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stephen cogbill
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Retired. Interests: photography, cycling, archaeology and hiking. Not necessarily in that order🙂
@drtobydriver.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social When the rain persists - indoors with some Welsh-leaning and considered, literary responses to the stones.🙂Not sure why only just catching up with this one, but 👍
February 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
@richardosgood.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social Really enjoyed tonight's Digging for Britain! 👍🙂 Sanctuaries on cliffs (1) Barry Cunliffe has said promontory 'forts' MAY not all be defensive (2) this 'persistent' place on Malta I happened across a few years back on hols. Fascinating.
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
#SarsenSunday @martynjb.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social Freezing cold but fun yomp over Fyfield Down on Thursday. Stukeley and companions look rather more comfortable, with coach and horses waiting for them bottom right!
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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Happy 92nd Birthday, Tom Baker!
You're 'my Doctor' always.
#TomBaker
January 20, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Cow Tools. OMG.
Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow
Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow cognition...
arstechnica.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Come hell & high water I am shoehorning this Livy quote into my WIP. It's too delicious. "The year was marred by omnious signs, fires blazed in the sky, there was a violent earthquake & a cow talked - there was a rumour that a cow had talked the previous year but nobody believed it"
January 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
@drtobydriver.bsky.social so, the 2027 TdF stage3 is going over the Rhigos!
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 AM
#HillfortWednesday @richardosgood.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social Recent photos up Sidbury Hill hillfort on the Salisbury Plain Training Area. The last 2 show clearly the Bronze Age "double linear" earthwork meeting the NW corner of it.
January 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Stark and otherworldly - sunset at Mitchell’s Fold, the Bronze Age stone circle on Stapeley Hill. I got this shot at the tail end of a blizzard, when the sky took on a golden glow that made a spectacular contrast with the snow-covered landscape. It was every bit as cold as it looks. #Shropshire
January 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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Well, if it’s 31 December, it’s... yes, of course: 172nd anniversary of the dinner Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, creator of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, gave for 21 leading academics and other VIPs inside the Iguanodon
December 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
#Stonehenge #MidwinterSunrise @stoneclub.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social FINALLY, a completely clear sky for this morning's sunrise! Excuse the power-lines.
December 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Some #Welsh terminology for the festivities ahead…

Nadolig Llawen - Merry Christmas
Cyfarchion y Tymor - Season’s Greetings
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda - Happy New Year

Uchelwydd - Mistletoe
Celyn - Holly
Gwledd - Feast

Nos Galan - New Year’s Eve

#Cymru #Christmas🎄
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
@martynjb.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social This morning's dawn on the West Kennet Avenue - who knew double-yellow lines could look pretty! Some sarsens were later involved.
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@weborguk.bsky.social Needs a big screen to view. Tested a light pollution filter on my camera and managed to catch a Geminid meteor near the Pleiades yesterday evening (4 secs exposure). Seems to work!
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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157 years ago, on the 9th of December 1868, the world's first traffic lights were installed outside the Palace of Westminster in London. It used semaphore arms during the day and green/red gas lamps at night. It had to be operated by a constable. It exploded on January 2nd 1869. #otd #history 🗃️
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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« Ui, bonjour, prends ma monnaie »
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The ‘Shell Mosaic’ from Verulamium - the third largest town in Roman Britain which is situated close to modern St. Albans. The mosaic is one of 49 discovered during excavations of the site and dates to around 150 AD. The mosaic is on display at Verulamium Museum. #MosaicMonday
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#Stonehenge #DrWhoDay Greetings from Stonehenge to all Dr Who fans (or even those little ones it scared).
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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C.R.Ashbee’s house in Chipping Campden. #ArtsandCrafts #GuildofHandicrafts Grade 1 listed
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM