Sean Christian
@ygigfran.bsky.social
Father of men. Cymro. Dog-follower.
Interests: Learning. Nature. Old buildings. Churchcrawling. Medieval stuff. Corvids.
Bro Morgannwg, Republic of Wales
Interests: Learning. Nature. Old buildings. Churchcrawling. Medieval stuff. Corvids.
Bro Morgannwg, Republic of Wales
Standing on Slaw beach today, the most northerly beach on Unst, the northernmost of the Northern Isles, about 500m north of the northernmost inhabited dwelling in Shetland, I reckon I had a good claim to be the most Northern bloke in the UK.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Standing on Slaw beach today, the most northerly beach on Unst, the northernmost of the Northern Isles, about 500m north of the northernmost inhabited dwelling in Shetland, I reckon I had a good claim to be the most Northern bloke in the UK.
On my way up to Shetland. Stopped off in Penrith - wall to wall gas-beer and euro-lagers... But there is an oasis, Dockray Hall, proper dark oak panelled walls, blazing fireplace and local real ales. Magic! #RealAle #ProperPun
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
On my way up to Shetland. Stopped off in Penrith - wall to wall gas-beer and euro-lagers... But there is an oasis, Dockray Hall, proper dark oak panelled walls, blazing fireplace and local real ales. Magic! #RealAle #ProperPun
#TimothyTaylor is definitely the man for the job this afternoon 😎 A wonderfully balanced and flavoursome prize-winning #RealAle launched back in 1952. I have always liked this Landlord fella and his classic 1970's #Wales rugby shirt! #CAMRA #Cymru
June 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#TimothyTaylor is definitely the man for the job this afternoon 😎 A wonderfully balanced and flavoursome prize-winning #RealAle launched back in 1952. I have always liked this Landlord fella and his classic 1970's #Wales rugby shirt! #CAMRA #Cymru
#RedKite soars over Gileston, #ValeOfGlamorgan coast. Awful phone shot but proof! Never dreamed, as a boy from Flintshire, who made long pilgrimages to find the last lingering pairs in their secret places, that one day #RedKites would be back across #Cymru... and over my garden! Makes my heart soar
May 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#RedKite soars over Gileston, #ValeOfGlamorgan coast. Awful phone shot but proof! Never dreamed, as a boy from Flintshire, who made long pilgrimages to find the last lingering pairs in their secret places, that one day #RedKites would be back across #Cymru... and over my garden! Makes my heart soar
Of course, standing alone as it does on the open hillside, Maen Llia has long been an attraction for tourists #StandingStoneSunday
April 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Of course, standing alone as it does on the open hillside, Maen Llia has long been an attraction for tourists #StandingStoneSunday
On Midsummer's Eve it is said that Maen Llia comes to life and walks down to the river in the valley beyond to drink! #StandingStoneSunday
April 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
On Midsummer's Eve it is said that Maen Llia comes to life and walks down to the river in the valley beyond to drink! #StandingStoneSunday
4,000 years ago the ancestors of the Cymry raised Maen Llia. In their landscape it may have marked a route, a boundary, or an important place.
April 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
4,000 years ago the ancestors of the Cymry raised Maen Llia. In their landscape it may have marked a route, a boundary, or an important place.
Maen Llia stands a long way from any other deposits of calcrete/ Old Red Sandstone. How did it get here? Was it moved by a glacier - a river of ice that shaped this valley 20,000 years ago? Or was it brought here by our ancient Welsh ancestors?
April 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Maen Llia stands a long way from any other deposits of calcrete/ Old Red Sandstone. How did it get here? Was it moved by a glacier - a river of ice that shaped this valley 20,000 years ago? Or was it brought here by our ancient Welsh ancestors?
Maen Llia, a standing stone north of the village of Ystradfelltei, is is a large piece of intraformational conglomerate from the Old Red Sandstone. It measures 3.7 m high by 2.8 m wide by 0.9 m #StandingStoneSunday
April 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Maen Llia, a standing stone north of the village of Ystradfelltei, is is a large piece of intraformational conglomerate from the Old Red Sandstone. It measures 3.7 m high by 2.8 m wide by 0.9 m #StandingStoneSunday
Well, this is very encouraging! I've left most of our land uncut for several years now and it has revealed a very wide variety of grasses and flowering plants, but never one of these. I am pretty certain this is a Harvest Mouse nest, though its only inhabitant today was an indignant Bumble Bee!
