Dr Pat Witts
@wittspat.bsky.social
Specialist in Roman mosaics, with particular interests in iconography and antiquarian illustrations; also hedgehogs in any medium. Author. Membership Secretary asprom.org (posting personally).
Nice pics. You've even captured the amazing hen house next door!
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Nice pics. You've even captured the amazing hen house next door!
Waitrose biscuits: yummy!
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Waitrose biscuits: yummy!
And bits in nearby Lanercost Priory. Enjoyed looking for them a couple of months ago.
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
And bits in nearby Lanercost Priory. Enjoyed looking for them a couple of months ago.
That picture, or one like it, appeared in error when my first book was reprinted some years ago! 😱 (Colour sections of two books were mixed up.) Wonder whether readers of the book it should have been in were as shocked as I was? A mosaic in lieu of a loo! 😱😱
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
That picture, or one like it, appeared in error when my first book was reprinted some years ago! 😱 (Colour sections of two books were mixed up.) Wonder whether readers of the book it should have been in were as shocked as I was? A mosaic in lieu of a loo! 😱😱
It's great! Did you indulge in the amazing Trimontium Experience? (Or was your trip so speedy that it precluded time to sit down? 😉)
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's great! Did you indulge in the amazing Trimontium Experience? (Or was your trip so speedy that it precluded time to sit down? 😉)
Harrumph! Hillforts are all very well, but most of us are here for mosaics too!!
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Harrumph! Hillforts are all very well, but most of us are here for mosaics too!!
Do you habitually wear earrings? If so, yes!
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Do you habitually wear earrings? If so, yes!
Bet you don't have Stonehenge earrings, though ... (A treasured possession from some years ago.)
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Bet you don't have Stonehenge earrings, though ... (A treasured possession from some years ago.)
He/she looks so fed up! Great photo.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
He/she looks so fed up! Great photo.
Thank you. I must read up on this some more.
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Thank you. I must read up on this some more.
That's a novel and astute observation re Burberry. And the Cotswolds are the right sort of area for such sartorialness ...
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
That's a novel and astute observation re Burberry. And the Cotswolds are the right sort of area for such sartorialness ...
Glad he's been rehabilitated. He seems OK to me.
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Glad he's been rehabilitated. He seems OK to me.
I remember those days ... !
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I remember those days ... !
Even when mosaics are found as part of a planned excavation, they aren't always fully cleared if it strays beyond the area the excavators set out to explore, eg the delightful marine mosaic at Wroxeter (where the excavation stopped at half a face - so frustrating!).
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Even when mosaics are found as part of a planned excavation, they aren't always fully cleared if it strays beyond the area the excavators set out to explore, eg the delightful marine mosaic at Wroxeter (where the excavation stopped at half a face - so frustrating!).
Enchanting! Thanks for sharing.
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Enchanting! Thanks for sharing.
That was a *very* long drive! Glad you made it safely.
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
That was a *very* long drive! Glad you made it safely.
It is absolutely wonderful: the remains, the setting ... and the photogenic sheep. But I foolishly only looked at Carn Liath from the A9 (long journey, lots to see ...) and am now kicking myself ...
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It is absolutely wonderful: the remains, the setting ... and the photogenic sheep. But I foolishly only looked at Carn Liath from the A9 (long journey, lots to see ...) and am now kicking myself ...