Tom Urwin

Interesting pub / cafe...
#Corbridge #Northumberland
(Though the stairs are a bit tricky)

I'm still recovering...

Sunday Morning.

Saint Oswalds in Grassmere.
Oswald, the King of Northumbria, visited in the 7th century.
#Grasmere #LakeDistrict
Known for the Wordsworth graves, daffodils, and the little gingerbread shop.
#Photography #Landscape

Yes, it's a bit of a crossroads there.

Gingerbread and Daffodils
#Grasmere #LakeDistrict

Two years ago today. Lunch spot near Grinds Brook - with Win Hill and Lose Hill on the horizon. #Walking #PeakDistrict
#Edale

Leftfield. Victoria & Albert. It has the best cafe too.

Cross when the little green BRIT Award comes on...
#Marketing #Manchester #BRITAwards

A little bit of Bronte Country.
#SouthPenines #Yorkshire #Howarth
View from Penistone Hill, Lower Laithe Reservoir, the route to Withins via Springs Farm and the waterfall.

Publication day tomorrow: 'These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' (HarperNorth).

On my shopping list.

You had a helpful sign to let you know what you could have seen!

Scenic viewpoint according to OS map...
#Walking #PeakDistrict

Think they do the market once a month. But the cafe is quite nice anyway at other times.

First time at Campfield #Manchester when the market is on. Excellent sound system adding to the relaxed vibe.

It was probably the most unexpected best exhibition I've been to. I knew nothing of the artist before attending.

A tall tree with a few remaining leaves beside a narrow country road, under a grey, overcast sky. Photographed through the windscreen while driving.

Silence is of different kinds,
and breathes different meanings
- Charlotte Brontë
#YorkshireDales #trees
#Bronte #scape

Flesh would come with an adult content warning if it was on TV.
Now I have to remember who I loaned Mockingbird to...

Christmas reads.
Harper Lee - short stories that I enjoyed, but mainly made me want to reread To Kill a Mockingbird.
Flesh by David Szalay - I read this really quickly, which is a good sign. It is a reflective and thought-provoking read that is often bleak / sad. #BookSky #Books 💙📚

Christmas reads.
Mick Herron and Richard Osman - good - just as you would expect.
The second Full Moon Coffee Shop - OK, but not as good as the first one.
Patricia Lockwood - Odd - still not sure what I read.
#BookSky #Books 💙📚

A little trip to the cafe at Gorton Monastry. #Manchester

"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
Think this pretty much sums up now.
William Shakespeare in 1600, a description of a distopian future better than Orwell or Bradbury?
#BookSky #Books 💙📚

Black-and-white view of Top Withens ruins on the Yorkshire moors, a lone tree beside stone walls, associated with Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.

Thick trunks in a landscape that inspired Wuthering Heights.
#Thicktrunktuesday
#WutheringHeights #TopWithens
#Yorkshire #Bronte
📷 25/12/25

A mighty fine Guinness in there.

Both good books!
I really liked the Kate Daniels series.

"The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune"

Mosaic showing a wild boar

#MosaicMonday
Once again spoiled for choice after a few days in Pompei... So many wonderful floors, but one never gets bored. Well, this one is a little boar-ing

This is a Deer Park - according to the map... Wonder if anyone was confused?

Lyme Hall and the Cage from Knights Low.
#Walking #PeakDistrict #Landscape