man in the woods
@maninthewoods.co.uk
• Walking artist doing everything the slow way
• I make drawings and artefacts in reaction to the landscape and folk culture of southern Britain as I get to know it on my Friday Walk
• www.maninthewoods.co.uk
• I make drawings and artefacts in reaction to the landscape and folk culture of southern Britain as I get to know it on my Friday Walk
• www.maninthewoods.co.uk
This is one of my favourite gates in a road of garages near me. I’m not a painter but if I were one then I’d like to be able to use colour and shape this beautifully.
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This is one of my favourite gates in a road of garages near me. I’m not a painter but if I were one then I’d like to be able to use colour and shape this beautifully.
I really enjoyed the halloween episode of the @themerl.bsky.social’s podcast, Absolute Units.
It features another favourite podcaster of mine, Mark Norman of @folklorepod.bsky.social.
Have a listen here: merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
It features another favourite podcaster of mine, Mark Norman of @folklorepod.bsky.social.
Have a listen here: merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Absolute Units - The Museum of English Rural Life podcast
Come for the big animals. Stay for fascinating and surprising stories about England's rural past, as told by our collections.
merl.reading.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I really enjoyed the halloween episode of the @themerl.bsky.social’s podcast, Absolute Units.
It features another favourite podcaster of mine, Mark Norman of @folklorepod.bsky.social.
Have a listen here: merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
It features another favourite podcaster of mine, Mark Norman of @folklorepod.bsky.social.
Have a listen here: merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
That was a spooky walk!
I very rarely feel uncomfortable on a walk but being surrounded by fog makes everything feel… other.
A bit like walking in the dark, you just don’t know what’s out there.
youtube.com/shorts/Qa0S_...
I very rarely feel uncomfortable on a walk but being surrounded by fog makes everything feel… other.
A bit like walking in the dark, you just don’t know what’s out there.
youtube.com/shorts/Qa0S_...
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
That was a spooky walk!
I very rarely feel uncomfortable on a walk but being surrounded by fog makes everything feel… other.
A bit like walking in the dark, you just don’t know what’s out there.
youtube.com/shorts/Qa0S_...
I very rarely feel uncomfortable on a walk but being surrounded by fog makes everything feel… other.
A bit like walking in the dark, you just don’t know what’s out there.
youtube.com/shorts/Qa0S_...
When can I move in?
October 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When can I move in?
Scenes of bitter rivalry from the traditional English sport of electing a new vicar
....Parishioners split themselves into rival camps, embroidered the names of the candidates whom they favoured on their clothes and generally undermined the peace and spiritual goodwill of the place."
October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Scenes of bitter rivalry from the traditional English sport of electing a new vicar
I made this little linocut as a tribute to the many wonderful handmade signs I’ve come across on my Friday Walk
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I made this little linocut as a tribute to the many wonderful handmade signs I’ve come across on my Friday Walk
I had great light for this week’s Friday Walk ✨ youtube.com/shorts/lsMOT...
October 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I had great light for this week’s Friday Walk ✨ youtube.com/shorts/lsMOT...
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The beast has been seen!
October 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The beast has been seen!
What do you call this plant?
A while ago I asked on here and on instagram what different names people have for this plant. A lot of people said Bindweed, Convolvulus, or Morning Glory. But I was surprised at how many names I was given that were similar to the one I know: Granny-pop-out-of-bed
A while ago I asked on here and on instagram what different names people have for this plant. A lot of people said Bindweed, Convolvulus, or Morning Glory. But I was surprised at how many names I was given that were similar to the one I know: Granny-pop-out-of-bed
October 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What do you call this plant?
A while ago I asked on here and on instagram what different names people have for this plant. A lot of people said Bindweed, Convolvulus, or Morning Glory. But I was surprised at how many names I was given that were similar to the one I know: Granny-pop-out-of-bed
A while ago I asked on here and on instagram what different names people have for this plant. A lot of people said Bindweed, Convolvulus, or Morning Glory. But I was surprised at how many names I was given that were similar to the one I know: Granny-pop-out-of-bed
A very aspirational display in the window of a local charity shop
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A very aspirational display in the window of a local charity shop
Recipe book update:
When I first started this book, I foolishly cut out a few pages where I’d made some mistakes. This, predictably, destabilised the binding for some of the other pages…
When I first started this book, I foolishly cut out a few pages where I’d made some mistakes. This, predictably, destabilised the binding for some of the other pages…
October 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Recipe book update:
When I first started this book, I foolishly cut out a few pages where I’d made some mistakes. This, predictably, destabilised the binding for some of the other pages…
When I first started this book, I foolishly cut out a few pages where I’d made some mistakes. This, predictably, destabilised the binding for some of the other pages…
Reposted by man in the woods
If you’ve always wanted to get into Iron Age hillforts, the first half of this video by @forestcollectiv.bsky.social is a really great, accessible introduction to what they are, and the varying forms the take: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...
