Today in 793 Vikings raided Lindisfarne:
"Never before has such terror appeared...as we have now suffered from a pagan race...The church of St Cuthbert is spattered with the blood of the priests of God, stripped of all its furnishing, exposed to the plundering of pagans."
Alcuin, scholar and priest

Loch Suainabhal

The Common or ‘English’ Oak (Quercus Robur) is the national tree of Germany. And obviously England

But also Poland, Romania, Belarus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia & Moldova

Mood from the dunes

The Ancient Oaks of England:

Distribution and density map of 3,300 oaks in England with a girth greater than 6 metres

Map production: Justin Moat, GIS Unit, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Nice to see couples out for dinner to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Cape St Vincent where a heavily outnumbered British force crushed the Spanish. Nelson captured an enemy battleship then used it as a bridge to capture another one.

The Infantry Tank Mk.III or #Valentine was one of the UK's most successful tanks, despite not meeting the Army's initial requirements. Many variants were produced and fought on every front of WWII. #tanks #history #WW2 #ValentinesDay

Harris moods

Loch Leven

Happy New Year all 🥂

✨️make a wish✨️

Seems a nice way to end/begin a year, finding a four leaf clover that someone had tucked in a book maybe 50 years ago!

Harris moods

🎄Happy Christmas 🎄

These things here are emergency wreck buoys, and if you're thinking the colour scheme looks somewhat like a circus big top, just wait until you hear about the clown show that inspired their introduction.