Gary The Voyager
@garytravel.bsky.social
Armchair history enthusiast, ex-soldier, hiker and European long distance rail traveller. Love trains, mountains and ancient sites. Work in plant based chemicals, career in O&G and renewables. Pau and Bath.
Fontaine d'Eure near Uzès, the supply of water via the Pont du Gard to Nîmes. Slots for water level control and 2-3cm of opus signinum still visible in the rock cut channels that carried 40Km3 of water a day across 50 kms with a drop of 17m of Built 40-60AD. Astonishing #Roman #Provence. My photos.
September 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Nothing protects women better than getting drunk in a pub and then assaulting police officers. A good few of Farage’s chums have convictions for rape, assaulting women and girls and trafficking minors for prostitution. Oh, and a few fraudsters to help fund the party.
September 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Nothing protects women better than getting drunk in a pub and then assaulting police officers. A good few of Farage’s chums have convictions for rape, assaulting women and girls and trafficking minors for prostitution. Oh, and a few fraudsters to help fund the party.
Rollright Stones on the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border. The Neolithic/Bronze age site was used 4th to 2nd millennium BC and built in phases. A view of the King’s Men stone circle, one of three monuments at the site. What rituals took place here ? #StandingStonesSunday #Neolithic #BronzeAge
September 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Rollright Stones on the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border. The Neolithic/Bronze age site was used 4th to 2nd millennium BC and built in phases. A view of the King’s Men stone circle, one of three monuments at the site. What rituals took place here ? #StandingStonesSunday #Neolithic #BronzeAge
Here’s one major part of the problem.
August 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Here’s one major part of the problem.
The Iron Bridge in Shropshire. Completed in 1779; the first finished large scale cast iron bridge in the world. Made from iron smelted close by in the Severn Valley it spans, the bridge is a symbol of the Industrial Revolution and is curiously complex and beautiful with a span of 30 meters. #bridges
August 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Iron Bridge in Shropshire. Completed in 1779; the first finished large scale cast iron bridge in the world. Made from iron smelted close by in the Severn Valley it spans, the bridge is a symbol of the Industrial Revolution and is curiously complex and beautiful with a span of 30 meters. #bridges
Gangsters, sex pests, rapists, fraudsters and women beaters - these people should be in prison.
August 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Gangsters, sex pests, rapists, fraudsters and women beaters - these people should be in prison.
Brilliant museum at Egnazia. Not often you encounter an aquarium in a museum displaying prehistoric and classical era material. The tank has a massive 2000 litre Roman wine amphora, and live fish ! Lots of 5/6 C BC Messapian pottery and a wide selection of Roman artefacts. #Puglia #Roman #Italy
July 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Egnazia, a Messapian then Roman city in Puglia. My pics of the amphitheatre, a section of the Via Traiana, the market and the interior of a painted stone cut tomb. This site has a superb museum. The city was abandoned in the Middle Ages when malaria became widespread. #Puglia #Roman #Italy
July 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Little Down Hill Fort sometimes known as North Stoke Hill Fort. Triangular multivallate promontory fort outside Bath. The the point looks west across to Bristol. You can walk from Little Solsbury Hill fort to this easily in a morning. Both overlook Bath. #HillfortsWednesday
June 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Little Down Hill Fort sometimes known as North Stoke Hill Fort. Triangular multivallate promontory fort outside Bath. The the point looks west across to Bristol. You can walk from Little Solsbury Hill fort to this easily in a morning. Both overlook Bath. #HillfortsWednesday
Solsbury Hill iron age hillfort ramparts built around 300-100 BC and possibly destroyed during a Belgic incursion in the early 1st century AD. The turf maze near the fort entrance has a Celtic feel, was created during protests against the building of the nearby A46 in the 1990s. #HillfortsWednesday
June 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Solsbury Hill iron age hillfort ramparts built around 300-100 BC and possibly destroyed during a Belgic incursion in the early 1st century AD. The turf maze near the fort entrance has a Celtic feel, was created during protests against the building of the nearby A46 in the 1990s. #HillfortsWednesday
Haven’t been able to visit any sites recently but spotted this beautiful single rampart hillfort built by children on the beach at St-Jacut-de-la-Mer last month. Are we naturally inclined to build these structures ? Love the shell cobbled floor !! #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
May 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Haven’t been able to visit any sites recently but spotted this beautiful single rampart hillfort built by children on the beach at St-Jacut-de-la-Mer last month. Are we naturally inclined to build these structures ? Love the shell cobbled floor !! #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