How do you build a massive Hillfort anyway?
YouTube video by Forest Archaic Collective
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
If you’ve always wanted to get into Iron Age hillforts, the first half of this video by @forestcollectiv.bsky.social is a really great, accessible introduction to what they are, and the varying forms the take: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...
I made this drawing of the cosy little fields from up on Glastonbury Tor on my Friday Walk recently
October 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I made this drawing of the cosy little fields from up on Glastonbury Tor on my Friday Walk recently
Monday: drying herbs and homemade curtains
October 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Monday: drying herbs and homemade curtains
If you’ve always wanted to get into Iron Age hillforts, the first half of this video by @forestcollectiv.bsky.social is a really great, accessible introduction to what they are, and the varying forms the take: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...
How do you build a massive Hillfort anyway?
YouTube video by Forest Archaic Collective
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
If you’ve always wanted to get into Iron Age hillforts, the first half of this video by @forestcollectiv.bsky.social is a really great, accessible introduction to what they are, and the varying forms the take: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...
I love the beautiful mottled reds in these mosaïcs from Rockboune Roman Villa in Wiltshire. They make me think of fallen leaves in the golden autumn sunlight. 🍂🍁✨
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday & the mosaics at Rockbourne Roman Villa
See more of Ancient Hampshire & Wiltshire in our Hillforts Episodes >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...
See more of Ancient Hampshire & Wiltshire in our Hillforts Episodes >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...
October 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I love the beautiful mottled reds in these mosaïcs from Rockboune Roman Villa in Wiltshire. They make me think of fallen leaves in the golden autumn sunlight. 🍂🍁✨
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
I finally bought myself an old walking stick! youtube.com/shorts/51TvO...
October 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I finally bought myself an old walking stick! youtube.com/shorts/51TvO...
Tesco had no rosemary yesterday.
On my way home I saw a huge rosemary bush in a garden, so I asked if I might have a single sprig.
The owner me gave me more rosemary than I’ll get through in a year, and lots of sage!
He told me to help myself any time.
Should we all have communal herb gardens?
On my way home I saw a huge rosemary bush in a garden, so I asked if I might have a single sprig.
The owner me gave me more rosemary than I’ll get through in a year, and lots of sage!
He told me to help myself any time.
Should we all have communal herb gardens?
October 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Tesco had no rosemary yesterday.
On my way home I saw a huge rosemary bush in a garden, so I asked if I might have a single sprig.
The owner me gave me more rosemary than I’ll get through in a year, and lots of sage!
He told me to help myself any time.
Should we all have communal herb gardens?
On my way home I saw a huge rosemary bush in a garden, so I asked if I might have a single sprig.
The owner me gave me more rosemary than I’ll get through in a year, and lots of sage!
He told me to help myself any time.
Should we all have communal herb gardens?
❗️ Perfect pub alert ❗️
of Oxford William Turner, Peasants outside an Inn,
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112682
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112682
September 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
❗️ Perfect pub alert ❗️
This is a really interesting thread about the use of blue pigment by palaeolithic people
Time to update your Palaeolithic palettes... 🔵
Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
September 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is a really interesting thread about the use of blue pigment by palaeolithic people
I love this era of comedy West Country merch
I held a baby lamb and fly's a puppy they are dogs but fly's puppy didn't have it's eyes open but we had a lovely time. Our cottage is very nice because it's all old fashion. And it is thathed. The weather is fine.
September 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I love this era of comedy West Country merch
Right. What names do you know for this plant? I’ll start:
I call it Granny-pop-out-of-bed (which my Granny taught me)
I call it Granny-pop-out-of-bed (which my Granny taught me)
September 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Right. What names do you know for this plant? I’ll start:
I call it Granny-pop-out-of-bed (which my Granny taught me)
I call it Granny-pop-out-of-bed (which my Granny taught me)
A nice afternoon sitting and drawing the fields below: youtube.com/shorts/cosvY...
September 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A nice afternoon sitting and drawing the fields below: youtube.com/shorts/cosvY...
A bad day for a pale person to take a slow walk in a long coat around the graveyard
Well, if it’s 23 September... YES, THAT’S RIGHT! It’s the 71st anniversary of the hunt for the Gorbals Vampire, in which hundreds of children aged from four to 14, armed with dogs, knives and sharpened sticks went looking for an urban myth
September 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A bad day for a pale person to take a slow walk in a long coat around the graveyard