They always spend the winter at Charlie Gee's farm in Binsey, and he brings them back to Christ Church Meadow in April. There's a film about them here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYQn...
Longhorn Cattle on Christ Church Meadow
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February 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
They always spend the winter at Charlie Gee's farm in Binsey, and he brings them back to Christ Church Meadow in April. There's a film about them here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYQn...
Today: climbed 180m the to top of mighty Binsey (447m) in the rain and cloud, with my hiking buddy @kitzingercelia.bsky.social. #LakeDistrict
OTD a year ago: we climbed 610m to the McKinnon Pass - the highest point (at 1514m) on the Milford Track, in glorious sun. #NewZealand
OTD a year ago: we climbed 610m to the McKinnon Pass - the highest point (at 1514m) on the Milford Track, in glorious sun. #NewZealand
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Today: climbed 180m the to top of mighty Binsey (447m) in the rain and cloud, with my hiking buddy @kitzingercelia.bsky.social. #LakeDistrict
OTD a year ago: we climbed 610m to the McKinnon Pass - the highest point (at 1514m) on the Milford Track, in glorious sun. #NewZealand
OTD a year ago: we climbed 610m to the McKinnon Pass - the highest point (at 1514m) on the Milford Track, in glorious sun. #NewZealand
Tell that to the owner of the yellow car at the golf course up Binsey Lane, which is currently doing a passable impression of a DUKW amphibious vehicle…
February 10, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Tell that to the owner of the yellow car at the golf course up Binsey Lane, which is currently doing a passable impression of a DUKW amphibious vehicle…
Ah, Binsey can be pretty bad, can't it? Slightly alarming, to say the least!
February 10, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Ah, Binsey can be pretty bad, can't it? Slightly alarming, to say the least!
My friends used to live on Binsey Lane as knew the water was high when it took out the power downstairs under the floor boards (ground floor up several steps). Quite a lot of the roads off Botley Road flooded on and off
February 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
My friends used to live on Binsey Lane as knew the water was high when it took out the power downstairs under the floor boards (ground floor up several steps). Quite a lot of the roads off Botley Road flooded on and off
That was either a panic shot, or you sat there all day, freezing, waiting for the spotlight on the house ;-)
I was on Binsey once; the sky was a sheet of grey, except for one tiny hole with a beam of light shooting through at a sharp angle that spotlit whatever it hit on the ground. Mesmerising.
I was on Binsey once; the sky was a sheet of grey, except for one tiny hole with a beam of light shooting through at a sharp angle that spotlit whatever it hit on the ground. Mesmerising.
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
That was either a panic shot, or you sat there all day, freezing, waiting for the spotlight on the house ;-)
I was on Binsey once; the sky was a sheet of grey, except for one tiny hole with a beam of light shooting through at a sharp angle that spotlit whatever it hit on the ground. Mesmerising.
I was on Binsey once; the sky was a sheet of grey, except for one tiny hole with a beam of light shooting through at a sharp angle that spotlit whatever it hit on the ground. Mesmerising.
New homes in south Thamesmead seen at the old Binsey Walk area beside Southmere lake.
The former Newacres library was here along with a bridge across the road linking to aerial walkways in the area.
The former Newacres library was here along with a bridge across the road linking to aerial walkways in the area.
February 3, 2026 at 3:47 PM
New homes in south Thamesmead seen at the old Binsey Walk area beside Southmere lake.
The former Newacres library was here along with a bridge across the road linking to aerial walkways in the area.
The former Newacres library was here along with a bridge across the road linking to aerial walkways in the area.
Thamesmead housing on site of the original estate.
Phase one of seven on right (former Tavy Bridge) and phase two on left. That was Binsey Walk. Nice views over the lake.
Pictures Superloop doesn't stop here.
Phase one of seven on right (former Tavy Bridge) and phase two on left. That was Binsey Walk. Nice views over the lake.
Pictures Superloop doesn't stop here.
January 30, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Thamesmead housing on site of the original estate.
Phase one of seven on right (former Tavy Bridge) and phase two on left. That was Binsey Walk. Nice views over the lake.
Pictures Superloop doesn't stop here.
Phase one of seven on right (former Tavy Bridge) and phase two on left. That was Binsey Walk. Nice views over the lake.
Pictures Superloop doesn't stop here.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 AM
St Margaret's holy well, Binsey. In the Middle Ages, pilgrims visiting St Frideswide's shrine in Oxford would also visit the well for healing as it was associated with the saint's legend and miracles. Current structure 1874. Also known as Lewis Carroll's 'Treacle Well' .
