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@ceadela

Erstwhile secondhand bookseller and Classics teacher; Cumbria and Oxfordshire

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They need to work on their camouflage technique
It’ll take another year

12.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😈

12.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t remember it though

12.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have been there 🀣

12.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I took loads of photos but it was definitely spooky πŸ‘»

11.03.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Loved the book, never saw the film, but I hear his other works are difficult

11.03.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the cupola of Wren’s #SheldonianTheatre
End of the thread @cathylowe.bsky.social @tutty352.bsky.social @lakesstiles.bsky.social

10.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Views from the #SheldonianTheatre #Oxford 3

10.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Views from the #SheldonianTheatre #Oxford 2

10.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Views from the cupola of the #SheldonianTheatre #Oxford 1

10.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

😱

10.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Silent Whee in the cupola at the top of the Sheldonian Theatre Oxford #WheeeClub

10.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚

10.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the cupola of the Sheldonian - is there a similar room at the top of the Radcliffe Camera?

10.03.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nice stile
Look where I’ve just been 😁🀩

10.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Very Sixties - I loved that suede fringed waistcoat and matching mini skirt 😁

07.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Me in the 60s

07.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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An eagle brings Cuthbert and his companion a fish which they share with the eagle.

BL Yates Thompson 26; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; 12th century; England, N. (Durham); f.28v
@blmedieval.bsky.social

07.03.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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And here’s a squeeze stile further towards Skelwith Bridge, with style demo

07.03.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Haha and sundial at Charlecote Park for @lakesstiles.bsky.social

06.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

@soapywittank.bsky.social @vimtotime.bsky.social

06.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Through the Eyes of the Stoop
1. Melbreak
2. Whiteside

06.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The lonely stoop contemplates its solitude, but cheers up when I place a battered companion, washed over the meadow by winter floods, by its foot

06.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s the next stile on that path 😊

06.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

But I was half hour late having underestimated time from NW Lakes and encountered white van and oil tanker while creeping up Red Bank 🀣

03.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The route was great, and included Cake and Quarry πŸ‘

03.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Innit just 😍

03.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My stile, and the final stats
I may have all 4 photos in Dropbox so will check tomorrow when I am in a café with WiFi 😊

28.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cold drizzle this morning so lit fire and prepared to settle indoors, and then the sun came out πŸ₯Ύ ⛰️

28.02.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ β˜€οΈ πŸ›Έ

28.02.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0