The ramparts at Dolebury Warren hillfort, part of a beautiful walk in the Mendip Hills with incredibly varied landscapes. The views are across the Chew Valley to the Bristol Channel. Some of the huge rubble walls are exposed by weathering. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
May 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The ramparts at Dolebury Warren hillfort, part of a beautiful walk in the Mendip Hills with incredibly varied landscapes. The views are across the Chew Valley to the Bristol Channel. Some of the huge rubble walls are exposed by weathering. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
Last night’s journey from Inverness to London on the Caledonian Sleeper after a few working days in Scotland. Thanks to the great crew for a smooth trip. #FlightFree2025 #Trains #Railways
May 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Last night’s journey from Inverness to London on the Caledonian Sleeper after a few working days in Scotland. Thanks to the great crew for a smooth trip. #FlightFree2025 #Trains #Railways
(Little) Solsbury hill-fort looking across Bath and the NE rampart, plus a view from afar. On a very clear day you can see two white horses from the top; Westbury, below another hill-fort (Bratton Camp) and Cherhill, both in Wiltshire, although I think it requires a telescope ! #HillfortsWednesday
May 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
(Little) Solsbury hill-fort looking across Bath and the NE rampart, plus a view from afar. On a very clear day you can see two white horses from the top; Westbury, below another hill-fort (Bratton Camp) and Cherhill, both in Wiltshire, although I think it requires a telescope ! #HillfortsWednesday
Two trains and a castle; Bath to Stirling today in glorious weather. Durham, Newcastle, Holy Island, Berwick in what amounts to a travelling office, lots of work done and spectacular views. Great crews on GWR and LNER - a big thank you! #flightfree2025 #trains #scotland
May 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Two trains and a castle; Bath to Stirling today in glorious weather. Durham, Newcastle, Holy Island, Berwick in what amounts to a travelling office, lots of work done and spectacular views. Great crews on GWR and LNER - a big thank you! #flightfree2025 #trains #scotland
A wonderful climb up to Crug Hywel (known as Table Mountain in English) in the Brecon Beacons. Well preserved Iron Age Hillfort ditches and ramparts with breathtaking views across the Usk Valley. #HillfortsWednesday
May 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
A wonderful climb up to Crug Hywel (known as Table Mountain in English) in the Brecon Beacons. Well preserved Iron Age Hillfort ditches and ramparts with breathtaking views across the Usk Valley. #HillfortsWednesday
The ceiling of the Great Tinel room in the Palais des Papes, Avignon. Six papal conclaves were held in this chamber between 1334 and 1394. The Palais is an extraordinary medieval structure with many addition, home to the Catholic Church in the 14C. #church #pope #medieval #architecture My photos.
May 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The ceiling of the Great Tinel room in the Palais des Papes, Avignon. Six papal conclaves were held in this chamber between 1334 and 1394. The Palais is an extraordinary medieval structure with many addition, home to the Catholic Church in the 14C. #church #pope #medieval #architecture My photos.
Ramparts and ditches at Burrington Camp followed by the massive multivallate ramparts of Danebury Hillfort (600 BC & 12 acres) all in one day’s walk on the beautiful Mendip hills. #HillfortsWednesday
April 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Ramparts and ditches at Burrington Camp followed by the massive multivallate ramparts of Danebury Hillfort (600 BC & 12 acres) all in one day’s walk on the beautiful Mendip hills. #HillfortsWednesday
The massive inner rampart and ditch (one of five on the southern side) of Wapley Camp hill-fort in Herefordshire. The ramparts must have been astonishingly imposing 2500 years ago. It also contains medieval pillow mounds, or coneygarths, for breeding rabbits. #HillfortsWednesday #ironage
April 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The massive inner rampart and ditch (one of five on the southern side) of Wapley Camp hill-fort in Herefordshire. The ramparts must have been astonishingly imposing 2500 years ago. It also contains medieval pillow mounds, or coneygarths, for breeding rabbits. #HillfortsWednesday #ironage
The massive ramparts of Bratton Camp with the Neolithic long barrow standing out against the skyline. The re-entrant below appears like an Eric Ravillious painting. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Neolithic
April 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The massive ramparts of Bratton Camp with the Neolithic long barrow standing out against the skyline. The re-entrant below appears like an Eric Ravillious painting. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Neolithic
Chiselbury Camp in Wiltshire with cows on the rampart for scale! Iron Age hill-fort with spectacular views. An added bonus; walk down the escarpment and you can view The Fovant Badges. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge.
April 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Chiselbury Camp in Wiltshire with cows on the rampart for scale! Iron Age hill-fort with spectacular views. An added bonus; walk down the escarpment and you can view The Fovant Badges. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge.