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Laurence Mitchell
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Writer. Doom stroller. Travel and landscape, also archaeology and wildlife. Author of various Bradt and Cicerone guides, also Westering (Saraband). https://eastofelveden.wordpress.com. Latest book: Flint Country https://saraband.net/sb-title/flint-country/
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · Jun 28
Thrilled to have an advance copy in my hands. Flint Country will be published on July 10 by @saraband-books.bsky.social #books #booksky #flint
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Drumnatiddy beach, Co Donegal, Ireland
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The path to Tramore Beach, Co Donegal, Ireland
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Monasterboice, County Louth, Ireland. Cross, tower and church.
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Absorbed by nature, SE Bulgaria #FingerPostFriday
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Holy Trinity Church, Loddon, and its lovely glistening rainbow of flintwork.
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · 10d
Lochbuie stone circle. Nine granite megaliths shape a circle, close to the shoreline in the shadow of Ben Buie on the Isle of Mull. Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age #StandingStoneSunday
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · 10d
Callanais, Isle of Lewis. The grain of the land #StandingStoneSunday #megaliths
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · 15d
Telephone box and heron, Ulva, Inner Hebrides, Scotland #telephones #TelephoneBoxTuesday
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · 16d
Thank you. I seem to remember a very ancient telephone box nearby too.
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · 16d
Wonderful. I never saw an otter on Lewis but did see plenty of golden and white-tailed eagles. It holds a very special place in my heart, the Callanish region.
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · 17d
Megaliths of Callanish VIII overlooking bridge to Great Berneray Island, Isle of Lewis #StandingStoneSunday
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · 28d
North Elmham Chapel, Norfolk #WallsOnWednesday
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · 28d
Huge flints in walls of North Elmham Chapel, 12th century, the private chapel of Bishop Herbert Losinga, Norfolk #WallsOnWednesday
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · 29d
Carved wooden bench ends, 15th century, Church of St Mary the Virgin, North Elmham #Norfolk #churches
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · Sep 7
Ty-Newydd, Anglesey, Wales. Neolithic burial chamber. Once covered with earth with a passage leading within, its bare bones remain #StandingStoneSunday
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · Sep 2
One from the archive. Red telephone box, Cromore, Isle of Lewis 2017
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · Aug 31
In Norwich, unfortunately, but it would have been great to hear your talk, David.
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · Aug 31
Long Meg without her daughters, Cumbria, red sandstone #megalith #archaeology #Neolithic #StandingStoneSunday
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · Aug 31
Mayburgh henge, Cumbria. Solitary remaining megalith of Neolithic henge monument #StandingStoneSunday
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · Aug 24
Barley in West Midlands, where I grew up.
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · Aug 22
Dudley Ay It

We were driving home from North Wales, and it is a long way to East Anglia from there. So we were looking for a break in the journey somewhere: a place to rest overnight before A14-ing onwards to Norwich? While it might not be everybody’s destination of choice, Dudley, de facto…
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We were driving home from North Wales, and it is a long way to East Anglia from there. So we were looking for a break in the journey somewhere: a place to rest overnight before A14-ing onwards to Norwich? While it might not be everybody’s destination of choice, Dudley, de facto capital of England’s Black Country, has some points in its favour, its West Midlands location midway between coasts being one of them.
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · Aug 21
Couldn't have been more different the other day. I certainly think a gale would have been more atmospheric.
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · Aug 20
Barclodiad y Gawres. Another hot day on Anglesey - the beach just 500m away was packed @stoneclub.bsky.social
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · Aug 18
They must have decided that it needed further support, although the capstone looks to be in a different position in the painting.