Tania Weston
@tania-w.bsky.social
Interested in history, heritage, the arts, architecture and things outdoors. Likes the odd standing stone. Views are my own.
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Heads up that there’s a generous Interrail sale for the next 21 days - 25% off all passes, making it an even bigger bargain than usual. Passes can be activated at any point up to 11 months after purchase. From all your usual retailers. www.interrail.eu/en
Interrail.eu | 1 rail pass, 33 countries
Travel across Europe and discover 33 countries by train with Interrail. Enjoy the best rail travel experience in Europe with our Interrail Pass!
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November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Heads up that there’s a generous Interrail sale for the next 21 days - 25% off all passes, making it an even bigger bargain than usual. Passes can be activated at any point up to 11 months after purchase. From all your usual retailers. www.interrail.eu/en
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If anyone is following #UKSNOW has had snow, and has a spare 5-10 mins, I'd love to hear from you!
Did you have snow overnight/in the last few days?
I’m researching public attitudes towards clearing Snow and Ice in the UK. Are you over the age of 18 and live in the UK? If so, you can take part in my research by clicking this link (details inside)
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/liverpool/...
I’m researching public attitudes towards clearing Snow and Ice in the UK. Are you over the age of 18 and live in the UK? If so, you can take part in my research by clicking this link (details inside)
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/liverpool/...
Public Attitudes to Snow and Ice on Pavements and Roads
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If anyone is following #UKSNOW has had snow, and has a spare 5-10 mins, I'd love to hear from you!
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The Centurial Stone of Paulius Aper which was found near Brunton Turret on Hadrian’s Wall recording ‘From the ninth cohort the century of Paulius Aper (built this)’. Part of the collections at Chesters Roman Fort. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #ChestersRomanFort
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The Centurial Stone of Paulius Aper which was found near Brunton Turret on Hadrian’s Wall recording ‘From the ninth cohort the century of Paulius Aper (built this)’. Part of the collections at Chesters Roman Fort. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #ChestersRomanFort
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A rare piece of good news for women www.gavi.org/news/media-r...
Cervical cancer vaccines save over 1 million lives in lower-income countries
Major push by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and lower-income countries to extend access to the HPV vaccine has reached its target ahead of schedule.
www.gavi.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A rare piece of good news for women www.gavi.org/news/media-r...
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Want to make a wish on a shooting star? #DoLookUp! The #Leonids meteor shower is peaking, courtesy of the Earth ploughing through the debris left by Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. 🔭🧪
1 Get away from streetlights
2 Take blanket ☕
3 Lie back - 10 mins 👁️ dark adapt
4 🌠Wow
www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/me...
1 Get away from streetlights
2 Take blanket ☕
3 Lie back - 10 mins 👁️ dark adapt
4 🌠Wow
www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/me...
Look Up to See the Leonids Light Up the Night Skies
Check out our meteor shower animation to find out how, where, and when to see these shooting stars.
www.timeanddate.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Want to make a wish on a shooting star? #DoLookUp! The #Leonids meteor shower is peaking, courtesy of the Earth ploughing through the debris left by Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. 🔭🧪
1 Get away from streetlights
2 Take blanket ☕
3 Lie back - 10 mins 👁️ dark adapt
4 🌠Wow
www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/me...
1 Get away from streetlights
2 Take blanket ☕
3 Lie back - 10 mins 👁️ dark adapt
4 🌠Wow
www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/me...
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'Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.'
Victor Hugo
@elifshafak.bsky.social
Victor Hugo
@elifshafak.bsky.social
Elif Shafak (@elifshafak)
A good day to remember Victor Hugo.
‘Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.’
substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
'Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.'
Victor Hugo
@elifshafak.bsky.social
Victor Hugo
@elifshafak.bsky.social
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Southwark Underground Station, designed by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard (MJP) as part of London’s Jubilee Line extension in the 1990s, has been Grade II-listed
MJP’s ‘memorable and theatrical’ Southwark Tube station listed
MJP’s ‘memorable and theatrical’ Southwark Tube station listed
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Southwark Underground Station, designed by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard (MJP) as part of London’s Jubilee Line extension in the 1990s, has been Grade II-listed
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What a tree! Straight out of a fairytale ! 😍
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What a tree! Straight out of a fairytale ! 😍
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Two weeks until our Christmas Fayre here at York Explore, 10am-4pm.
There will be stalls from amazing local artists and crafters on library lawn, a tombola, a raffle, and an exhibition of Christmas related archives in our reading room!
#SupportExplore #York #Archives
There will be stalls from amazing local artists and crafters on library lawn, a tombola, a raffle, and an exhibition of Christmas related archives in our reading room!
