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Steph
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Still obsessed with early medieval history, archaeology, cycling, nature and new wave music. Mound botherer. Occasional posts and very badly taken photos. Older, but not necessarily wiser. She/her.
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Small edit completed 🙃
Photo of a book titled 'Adventures in the Golden Age: Scotland in the World Cup Finals 1974-1998' with a handwritten post-it note that reads '2026' covering the year 1998.
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Only 34 days till Het Nieuwsblad 😍 (I know I could watch the TDU, UAE Tour etc but I just can't get into them so, for me, the season starts this year on 1st March). Some memories to keep me going...
Stage 3 of the 2014 Tour de France, Finchingfield, Essex. Looking downhill over the huge crowd as the two riders in the break come through, followed by a camera motorbike. Photo of me with Miguel Indurain and the bike he used in 1994 to break the Hour record. Happy days! Julian Alaphilippe in yellow at the 2019 Tour de France. Stage 16, Nimes. Lizzie Deignan at the start of the 2023 Ride London Classique in Saffron Walden.
January 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Stuck on the sofa with a sprained ankle and can't go out, so sorting the photos on my phone. Visited Stevenage Six Hills last year - couldn't get over how impressive they were, yet how completely marooned in the middle of an industrial area! Also, they desperately need an interpretation panel.
View from across the road, showing five of the six barrows in a row. Closer view, showing three gorgeously curvy round barrows. The only sign at Stevenage Six Hills. The bottom part describes some local byelaws while the top part is titled 'Six Hills Common' and briefly mentions the barrows: "The Roman burial mounds known as Six Hills were probably constructed in the 2nd century AD and the land on which they stand has probably been common for almost as long. "
January 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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I finally remembered my password 😝
Screenshot from Twitter/X that confirms my account has been deactivated.
January 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Barrows! Five Knolls round barrow cemetery on the Dunstable Downs. Three bell barrows, two bowl barrows and two pond barrows. The cemetery was founded in the late Neolithic and Bronze Ages and re-used for burial in the Roman period and, later, for the interment of gallows victims in the Middle Ages.
Grass-covered burial mound, about 3m high and 20m across. Picture of grass-covered burial mound. A path has been worn where people have walked across the top and the surrounding ditch can just be made out in the foreground. A view along the line of three of the barrows, showing their position on a hilltop.
December 6, 2024 at 9:46 PM