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January 24, 2026 at 4:43 PM
St Margaret's holy well, Binsey. In the Middle Ages, pilgrims visiting St Frideswide's shrine in Oxford would also visit the well for healing as it was associated with the saint's legend and miracles. Current structure 1874. Also known as Lewis Carroll's 'Treacle Well' .
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A friend went to a funeral in the Binsey direction and marvelled at the church. I think it’s St Margaret of Antioch (from googling)? Any views on that church.
January 12, 2026 at 4:19 AM
A friend went to a funeral in the Binsey direction and marvelled at the church. I think it’s St Margaret of Antioch (from googling)? Any views on that church.
Walk 21 — Binsey. 2.53 km • 3,135 steps • 179 m climbed • 505 calories • 15°C. Support the challenge: https://www.goodhub.com/go/40for40hiha #40for40
January 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Walk 21 — Binsey. 2.53 km • 3,135 steps • 179 m climbed • 505 calories • 15°C. Support the challenge: https://www.goodhub.com/go/40for40hiha #40for40
Walk 21 — Binsey. 2.53 km • 3,135 steps • 179 m climbed • 505 calories • 15°C. Support the challenge: https://www.goodhub.com/go/40for40yah #40for40
January 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Walk 21 — Binsey. 2.53 km • 3,135 steps • 179 m climbed • 505 calories • 15°C. Support the challenge: https://www.goodhub.com/go/40for40yah #40for40
Summit 32 of 40 — Binsey. An outlier with sweeping views. #40for40 Your support means a great deal: https://www.goodhub.com/go/40for40yah
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Summit 32 of 40 — Binsey. An outlier with sweeping views. #40for40 Your support means a great deal: https://www.goodhub.com/go/40for40yah
Summit 32 of 40 — Binsey. An outlier with sweeping views. #40for40 Your support means a great deal: https://www.goodhub.com/go/40for40hiha
January 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Summit 32 of 40 — Binsey. An outlier with sweeping views. #40for40 Your support means a great deal: https://www.goodhub.com/go/40for40hiha
Summit 32 of 40 — Binsey. An outlier with sweeping views. #40for40 Your support means a great deal: https://www.goodhub.com/go/40for40hiha
January 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Summit 32 of 40 — Binsey. An outlier with sweeping views. #40for40 Your support means a great deal: https://www.goodhub.com/go/40for40hiha
Today, we managed a proper but small #Wainwrightwalk Binsey. Always came up here at this time of year when I was a child with Xmas dinner leftovers 🥪. Did the same today 60 yrs on. Super #views over Skiddaw and @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social reserve. #LakeDistrict @keswickboot.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Today, we managed a proper but small #Wainwrightwalk Binsey. Always came up here at this time of year when I was a child with Xmas dinner leftovers 🥪. Did the same today 60 yrs on. Super #views over Skiddaw and @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social reserve. #LakeDistrict @keswickboot.bsky.social
December 2022: the steam launch Sultan came past Binsey on still water.
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
December 2022: the steam launch Sultan came past Binsey on still water.
Port Meadow and Binsey this week in 2024
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Port Meadow and Binsey this week in 2024
Binsey in autumn colours beyond the river.
November 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Binsey in autumn colours beyond the river.
Somehow managed to dodge the showers on Binsey in the northern Lake District today
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Somehow managed to dodge the showers on Binsey in the northern Lake District today
In the poem "Binsey Poplars," G.M. Hopkins bemoans the thoughtless cutting down of a row of aspen trees that were beautiful to him. The sentiment is the same in a more-recent event in which something beautiful was heedlessly demolished: "O if we but knew what we do
When we delve or hew."
When we delve or hew."
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In the poem "Binsey Poplars," G.M. Hopkins bemoans the thoughtless cutting down of a row of aspen trees that were beautiful to him. The sentiment is the same in a more-recent event in which something beautiful was heedlessly demolished: "O if we but knew what we do
When we delve or hew."
When we delve or hew."
The bit that always sent me was the “raising a well at Binsey to avoid the walk to the Thames”
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October 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The bit that always sent me was the “raising a well at Binsey to avoid the walk to the Thames”
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Barbican is on my list of spots to visit on my next trip to London, so is Binsey Walk - which may be facing the wrecking ball?
September 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Barbican is on my list of spots to visit on my next trip to London, so is Binsey Walk - which may be facing the wrecking ball?