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In which there are a hundred owls and nearly a century of trains
- Post: I'm currently awaiting the delivery of 100 owls from China (and a special snowflake, lol).
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In which Our Heroine is haunted by the ghost of Tolkien's car
- I saw a late 1920s Morris Cowley car parked in a Cotswold village on the only occasion I've set foot in the Cotswolds between Oxford and the Vale of Evesham for many years. The car is, of course, a very similar model to the one Tolkien used to drive through the area on visits to his family. At least I'm not being haunted by CS Lewis or Charles ( Read more... ) -
In which there are sacred cows (or hooved animals of your choice), Bigots by God, and The Innocents
- St John the Baptist church, Beckford, has some unusual C12th stone carvings including a centaur with a spear (another view for context) apparently intended to resemble King Stephen's coat of arms. A depiction of the "Ransom Theory" better known in English lore as the Harrowing of Hell represented by an image of Jesus stabbing a wolf's head with a ( Read more... ) -
In which there are things seen, unseen, and rediscovered
- When I read posts about television series I don't watch then I sometimes internally pretend to misread them as being about the poster's everyday life. /little things
- Cute rediscovered library book story: "Overdue library book returned to school 120 years late (BBC News online)" [...] "The Microscope and its Revelations, by Dr William B ( Read more... ) -
In which there are fossilised remains, a Lioness, a Witch, some closets, and a Girl Investigator
- Fossils on Ynys Echni, aka Flat Holm island, the southern point of Wales in the Bristol Channel: (1) trace fossils or geology, I dunno, (2) fossilised ripples, (3) a ancient member of the evil gastropod conspiracy from the dawn of time!!1!!
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In which there are four fllans in Llangollen
I walked variations of "first left, second right" four times while I was in Llangollen.
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