Tim Powell
@tepowell.bsky.social
Places of Deposit Manager at UK National Archives. Interests in archives, aircraft, hillforts, Warwickshire CCC and AFC Wimbledon.
The Christmas season must have started. At St Stephen's Church, Bath, for a performance of Messiah.
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Christmas season must have started. At St Stephen's Church, Bath, for a performance of Messiah.
Usually with white flowers, this lovely purple Alyssum (or Seaside Lobularia, though a long way from the coast) was an unexpected discovery this lunchtime. I like the pleasing effect of the fallen autumn leaves around the flowers.
#morethanweeds
#morethanweeds
October 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Usually with white flowers, this lovely purple Alyssum (or Seaside Lobularia, though a long way from the coast) was an unexpected discovery this lunchtime. I like the pleasing effect of the fallen autumn leaves around the flowers.
#morethanweeds
#morethanweeds
An early atumn sighting this afternoon of Purple Toadsflax. Very good for bees. #morethanweeds
September 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
An early atumn sighting this afternoon of Purple Toadsflax. Very good for bees. #morethanweeds
Buffet supper for a biggish family get-together. I deserve this glass of red. #ConfinedCocktails
September 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Buffet supper for a biggish family get-together. I deserve this glass of red. #ConfinedCocktails
I found these sunflowers apparently growing wild in a back alley (though I wonder if they could have been planted to bring some joy to passers by). Magnificent. #morethanweeds
August 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I found these sunflowers apparently growing wild in a back alley (though I wonder if they could have been planted to bring some joy to passers by). Magnificent. #morethanweeds
A view of Dumbarton Rock, site of a hillfort from the Iron Age to the early middle ages, taken from the paddle steamer Waverley #HillfortsWednesday
August 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A view of Dumbarton Rock, site of a hillfort from the Iron Age to the early middle ages, taken from the paddle steamer Waverley #HillfortsWednesday
Having failed to get to Skye (ferries cancelled ☹️), we're back in Glasgow. Many worse places to be 😀. #ConfinedCocktails is average red wine in one of the city's many Premier Inns 🫤.
August 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Having failed to get to Skye (ferries cancelled ☹️), we're back in Glasgow. Many worse places to be 😀. #ConfinedCocktails is average red wine in one of the city's many Premier Inns 🫤.
A gentle evening stroll round the pleasant back streets of east Cambridge #UnconfinedWalks
A fine cat, the photo doesn't do her/him justice, and some rogue Bladder Senna probably escaped from someone's garden #morethanweeds.
A fine cat, the photo doesn't do her/him justice, and some rogue Bladder Senna probably escaped from someone's garden #morethanweeds.
July 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A gentle evening stroll round the pleasant back streets of east Cambridge #UnconfinedWalks
A fine cat, the photo doesn't do her/him justice, and some rogue Bladder Senna probably escaped from someone's garden #morethanweeds.
A fine cat, the photo doesn't do her/him justice, and some rogue Bladder Senna probably escaped from someone's garden #morethanweeds.
Back from a Bath Theatre School production of Les Miserables. Stupendous performances, wonderful acting, and the passionate way schoolchildren played the 'schoolboys' dying on the barricades for a better world was so moving. A nice red (appropriate) wine to recover my composure #ConfinedCocktails
July 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Back from a Bath Theatre School production of Les Miserables. Stupendous performances, wonderful acting, and the passionate way schoolchildren played the 'schoolboys' dying on the barricades for a better world was so moving. A nice red (appropriate) wine to recover my composure #ConfinedCocktails
Not many new #morethanweeds on recent walks so pleased to see some Great Willowherb this morning, seemingly strung from nothing.
July 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Not many new #morethanweeds on recent walks so pleased to see some Great Willowherb this morning, seemingly strung from nothing.
A glass of Muscadet, with next door's cat Piper for company. #ConfinedCocktails
July 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A glass of Muscadet, with next door's cat Piper for company. #ConfinedCocktails
More milk in Bath, Cleveland Cottages
July 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
More milk in Bath, Cleveland Cottages
#HillfortsWednesday. Hinton Hill, the hillfort at Dyrham, near Bath, suggested as the site for the Battle of Deorham in 577 in which the Britons were decisively defeated.
July 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#HillfortsWednesday. Hinton Hill, the hillfort at Dyrham, near Bath, suggested as the site for the Battle of Deorham in 577 in which the Britons were decisively defeated.
On a lovely summer's evening remembering why we bought this house...
June 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
On a lovely summer's evening remembering why we bought this house...
My eldest George made a mango lassi. Delicious and refreshing. Not really a #ConfinedCocktail but just what I needed.
June 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My eldest George made a mango lassi. Delicious and refreshing. Not really a #ConfinedCocktail but just what I needed.
Our last couple of home kits have been a bit 'meh'. This, however, will become a classic
June 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Our last couple of home kits have been a bit 'meh'. This, however, will become a classic
Just back from a summer concert in the church of St Michael's Without, Bath. Purcell's King Arthur, magnificently performed by the Bath Cantata Group. That 'To Woden, thanks we render' was sung with great enthusiasm in front of the altar pleased me no end.
June 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Just back from a summer concert in the church of St Michael's Without, Bath. Purcell's King Arthur, magnificently performed by the Bath Cantata Group. That 'To Woden, thanks we render' was sung with great enthusiasm in front of the altar pleased me no end.
Ragwort isn't much liked but this is why it is such a valuable plant #morethanweeds
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June 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Ragwort isn't much liked but this is why it is such a valuable plant #morethanweeds
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This pretty plant is Creeping Woodsorrel. It is said to have a wide range of medical uses, from treating sprains to use as an antidote to poisoning. It is also claimed to be edible, in moderate quantities and used to make dyes. Certainly, #morethanweeds !
June 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This pretty plant is Creeping Woodsorrel. It is said to have a wide range of medical uses, from treating sprains to use as an antidote to poisoning. It is also claimed to be edible, in moderate quantities and used to make dyes. Certainly, #morethanweeds !
Quite a productive week so here I am relaxing with a Georgian (the country not the US state) white wine. Turnsvout to be lacking in character but hey, worth trying. #UnconfinedCocktails
June 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Quite a productive week so here I am relaxing with a Georgian (the country not the US state) white wine. Turnsvout to be lacking in character but hey, worth trying. #UnconfinedCocktails
Out for a gentle #UnconfinedWalk in the early evening sunshine. Some fine #morethanweeds including a bank of French Crane's-Bill.
June 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Out for a gentle #UnconfinedWalk in the early evening sunshine. Some fine #morethanweeds including a bank of French Crane's-Bill.
A fine #UnconfinedWalk with a fine view and some lovely Marguerite Daisies. I can't remember seeing so many as this year #morethan weeds
June 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A fine #UnconfinedWalk with a fine view and some lovely Marguerite Daisies. I can't remember seeing so many as this year #morethan weeds
Achieved nothing of note today, but a small Oloroso to celebrate anyway.
#ConfinedCocktails
#ConfinedCocktails
May 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Achieved nothing of note today, but a small Oloroso to celebrate anyway.
#ConfinedCocktails
#ConfinedCocktails