#SupportExplore #York #Archives
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Two weeks until our Christmas Fayre here at York Explore, 10am-4pm.
There will be stalls from amazing local artists and crafters on library lawn, a tombola, a raffle, and an exhibition of Christmas related archives in our reading room!
#SupportExplore #York #Archives
There will be stalls from amazing local artists and crafters on library lawn, a tombola, a raffle, and an exhibition of Christmas related archives in our reading room!
#SupportExplore #York #Archives
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Day 25 of #31DaysOfGraves - Unique Animal
A talking serpent seems fairly unique!
This is the absolutely remarkable 18th century stone at Lundie, with Adam and Eve in Eden on one side and Abraham, Isaac and the unfortunate ram on the other.
Truly, one of the most special grave markers in Scotland.
A talking serpent seems fairly unique!
This is the absolutely remarkable 18th century stone at Lundie, with Adam and Eve in Eden on one side and Abraham, Isaac and the unfortunate ram on the other.
Truly, one of the most special grave markers in Scotland.
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Day 25 of #31DaysOfGraves - Unique Animal
A talking serpent seems fairly unique!
This is the absolutely remarkable 18th century stone at Lundie, with Adam and Eve in Eden on one side and Abraham, Isaac and the unfortunate ram on the other.
Truly, one of the most special grave markers in Scotland.
A talking serpent seems fairly unique!
This is the absolutely remarkable 18th century stone at Lundie, with Adam and Eve in Eden on one side and Abraham, Isaac and the unfortunate ram on the other.
Truly, one of the most special grave markers in Scotland.
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Thought-provoking final paragraph here on the social cost of carbon.
"From that perspective, the question is less, “Why are flights so cheap?” and more, “Who actually pays for them?” "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"From that perspective, the question is less, “Why are flights so cheap?” and more, “Who actually pays for them?” "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When trains are pricier than planes, there’s a heavy social, financial and environmental cost
In this week’s newsletter: whether it’s a holiday or work trip, railway travellers find themselves burdened by astronomical prices
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Thought-provoking final paragraph here on the social cost of carbon.
"From that perspective, the question is less, “Why are flights so cheap?” and more, “Who actually pays for them?” "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"From that perspective, the question is less, “Why are flights so cheap?” and more, “Who actually pays for them?” "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The tantalising remains of the little-known Lesmahagow Priory in South Lanarkshire. Founded in 1144, everything but the priory church was quarried down to ground level for its stone in the 1600s. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #Lesmahagow #SouthLanarkshire #Lanarkshire
#Scotland #Lesmahagow #SouthLanarkshire #Lanarkshire
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The tantalising remains of the little-known Lesmahagow Priory in South Lanarkshire. Founded in 1144, everything but the priory church was quarried down to ground level for its stone in the 1600s. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #Lesmahagow #SouthLanarkshire #Lanarkshire
#Scotland #Lesmahagow #SouthLanarkshire #Lanarkshire
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The transport secretary has moved to revoke the development consent order (DCO) for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme – more commonly known as the Stonehenge Tunnel
Full story: buff.ly/hcOQG1N
Full story: buff.ly/hcOQG1N
Transport secretary to revoke DCO for Stonehenge Tunnel | New Civil Engineer
The government paused the controversial road and tunnel scheme in July 2024, shortly after coming into power, citing budgetary constraints. The last
www.newcivilengineer.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The transport secretary has moved to revoke the development consent order (DCO) for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme – more commonly known as the Stonehenge Tunnel
Full story: buff.ly/hcOQG1N
Full story: buff.ly/hcOQG1N
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The 14th century doorway to the west tower of St Gregory’s Church at Rendlesham in Suffolk. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Rendlesham #Suffolk
October 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The 14th century doorway to the west tower of St Gregory’s Church at Rendlesham in Suffolk. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Rendlesham #Suffolk
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If you like hillforts AND brochs (and who doesn't?) here's Edin's Hall #ScottishBorders a Late Iron Age #broch inside a rectangular enclosure inside the NW corner of an earlier bivallate 0.9ha #hillfort
Beautifully captured in this kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011
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Happy #HillfortsWednesday
Beautifully captured in this kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011
🪁 📷 🤩
Happy #HillfortsWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
If you like hillforts AND brochs (and who doesn't?) here's Edin's Hall #ScottishBorders a Late Iron Age #broch inside a rectangular enclosure inside the NW corner of an earlier bivallate 0.9ha #hillfort
Beautifully captured in this kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011
🪁 📷 🤩
Happy #HillfortsWednesday
Beautifully captured in this kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011
🪁 📷 🤩
Happy #HillfortsWednesday
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This is the view from the top of Woden Law, an Iron Age hillfort in the Scottish Borders. Below it is a Roman road known as Dere Street and in the distance are the Eildon Hills. This was the start point for my journey that inspired my recent book 'The Road to Mons Graupius'. #HillfortsWednesday
October 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This is the view from the top of Woden Law, an Iron Age hillfort in the Scottish Borders. Below it is a Roman road known as Dere Street and in the distance are the Eildon Hills. This was the start point for my journey that inspired my recent book 'The Road to Mons Graupius'. #HillfortsWednesday
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A fantastic day's #birding today on #StKilda, one of the highlights being a significant arrival of Jack Snipe- 21 counted, but could've been more. They were popping up everywhere!
