tower observation platform at Corfe Castle.
#Dorset
I can thoroughly recommend the @nationaltrust.bsky.social guided tour, which includes the new Kings’ Tower observation platform at Corfe Castle.
#Dorset
April 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I love a good castle.
I can thoroughly recommend the @nationaltrust.bsky.social guided tour, which includes the new Kings’ Tower observation platform at Corfe Castle.
#Dorset
I can thoroughly recommend the @nationaltrust.bsky.social guided tour, which includes the new Kings’ Tower observation platform at Corfe Castle.
#Dorset
March 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Glorious sunshine up on the South Dorset Ridgeway this week.
Bronkham Hill, Sink Holes and Hardy Monument.
Bronkham Hill, Sink Holes and Hardy Monument.
March 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Glorious sunshine up on the South Dorset Ridgeway this week.
Bronkham Hill, Sink Holes and Hardy Monument.
Bronkham Hill, Sink Holes and Hardy Monument.
I think someone has pulled the plug out of West Bay Harbour
March 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I think someone has pulled the plug out of West Bay Harbour
Last night I was sat on a Roman Mosaic listening to top Historian @holland-tom.bsky.social talking about Gladiators and the Colosseum of Rome. Brilliant! #History #Romans #Gladiators
@theresthistory.bsky.social
@theresthistory.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Last night I was sat on a Roman Mosaic listening to top Historian @holland-tom.bsky.social talking about Gladiators and the Colosseum of Rome. Brilliant! #History #Romans #Gladiators
@theresthistory.bsky.social
@theresthistory.bsky.social
Links to the Spice Girls apparently…
January 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Links to the Spice Girls apparently…
Linked to the Spice Girls and Girl Power if the Daily Mail is to be believed!
January 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Linked to the Spice Girls and Girl Power if the Daily Mail is to be believed!
An afternoon spent in the Valley of Stones, measuring Sarsens.
January 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
An afternoon spent in the Valley of Stones, measuring Sarsens.
It’s that time of year again!
December 12, 2024 at 3:29 PM
It’s that time of year again!
Forget heavy expensive armour. Apparently all you need to overthrow an entire country is as many Toyota Land Cruisers as you can get!
#Syria
#Syria
December 8, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Forget heavy expensive armour. Apparently all you need to overthrow an entire country is as many Toyota Land Cruisers as you can get!
#Syria
#Syria
…. as is a tour of the Tank Museum’s Conservation Centre 3/ end
December 7, 2024 at 3:05 PM
…. as is a tour of the Tank Museum’s Conservation Centre 3/ end
A look around the Tank Museum workshop is always interesting…. 2/
December 7, 2024 at 3:02 PM
A look around the Tank Museum workshop is always interesting…. 2/
Friends Day and a return to Bovington Tank Museum to meet up with old friends… 1/
December 7, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Friends Day and a return to Bovington Tank Museum to meet up with old friends… 1/
Same spot 80 years apart.
1942/43 photo is of my dad and his mates from 8th Army on R&R in Cairo.
The second is from a friend taken this year.
1942/43 photo is of my dad and his mates from 8th Army on R&R in Cairo.
The second is from a friend taken this year.
November 22, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Same spot 80 years apart.
1942/43 photo is of my dad and his mates from 8th Army on R&R in Cairo.
The second is from a friend taken this year.
1942/43 photo is of my dad and his mates from 8th Army on R&R in Cairo.
The second is from a friend taken this year.