I’m currently very much enjoying ‘The Road to Mons Graupius’ by @classicalalan.bsky.social My only problem is having left Scotland a couple of weeks ago I now need to plan another trip

Muir O’Fauld Roman watchtower. One of 17 such watchtowers along the Gask Frontier. Situated just a few miles SW of Perth. #RomanFortThursday 📷 by me

Moredun Iron Age hillfort near Perth. The largest hillfort in the Tay Estuary. Fabulous views north to the Cairngorms, west to Dundee and the Tay bridges, south to Fife. #HillfortsWednesday 📷 By me

Tomnavarie Stone Circle, complete with recumbent stone. Near Aboyle, c.3,000 BC. #Scotland #StandingStoneSunday 📷 by me

The plaque below marks the house where the infamous Duke of Cumberland slept prior to the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746. It can be found at No. 38 High Street, Nairn, but you wouldn’t find it if you didn’t know where to look. The battle was undoubtedly an awful affair. #Jacobites #Culloden

Pictish cross stone in Nigg Old Church, Easter Ross, Scotland. Dates from the 700s. Reputed to be one of the finest surviving Pictish carved stones, and one of the most elaborate such stones surviving from early medieval Europe 📷 photo by me #Picts #Pictish #findsFriday #Scotland

Wild camping with Suilven in the background. Not another person for miles #wildcamping #Assynt #Scotland

Clachtoll Broch, NW Scotland. Iron Age homestead from 2000 years ago. Remarkable. I know it’s not a hillfort, but would ask for your tolerance. #hillfortWednesday 📷 by me yesterday

Wild camping on Dartmoor. Because we can. Even at our advanced age #OkeTor #righttoroam #leavenotrace #stormynight 📷 by me, yesterday evening

Temperate rain forest, Aberglaslyn Pass #wales #temperaterainforest

Tre’r Creiri Iron Age hillfort in N Wales. Fabulously impressive and views to die for. #HillfortsWednesday 📷 photos by me, Monday

Pont Britannia. Originally a wrought iron tubular bridge designed by Robert Stephenson. It opened in 1850 to complete the rail link between London and Holyhead. The bridge was destroyed by fire in 1970 and given new life by the addition of the steel arches now so dominant. #engineeringhistory

Mosaic with head of Medusa. 1st Century BC from Pompeii. Now in Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Napoli. #mosaicmonday 📷 by me

Visited the Mary Rose for the first time. A remarkable insight into the mid-16th Century, not least through the recovered day-to-day artefacts. 📷 By me

Mosaic of Mediterranean sea life. Pompeii, House of the the Geometric Mosaics. An octopus fights a lobster surrounded by a myriad of sea life. Early 1st Century BC. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli #mosaicmonday 📷 by me

Finally, yesterday, I made it to #Pompeii. It was everything I expected it to be, and more besides… Photos 📷 by me

Danebury Iron Age Hillfort in Hampshire. Fabulous first time visit. Monumentality writ large. #HillfortsWednesday 📸 Mine

Roman fort at Ambleside in the Lake District. Stunning location at the head of Lake Windermere. #RomanfortThursday Photo by me.

I’m not normally one to boast about my educational achievements on social media, but in 1965 I received 1st prize for good attendance at Manchester Road Methodist Sunday School in Burnley.

Temperate rainforest alive and well in Langdale.

Here lies the remains of Britain’s only truly europhile prime minister. Salisbury Cathedral.

I’m really enjoying reading this. It’s a real page-turner. The adopted long-term perspective on the relationship between UK and EU brings fresh insights @tommctague.bsky.social

Swarkestone Bridge near Derby. Most southerly point reached by the Jacobites in 1745.

Winter Sun. On campus @uniofreading.bsky.social

Hairy Turkey Tail?

It’s possible to have a nice evening walk even if you live in Reading. Fabulous campus @uniofreading.bsky.social

Delighted to finally get my hands on The Hillforts of Iron Age Wales by @drtobydriver.bsky.social Blimey, it’s a handsome book. No sticky fingers allowed…

Further to my recent post from the British Library, here’s a follow-up from Birmingham Central Library. Any excuse to visit a library is good enough for me…

I defy anyone to watch this video and not feel a little bit happier #FestiniogRailway

One of the best things about doing research is I get to hang out in cool places like the British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social