salisbury
Watercolour skies in the Shire this morning
The Hogwarts Express came through Salisbury station just now
This is a lovely Christmas wreath on a lovely Salisbury building…but it looks a bit out of proportion - as if there’s been a Spinal-Tap-Black-Sabbath-Stonehenge type confusion between inches and feet
Just saw this in town.
Salisbury to Norfolk would be a decent walk
To Trowbridge by train today.
In quick succession you go past the White Horse at Westbury, as in Ravilious' painting, and Dilton Marsh, of John Betjeman’s poem
There isn’t a porter. The platform is made of sleepers.
The guard of the last train puts out the light
And high over lorries and cattle the Halt unwinking
Waits through the Wiltshire night.
It’s a sunny-but-cold day in the Shire
Very much enjoyed a folkie night out with Cara Dillon last night. It was just her and her other half, Sam Lakeman, but I really liked the intimacy of that, if that’s the right word
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There’s a nice picture of the Salisbury ‘Spoons on the cover of their latest magazine
I feel that, if I live long enough, the stones will turn out to have come from Antarctica, or a passing asteroid or something
Seeking a Scottish source: Updating the story of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone In CA 415, we reported on new scientific analysis suggesting that the origins of the Stonehenge Altar Stone lay hundreds of miles from Salisbury Plain, in the Orcadian Basin of north-east Scotland.
The Past - Seeking a Scottish source: Updating the story of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone
Random painting of Salisbury
Merritt, H. S. - St. Ann’s Gate, Salisbury, 1943
I used to go through this gate to go to school, but not in 1943
V & A page with a bit more detail
I don’t think I’ve posted this before. A sketch note/map that i did a few years ago of the walk from Salisbury to Stonehenge
Theresa May gets it right here. It was appalling that Putin tried to assassinate someone on British soil, and it was just unbelievable that they didn’t care about who else got poisoned
“May said the men acted with “utter recklessness”. She said: “You felt they just didn’t care about anything.”
Beautiful day in The Shire…if you can avoid the rain
My favourite pub name is The Conquered Moon
By the way…everyone should have a favourite pub name - what’s yours?
The Conquered Moon was a pub on Bemerton Heath which shut down many years ago
I searched online for a picture of the pub sign. I couldn’t find one, so I got an AI to do this
More to come
People I have seen on the train between Salisbury and London
The two writers were in second class the other two were in first
Well….I like it!
‘Pile of old wood’: Salisbury residents say sculpture spoils cathedral view - www.theguardian.com/artanddes…
The work on Salisbury’s new riverside walk has been a nuisance, especially for the wonderful Elai restaurant, but its great that it’s open again now and i think its going to be great
It’s been a while since I posted a picture of HobNob. Here he is with the Giant, as depicted in the mural by my footballing friend Fred Fieber
There was a Crass poster stuck up at Salisbury station yesterday - not seen that in a while
I don’t know what ‘My Catholic Enemy’ is about
I’m not going to name the pub, but we had a Sunday roast at the weekend. They said they’d do a nut roast as a veggie option…it turned out the ‘nut roast’ was Paxo stuffing, with cranberry sauce.
Tbh, I preferred that to some of the nut roasts I’ve had…but would’ve been happier if they’d said!
