Helen
@wildfellhall.bsky.social
Social researcher & novice vegetable grower. Politics, public policy, being outdoors & food. Lapsed Teessider Personal account & views. 📍North Yorkshire
🚂 27 Sep 1825 - 27 Sep 2025. 200 years since the journey that changed the world.
A replica #LocomotionNo1 crossed Darlington’s iconic Skearne Bridge, the oldest railway bridge in the world still in use. Recreating an historic moment on the #Stockton & #Darlington Railway #Hopetown
A replica #LocomotionNo1 crossed Darlington’s iconic Skearne Bridge, the oldest railway bridge in the world still in use. Recreating an historic moment on the #Stockton & #Darlington Railway #Hopetown
September 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚂 27 Sep 1825 - 27 Sep 2025. 200 years since the journey that changed the world.
A replica #LocomotionNo1 crossed Darlington’s iconic Skearne Bridge, the oldest railway bridge in the world still in use. Recreating an historic moment on the #Stockton & #Darlington Railway #Hopetown
A replica #LocomotionNo1 crossed Darlington’s iconic Skearne Bridge, the oldest railway bridge in the world still in use. Recreating an historic moment on the #Stockton & #Darlington Railway #Hopetown
A bit soggy underfoot & a couple of detours around flood water, but it didn’t stop us, or the lovely views of Askrigg & from Ivy Scar 😍 #Wensleydale #NorthYorkshire #RatherBeOutdoors
September 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A bit soggy underfoot & a couple of detours around flood water, but it didn’t stop us, or the lovely views of Askrigg & from Ivy Scar 😍 #Wensleydale #NorthYorkshire #RatherBeOutdoors
So many apples and pears this season.
I hope you all like chutney 🤣
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
I hope you all like chutney 🤣
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
September 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
So many apples and pears this season.
I hope you all like chutney 🤣
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
I hope you all like chutney 🤣
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
My first homemade chana dal, with crispy paneer. Served with wholemeal chapatti (not homemade). #dinnertime
September 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My first homemade chana dal, with crispy paneer. Served with wholemeal chapatti (not homemade). #dinnertime
Has anyone else had a glut of apples & pears this year? Grateful if anyone could help ID the pears I have. I was told maybe Comice. They turn slightly yellow when ripe (like top left in bowl) & are sweet, not too grainy. Great just for eating. 🍏🍐 #gardening #homegrown
August 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Has anyone else had a glut of apples & pears this year? Grateful if anyone could help ID the pears I have. I was told maybe Comice. They turn slightly yellow when ripe (like top left in bowl) & are sweet, not too grainy. Great just for eating. 🍏🍐 #gardening #homegrown
Grassington to Hebden for sunshine, ducklings & the sparkly river Wharfe 🦆 ☀️ 🥾 #NorthYorkshire #YorkshireDales #RatherBeOutdoors
June 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Grassington to Hebden for sunshine, ducklings & the sparkly river Wharfe 🦆 ☀️ 🥾 #NorthYorkshire #YorkshireDales #RatherBeOutdoors
Reckon I’d do well at the #NorthYorkshire county show with these 😆
Last year’s that didn’t do much and I forgot all about them. Just pulled as were bolting. Trimmed & taste great. Pepsi can for size.
Lesson: neglect your spring onions
#Homegrown #gardening
Last year’s that didn’t do much and I forgot all about them. Just pulled as were bolting. Trimmed & taste great. Pepsi can for size.
Lesson: neglect your spring onions
#Homegrown #gardening
May 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Reckon I’d do well at the #NorthYorkshire county show with these 😆
Last year’s that didn’t do much and I forgot all about them. Just pulled as were bolting. Trimmed & taste great. Pepsi can for size.
Lesson: neglect your spring onions
#Homegrown #gardening
Last year’s that didn’t do much and I forgot all about them. Just pulled as were bolting. Trimmed & taste great. Pepsi can for size.
Lesson: neglect your spring onions
#Homegrown #gardening
Other half’s B side has a big game this afternoon so I’ve loaned him my #Boro scarf since it’s not getting a day out today!
#Sunderland #PlayOffFinal #SAFC
#Sunderland #PlayOffFinal #SAFC
May 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Other half’s B side has a big game this afternoon so I’ve loaned him my #Boro scarf since it’s not getting a day out today!
#Sunderland #PlayOffFinal #SAFC
#Sunderland #PlayOffFinal #SAFC
May 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Got home all ready to make Pad Thai.
No coriander 😭
Improvised prawn & avocado salad with lime & chilli dressing instead. More in keeping with the weather anyway 🥗 #Homecooking
No coriander 😭
Improvised prawn & avocado salad with lime & chilli dressing instead. More in keeping with the weather anyway 🥗 #Homecooking
April 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Got home all ready to make Pad Thai.
No coriander 😭
Improvised prawn & avocado salad with lime & chilli dressing instead. More in keeping with the weather anyway 🥗 #Homecooking
No coriander 😭
Improvised prawn & avocado salad with lime & chilli dressing instead. More in keeping with the weather anyway 🥗 #Homecooking
Forgot to take my lunch to work today 🙄 & all I wanted was a tuna & cucumber sandwich (simple pleasures).
