Dr Rob
@robheighton.bsky.social
he/him • Doctor of Physics • Worldbuilder & Conlanger • Fan of Fantasy • Whovian • Amateur Enthusiast of Linguistics, Archaeology, Classics, and many other things
📍 UK • 📖 Trewissick • 📺 The Brownstone
📍 UK • 📖 Trewissick • 📺 The Brownstone
Checked under the Replies tab of his profile, and there's this reply from a couple of days ago:
January 14, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Checked under the Replies tab of his profile, and there's this reply from a couple of days ago:
And I can confirm you're not alone in these replies either. I do wonder what I'm doing to create this illusion 😅
... thought you were older than me. I started reading the series in 2013 at age 19. In 2029 I'll be 35.
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
And I can confirm you're not alone in these replies either. I do wonder what I'm doing to create this illusion 😅
For what it's worth, you're not alone; this has been a strange phenomenon all the way through my Twitter (and then Bluesky) days, long preceding the Dr part. Every time I mention my age, there will consistently be someone surprised because they thought I was older!
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
For what it's worth, you're not alone; this has been a strange phenomenon all the way through my Twitter (and then Bluesky) days, long preceding the Dr part. Every time I mention my age, there will consistently be someone surprised because they thought I was older!
BBC Robin Hood mentioned!!!!!!!
January 12, 2026 at 12:21 AM
BBC Robin Hood mentioned!!!!!!!
Indeed! Definitely on the mend
January 11, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Indeed! Definitely on the mend
It's really going round at the moment 🤧
Hope we both feel better soon!
Hope we both feel better soon!
January 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM
It's really going round at the moment 🤧
Hope we both feel better soon!
Hope we both feel better soon!
(I'd already read Over Sea, Under Stone as a child but never continued with the extended series; I decided to reread it just before Christmas in preparation for the rest of the sequence, read TDiR around New Year, and then read Greenwitch and finished it last night—two more to go!)
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
(I'd already read Over Sea, Under Stone as a child but never continued with the extended series; I decided to reread it just before Christmas in preparation for the rest of the sequence, read TDiR around New Year, and then read Greenwitch and finished it last night—two more to go!)
Absolutely; I read The Dark is Rising for the first time last week, having heard that it was a Christmassy book, and it certainly made things atmospheric!
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Absolutely; I read The Dark is Rising for the first time last week, having heard that it was a Christmassy book, and it certainly made things atmospheric!
Don't worry, I haven't read Charles de Lint!
January 5, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Don't worry, I haven't read Charles de Lint!
Apologies for not being around when you asked, but yes, @peteclark.bsky.social was spot on!
If you do check it out, be aware it's the third in a series; the first book, titled Over Sea, Under Stone—originally written as a standalone—is also set in the same fictional Cornish village of Trewissick
If you do check it out, be aware it's the third in a series; the first book, titled Over Sea, Under Stone—originally written as a standalone—is also set in the same fictional Cornish village of Trewissick
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Apologies for not being around when you asked, but yes, @peteclark.bsky.social was spot on!
If you do check it out, be aware it's the third in a series; the first book, titled Over Sea, Under Stone—originally written as a standalone—is also set in the same fictional Cornish village of Trewissick
If you do check it out, be aware it's the third in a series; the first book, titled Over Sea, Under Stone—originally written as a standalone—is also set in the same fictional Cornish village of Trewissick