My final dog walk of the weekend.

The lonesome hawthorn tree has discovered that learning to love oneself is important when finding happiness so it’s a self-hugging-tree-hugger.

Exmoor ponies chilling in the sunshine & tree shaped just as it ought to be.

Good luck to everyone running the #LondonMarathon today!

According to Herodotus, the original ‘marathon runner’ was a messenger called Pheidippides, who ran from Athens to Sparta to seek help against the Persian forces, covering 260km in two days 🏃‍♂‍
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May Sir Andrew Davis rest in peace. He was a tremendous influence on many, many of us he we developed a love of music. He was a highly visible face of classical music, not least through his direction of the BBCSO at the Proms. Thank you for everything, Sir Andrew.

Another ‘Crooked House’ ending for a listed building.

For those who appreciate photos from Exmoor, here is a selection. The beagle stopped walking when I exclaimed, “cuckoo!” but I was too late to get it recorded.

Good morning from Dunster Station, with the West Somerset Railway 6990 'Witherslack Hall' departing for Minehead! ☀️🚂

#Dunster #Dunster Station #WestSomersetRailway #Somerset #Exmoor

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What did you look like at 17?

An extraordinary speech.

“Certainly, the nation, which knows no other sovereign than itself, demands that, as it is liberated, the laws it once gave itself be put back into force.”

A few photos to share taken on a sunny walk with borrowed dogs.
The view shows Exmoor’s highest point, Dunkery Beacon, in the distance where the excellent photographer Shaun Davey captures our skies beautifully. Tongue out collie & my favourite little tree.

That’s attractive.

“A captivating 5 day, 100+ km pilgrimage across Malta & Gozo with the Melita Mariana Project. This enriching journey delves into the islands’ ancient Marian devotion, traversing landscapes steeped in centuries of religious & cultural significance.”
Another for my list of to dos.

Woman of the Day Marie-Thérèse Le Chêne born OTD 1890 in the Ardennes, one of the first women to be trained by the Special Operations Executive and at 52, the oldest woman SOE agent sent to France during WW2. Codename: Adele.

At the beginning of the war, Marie-Thérèse fled to

Moi, doing the dance ritual to bring us sunshine.

⭐️JOIN US FOR LIBERATION 79📽️🇬🇬🇯🇪🇬🇧
79th anniversary of the Liberation of Channel Islands here from April 29th #Liberation79
MOMENT OF FREEDOM FINALLY ARRIVES #WW2