@hebridesbirds.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
@hebridesbirds.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A fantastic day's #birding today on #StKilda, one of the highlights being a significant arrival of Jack Snipe- 21 counted, but could've been more. They were popping up everywhere!
@hebridesbirds.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
@hebridesbirds.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
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Meanwhile, on board an eggspress train in Germany...
Unbekannte haben mehrere Hühner in einer S-Bahn Richtung Köln ausgesetzt 🐔
October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Meanwhile, on board an eggspress train in Germany...
Since reading this I have tried to use momentarily in exactly the same way.
Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!
"‘I shall deal with the matter momentarily,’ he said. It was a good word. It always made people hesitate. They were never quite sure whether he meant he’d deal with it now, or just deal with it briefly. And no-one ever dared ask."
"‘I shall deal with the matter momentarily,’ he said. It was a good word. It always made people hesitate. They were never quite sure whether he meant he’d deal with it now, or just deal with it briefly. And no-one ever dared ask."
Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment
“Keep out of the way of officers, ‘cos they ain’t healthy. That’s what you learn in the army. The enemy dun’t really want to fight you, ‘cos the enemy is mostly blokes like you who want to go home with all their bits still on. But officers’ll get you killed.”
“Keep out of the way of officers, ‘cos they ain’t healthy. That’s what you learn in the army. The enemy dun’t really want to fight you, ‘cos the enemy is mostly blokes like you who want to go home with all their bits still on. But officers’ll get you killed.”
October 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Since reading this I have tried to use momentarily in exactly the same way.
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Neude Library, Utrecht; formerly the main post office. Built 1917-1924 to a design of the Amsterdam School by Joseph Crouwel. Statuary by Hendrik van den Eijnde.
October 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Neude Library, Utrecht; formerly the main post office. Built 1917-1924 to a design of the Amsterdam School by Joseph Crouwel. Statuary by Hendrik van den Eijnde.
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Our latest blogpost features 90 years of Pextons Hardware on Bishy Road in #York www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/pextons... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our latest blogpost features 90 years of Pextons Hardware on Bishy Road in #York www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/pextons... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
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BEHOLD the majesty of the Kiwi cheese scone. This scone isn't here for a fancy tea. This scone has come to rumble. This scone demands MORE butter. This scone has OPINIONS about jam. This scone is three square meals and elevenses. This scone has HEFT.
You do not eat this scone. You experience it.
You do not eat this scone. You experience it.
October 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
BEHOLD the majesty of the Kiwi cheese scone. This scone isn't here for a fancy tea. This scone has come to rumble. This scone demands MORE butter. This scone has OPINIONS about jam. This scone is three square meals and elevenses. This scone has HEFT.
You do not eat this scone. You experience it.
You do not eat this scone. You experience it.
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St Mary’s Lighthouse, Whitley Bay, Tyneside, photo by Angi Wallace.
October 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
St Mary’s Lighthouse, Whitley Bay, Tyneside, photo by Angi Wallace.
Blimey!
In 🇨🇳, HSR makes airlines bleed
On Beijing - Shanghai 🚄 has 83% market share against ✈️ (17%)
1,200km, 4hrs18min at the fastest.
100 daily return services
+CR450AF at 400km/h from 2027:
evidencenetwork.ca/this-wave-ca...
@garethdennis.uk
@jonworth.eu
@taras-grescoe.com
@ryukyu-hsr.bsky.social
On Beijing - Shanghai 🚄 has 83% market share against ✈️ (17%)
1,200km, 4hrs18min at the fastest.
100 daily return services
+CR450AF at 400km/h from 2027:
evidencenetwork.ca/this-wave-ca...
@garethdennis.uk
@jonworth.eu
@taras-grescoe.com
@ryukyu-hsr.bsky.social
With its high-speed train, China has achieved what seemed impossible: flying is not profitable on an 808-mile route. - Evidence Network
With ultra-fast journeys, connected comfort and exemplary punctuality, the Chinese high-speed train is redefining travellers’ priorities, to the point of suffocating domestic air traffic between ... R...
evidencenetwork.ca
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Blimey!
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