April 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Well, this is very encouraging! I've left most of our land uncut for several years now and it has revealed a very wide variety of grasses and flowering plants, but never one of these. I am pretty certain this is a Harvest Mouse nest, though its only inhabitant today was an indignant Bumble Bee!
The recently lime-washed tower of St Cynwyd's Church, Llangynwyd, near Maesteg. Founded by St Cynwyd in the 6th century, thoroughly rebuilt in the 13th century and the square tower added in the 15th century. The church has the biggest private cemetery in Europe
April 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The recently lime-washed tower of St Cynwyd's Church, Llangynwyd, near Maesteg. Founded by St Cynwyd in the 6th century, thoroughly rebuilt in the 13th century and the square tower added in the 15th century. The church has the biggest private cemetery in Europe
Here's one from Rhuthun (Ruthin) for #ThickTrunkTuesday
March 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here's one from Rhuthun (Ruthin) for #ThickTrunkTuesday
#adoorableThursday Marrakech 📷my own
January 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#adoorableThursday Marrakech 📷my own
#adoorableThursday Sperlinga, Sicily 📷 myown
January 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
#adoorableThursday Sperlinga, Sicily 📷 myown
C12th font at St Cassian's, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcs. carved in Celtic style by the "Herefordshire School", responsible for so much decorative carving between Midlands & Welsh Marches. Decorated with animated carved dragons, tails interlaced to form a continuous frieze #FontsOnFriday (📷 my own)
January 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
C12th font at St Cassian's, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcs. carved in Celtic style by the "Herefordshire School", responsible for so much decorative carving between Midlands & Welsh Marches. Decorated with animated carved dragons, tails interlaced to form a continuous frieze #FontsOnFriday (📷 my own)
The Peter's Pence chest is huge, heavy and well defended with iron bands, iron nails, padlocks and fittings. Local people would queue up to drop their penny through the slots in the top of the chest. Very few such chests have survived to the present day #woodensday 2/2
January 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The Peter's Pence chest is huge, heavy and well defended with iron bands, iron nails, padlocks and fittings. Local people would queue up to drop their penny through the slots in the top of the chest. Very few such chests have survived to the present day #woodensday 2/2
Peter's Pence chest, St Peter & St Paul's, Rock, Worcestershire. Denarii Sancti Petri or "Alms of St Peter" was an annual tax paid to the papal treasury in Rome by Medieval landowners (C7 -C16th). A penny from every house was collected on 1 Aug, feast day of St. Peter ad Vincula. #woodensday 1/2
January 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Peter's Pence chest, St Peter & St Paul's, Rock, Worcestershire. Denarii Sancti Petri or "Alms of St Peter" was an annual tax paid to the papal treasury in Rome by Medieval landowners (C7 -C16th). A penny from every house was collected on 1 Aug, feast day of St. Peter ad Vincula. #woodensday 1/2
Love knapped flint - King's Lynn blew me away last summer
January 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Love knapped flint - King's Lynn blew me away last summer
Hi Claude, yes I do. The Medieval stone masons that developed this elaborate style of figurative stone-carving are known as "the Herefordshire school" because the most famous examples of their work arewere found in Herefordshire churches like Kilpeck e.g.
January 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Hi Claude, yes I do. The Medieval stone masons that developed this elaborate style of figurative stone-carving are known as "the Herefordshire school" because the most famous examples of their work arewere found in Herefordshire churches like Kilpeck e.g.
The richly-decorated north door of St Peter & St Paul's, Rock near Kidderminster. a Norman arch of 4 orders with chevron patterns, saltires and embattled ornament #AdoorableThursday. Inside the church are some of the best remaining examples of the Herefordshire school of carving.
January 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The richly-decorated north door of St Peter & St Paul's, Rock near Kidderminster. a Norman arch of 4 orders with chevron patterns, saltires and embattled ornament #AdoorableThursday. Inside the church are some of the best remaining examples of the Herefordshire school of carving.
All of the vegetation in the Lickey Hills woodland was covered with these wonderful frost "feathers", some up to 1cm in length. Does anyone know if there is a correct term for these?
January 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
All of the vegetation in the Lickey Hills woodland was covered with these wonderful frost "feathers", some up to 1cm in length. Does anyone know if there is a correct term for these?
