This....https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/aug/12/folkestone-museums-anglo-saxon-skeleton-is-helping-us-to-understand-and-honour-the-past

Took a picture of this little fella earlier today on the North Downs. A Common Blue. Seems appropriate to post it here!

It is a sunny day so fancied lunch with a sea view at Sandgate. Well....I suppose the sea is visible! 😉

Had a great 56th birthday, with a visit to the Deutsche Panzer Museum. Well worth a visit if you like that sort of thing (which I do)!

The Moon tonight over the Straits of Dover....

This morning in the woods at Little Farthingloe Farm. A beautiful Spring day.

Lost Charlie, one of our three dogs, very suddenly last night. But he had 12 good years living on a farm with his pals Ben and Spencer. RIP big fella. ❤️

Helping with more geophysical surveys near Winchelsea, closely watched by some very inquisitive cattle. 'What are the people doing now? We have to know!'

One of my favourite Folkestone murals. Our seagull overlords are watching over us.

Parked in Sandgate this afternoon. This time next year we'll be millionaires! It is always next year though in my experience.

Having a lovely day in Winchelsea with Luke Barber and members of Winchelsea Archaeological Society looking at recent finds. Medieval pottery and cbm, and a surprise fragment of Roman brick.

I love my home town of Folkestone, but that is a bold claim!