Skaill farm – a student’s experience of the excavation field school. archaeologyorkney.com/2023/08/21/stu… #Orkney #Archaeology #Rousay #Excavation #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch #OrkneyCollege #ScotlandDigs2023

Not posted many dogs on WW2 airfields recently, so here's some new ones to brighten your day. 🐶 Commanding Officer, Desmond J. Scott in the cockpit of a Spitfire with his wire haired fox terrier 'Kim', RAF Hawkinge, Kent, 1943. Colour by Colourised PIECE of JAKE 🧵1/10

Sister ship of my father’s MGB 79

The #EuroRoad23 championships give us the opportunity to introduce the geologically most puzzling mountain of Europe: the Col Du VAM Drenthe! The Dutch province of Drenthe is world-famous for Pleistocene ice-age geology. It is scattered with large ice age erratics: enormous blocks

Policy making by Remote bureaucrats, it seems

Yesterday we planted 4x Monkey Puzzle (Araucaria araucana) trees as part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Safe Site Conifer Conservation Programme. Our nearly mature one was planted in memory of my Dad - I hope these thrive as his one has.

On Trafalgar Day whilst the immortal memory of Nelson is rightly in focus, there are stories during the battle that are less told or known. One of these is of Sir Henry Digby who was in command of HMS Africa during the battle.

Lovely! I remember when that was the main road to the Ross and Iona!

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From about 1943, German guards, fearing that the war would be lost and that the inflation of the 1920’s would return, were happy to trade contraband for Lagermarks. Everything from eggs to wire cutters had a price. (Cigarettes were another form of currency)

And an opportunity for gambling - Milag must have had exciting moments amid the boredom

Arron Banks She has her integrity intact. Yours ?

When you’re very new, and there’s no one else your size #firstcalfoftheseason

Which quote from our birthday boy, G.K. Chesterton, is your favorite? Let me know -- and share it. And if you enjoyed this thread, please do me a favor and share the first post, linked below: x.com/CoffeewClassic…

Physics In History My opinion: There is no life in the universe outside of Earth.

Tax his land, Tax his bed Tax the table, At which he's fed. Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes are the rule. Tax his work, Tax his pay, He works for peanuts anyway! When he's gone, Do not relax, It's time to apply Inheritance Tax. No Farmers, No Food

The 3rd biography of Pamela Harriman. None have spelt her father’s name Kennie, as he did. And Sonia Purnell has revived Ogden’s mistake of adding a ‘c’ to her sister Jaquetta’s name. I understand, of course, that I’m just an old pedant, and that this is completely insignificant

This. There are George Crosses in the collection as well. Very bravely won also, though not “in the face of the enemy”