Zero tuna & cucumber sandwiches at station shops . Lots of tuna mayo. Tuna & sweetcorn (🤢).
Surely tuna & cucumber is the standard combo, no?
So…
Zero tuna & cucumber sandwiches at station shops . Lots of tuna mayo. Tuna & sweetcorn (🤢).
Surely tuna & cucumber is the standard combo, no?
So…
April 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Forgot to take my lunch to work today 🙄 & all I wanted was a tuna & cucumber sandwich (simple pleasures).
Zero tuna & cucumber sandwiches at station shops . Lots of tuna mayo. Tuna & sweetcorn (🤢).
Surely tuna & cucumber is the standard combo, no?
So…
Zero tuna & cucumber sandwiches at station shops . Lots of tuna mayo. Tuna & sweetcorn (🤢).
Surely tuna & cucumber is the standard combo, no?
So…
From earlier this month at Brixton Academy.
@slowdiveofficial.bsky.social Maybe one of the best live sets I’ve seen in years. #Shoegaze
@slowdiveofficial.bsky.social Maybe one of the best live sets I’ve seen in years. #Shoegaze
April 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
From earlier this month at Brixton Academy.
@slowdiveofficial.bsky.social Maybe one of the best live sets I’ve seen in years. #Shoegaze
@slowdiveofficial.bsky.social Maybe one of the best live sets I’ve seen in years. #Shoegaze
Gadding about in #Swaledale
Nothing works quite like the hills, fresh air & sun on your face for giving you a lift. Really needed this.
#YorkshireDales #RatherBeOutdoors
Nothing works quite like the hills, fresh air & sun on your face for giving you a lift. Really needed this.
#YorkshireDales #RatherBeOutdoors
April 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Gadding about in #Swaledale
Nothing works quite like the hills, fresh air & sun on your face for giving you a lift. Really needed this.
#YorkshireDales #RatherBeOutdoors
Nothing works quite like the hills, fresh air & sun on your face for giving you a lift. Really needed this.
#YorkshireDales #RatherBeOutdoors
So I’ve started this. And now I can’t stop until it’s finished (will it ever be). Can you guess what it is? 🙈
January 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
So I’ve started this. And now I can’t stop until it’s finished (will it ever be). Can you guess what it is? 🙈
January 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Other half had a more fun day than me today. Photos sent from a very snowy & beautiful #YorkshireDales
#Winter #Snow #Swaledale #Weather
#Winter #Snow #Swaledale #Weather
January 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Other half had a more fun day than me today. Photos sent from a very snowy & beautiful #YorkshireDales
#Winter #Snow #Swaledale #Weather
#Winter #Snow #Swaledale #Weather
Gloriously frosty & golden sunshine along the Weardale Way ❄️ #Durham #RatherBeOutside
January 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Gloriously frosty & golden sunshine along the Weardale Way ❄️ #Durham #RatherBeOutside
Welcoming 2025 with a walk and homemade cinnamon buns. More of these are my #Resolutions2025 😆
January 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Welcoming 2025 with a walk and homemade cinnamon buns. More of these are my #Resolutions2025 😆
Nothing quite says ‘middle age’ like staying in with a cheese and charcuterie board on NYE 😆
#HappyNewYear to us all! Here’s to health & happiness 🎉
#HappyNewYear to us all! Here’s to health & happiness 🎉
December 31, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Nothing quite says ‘middle age’ like staying in with a cheese and charcuterie board on NYE 😆
#HappyNewYear to us all! Here’s to health & happiness 🎉
#HappyNewYear to us all! Here’s to health & happiness 🎉
My mum taught me well! #YorkshirePuddings #Sunday
December 29, 2024 at 2:35 PM
My mum taught me well! #YorkshirePuddings #Sunday
Two castles in and out of the mist today in #Richmond #Swaledale & #Middleham #Wensleydale #YorkshireDales #Walkshire
December 27, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Two castles in and out of the mist today in #Richmond #Swaledale & #Middleham #Wensleydale #YorkshireDales #Walkshire
Yesterday we went vegetarian for #ChristmasLunch for the first time (well, apart from the pigs in blankets which I couldn’t dispense with). With homemade cranberry sauce. #MerryChristmas2024
December 26, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Yesterday we went vegetarian for #ChristmasLunch for the first time (well, apart from the pigs in blankets which I couldn’t dispense with). With homemade cranberry sauce. #MerryChristmas2024
A beautiful #BoxingDay morning walk in misty sunshine at Thorp Perrow to banish any lingering Christmas Day lethargy.
#NorthYorkshire #Walkshire #LoveWhereYouLive
#NorthYorkshire #Walkshire #LoveWhereYouLive
December 26, 2024 at 3:23 PM
A beautiful #BoxingDay morning walk in misty sunshine at Thorp Perrow to banish any lingering Christmas Day lethargy.
#NorthYorkshire #Walkshire #LoveWhereYouLive
#NorthYorkshire #Walkshire #LoveWhereYouLive
Happy Midwinter ❄️ Curl up in comfort & await the gradual return of the light. We are halfway out of the darkness. #WinterSolstice
December 21, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Happy Midwinter ❄️ Curl up in comfort & await the gradual return of the light. We are halfway out of the darkness. #WinterSolstice