Ann Gate
@ceadela.bsky.social
Erstwhile secondhand bookseller and Classics teacher; Cumbria and Oxfordshire
Well if it’s Cheese Week in Old English I must have cheese before Wednesday @lakesstiles.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Well if it’s Cheese Week in Old English I must have cheese before Wednesday @lakesstiles.bsky.social
Stone step stile with mini gate near Ullswater
An iconic specimen from the #StileArchive for @lakesstiles.bsky.social
An iconic specimen from the #StileArchive for @lakesstiles.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Stone step stile with mini gate near Ullswater
An iconic specimen from the #StileArchive for @lakesstiles.bsky.social
An iconic specimen from the #StileArchive for @lakesstiles.bsky.social
Now this is spooky 👻
Clearing stuff yesterday I found tag with “keepable owl” coloured in by sister in 1980s; today in village café I saw this tag and wrapping paper
Psychedelic Owls rule 🦉😵💫😱
Clearing stuff yesterday I found tag with “keepable owl” coloured in by sister in 1980s; today in village café I saw this tag and wrapping paper
Psychedelic Owls rule 🦉😵💫😱
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Now this is spooky 👻
Clearing stuff yesterday I found tag with “keepable owl” coloured in by sister in 1980s; today in village café I saw this tag and wrapping paper
Psychedelic Owls rule 🦉😵💫😱
Clearing stuff yesterday I found tag with “keepable owl” coloured in by sister in 1980s; today in village café I saw this tag and wrapping paper
Psychedelic Owls rule 🦉😵💫😱
Another lesson in the series Stile Types and Terminology from the eponymous expert
Please admire this gated limestone squeeze stile
I know how you like a gated stile. On my way to Swinside on Sunday.
January 29, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Another lesson in the series Stile Types and Terminology from the eponymous expert
Nearest book, p42, 2nd sentence:
“The coast is iron-bound; strangely contorted schists and sand-stones stretch away northward in an almost unbroken line of rocky wall to the point of Hartland; and to the south-west a bulwark of cliffs, of very similar character, extends to and beyond Tintagel…”
“The coast is iron-bound; strangely contorted schists and sand-stones stretch away northward in an almost unbroken line of rocky wall to the point of Hartland; and to the south-west a bulwark of cliffs, of very similar character, extends to and beyond Tintagel…”
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
'Like every other child born precisely eleven years ago on the last Eventide, when the clock struck midnight she would die - the eleven short years of her doomed life complete; her curse finally fulfilled.'
'Like every other child born precisely eleven years ago on the last Eventide, when the clock struck midnight she would die - the eleven short years of her doomed life complete; her curse finally fulfilled.'
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
‘ Roy deftly spun Russell around and gently but forcefully shoved him out into the street.’
‘ Roy deftly spun Russell around and gently but forcefully shoved him out into the street.’
January 22, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Nearest book, p42, 2nd sentence:
“The coast is iron-bound; strangely contorted schists and sand-stones stretch away northward in an almost unbroken line of rocky wall to the point of Hartland; and to the south-west a bulwark of cliffs, of very similar character, extends to and beyond Tintagel…”
“The coast is iron-bound; strangely contorted schists and sand-stones stretch away northward in an almost unbroken line of rocky wall to the point of Hartland; and to the south-west a bulwark of cliffs, of very similar character, extends to and beyond Tintagel…”
Dual personality village stile on path between houses leading to field
January 18, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Dual personality village stile on path between houses leading to field
Educating novices in stile etiquette
January 18, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Educating novices in stile etiquette
Sunset, West Oxfordshire
January 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Sunset, West Oxfordshire
After the discussion about the mango wood CD/book shelves I bought a jar of mango chutney: the ceramic kingfisher approves
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM
After the discussion about the mango wood CD/book shelves I bought a jar of mango chutney: the ceramic kingfisher approves
Bought a wooden CD rack, but the CDs have bespoke shelving so I filled it with the smallest 12mos in the house
@lakesstiles.bsky.social will notice a Scots Gaelic NT and @sculptedinstone.bsky.social the yew bowl made from a fallen tree in Bampton churchyard
@lakesstiles.bsky.social will notice a Scots Gaelic NT and @sculptedinstone.bsky.social the yew bowl made from a fallen tree in Bampton churchyard
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Bought a wooden CD rack, but the CDs have bespoke shelving so I filled it with the smallest 12mos in the house
@lakesstiles.bsky.social will notice a Scots Gaelic NT and @sculptedinstone.bsky.social the yew bowl made from a fallen tree in Bampton churchyard
@lakesstiles.bsky.social will notice a Scots Gaelic NT and @sculptedinstone.bsky.social the yew bowl made from a fallen tree in Bampton churchyard
Lakeland Sunset end of December
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Lakeland Sunset end of December
For those who know about #SnecklifterTuesday in the Other Place this is today’s Snecklifter through the Eye of a Stoop (stone gatepost) 😁
December 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
For those who know about #SnecklifterTuesday in the Other Place this is today’s Snecklifter through the Eye of a Stoop (stone gatepost) 😁
West Cumbrian Pastoral
December 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
West Cumbrian Pastoral
Boxing Day bonfire 🔥
December 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Boxing Day bonfire 🔥
Miniature Shed Nativity with wooden animal spectators (and a sheep angel) 🌟🐑
December 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Miniature Shed Nativity with wooden animal spectators (and a sheep angel) 🌟🐑
Teddy bears’ picnic and a growing collection of mini Christmas trees🎄#ChristmasDecorations 🎄🎄🎄
December 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Teddy bears’ picnic and a growing collection of mini Christmas trees🎄#ChristmasDecorations 🎄🎄🎄
Village Christmas tree 🎄
December 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Village Christmas tree 🎄
Mist and frost in Evenlode Valley
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Mist and frost in Evenlode Valley
Apple tree in December, West Oxfordshire
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Apple tree in December, West Oxfordshire
A pretty pigeon outside the Bodleian Library in Oxford
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A pretty pigeon outside the Bodleian Library in Oxford
Came back from Tunbridge Wells with a tiny crocheted octopus 🐙, made for me by friend’s daughter to match the blue & teal fair isle jumper I was wearing - he has settled next to one of @vimtotime.bsky.social ‘s friendos 🩵
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Came back from Tunbridge Wells with a tiny crocheted octopus 🐙, made for me by friend’s daughter to match the blue & teal fair isle jumper I was wearing - he has settled next to one of @vimtotime.bsky.social ‘s friendos 🩵
RHS Wisley in the rain yesterday: nice and warm in the Glasshouse
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
RHS Wisley in the rain yesterday: nice and warm in the Glasshouse