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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 11h

With people and car for scale...

Stone monolith on suburban roadside surrounds by tall hedges. A person stands in front of the stone.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 09/10/2026

I sometimes walk past Ireton's birthplace with the dog.

Blue plaque on a low brick wall around Henry Ireton's birth place.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 09/10/2026

#31DaysOfGraves Day 9 - Lettering: From the school of "graphic design is my passion". The sins of desktop publishing were not original. Hartington, Derbyshire.

Slate gravestone with the first 7 lines in 7 different styles.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 08/10/2026

#31DaysOfGraves Day 8 - Animal: Ploughing with oxen. Liberton Kirk, Edinburgh collectionstrust.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Carved relief scene of ploughing with teams of oxen on side of table tomb.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 08/10/2026

All that effort looking cute.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 07/10/2026

Enough of your lying and projection. It's clear what you want.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 07/10/2026

Stayed in the old lighthouse keepers cottage for a week's rock climbing holiday in the early 2000s. En-suite lighthouse too.

Woman on deck chair seated on platform of disused lighthouse in lamp chamber. View over the cliffs with sea beyond.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 06/10/2026

I think it gives you some idea how a dog recognises things or what features trigger it. My previous dog bemused by a shop dummy:

A border collie sniffing the muzzle of a nylon shop dog mannequin modelling a harness.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 05/10/2026

Have another tree free. Longstone Edge Derbyshire.

Bare tree on partially snow covered moorland with a dark sky.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 04/10/2026

Better than this bit of Rampsgill...

$A man in oversuit, helmet with a head torch ducking beneath fractured shake roofing a mine level.$

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 04/10/2026

#31DaysOfGraves Day 4: Entrances mmtrust.org.uk/mausoleum/fe...

Simple stone mausoleum with pointed arched doorway and stone tablet (badly weathered)
above.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 25/09/2026

Keswick has better lake views too of course.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 20/08/2026

We are seeing more vandalism in caves so far. Waiting for some urbexers to get into trouble in an old mine. Plenty of pretty loose/about to collapse mines in Derbyshire. Pics not Derbyshire but are fairly well trafficked, lots very much worse being promoted on YouTube and 28dayslatter.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 14/08/2026

They tend to tell you when they want something...

Cai, a border collie staring intensely at you, ears up and mouth slightly open.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 12/08/2026

Post your favourite Disney Princess. Wrong answers only.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 06/08/2026

Also available: fresh milk.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 02/08/2026

Every day is arms day with a dog obsessed with "tug". He even tries to play tug with tennis balls.

Collie pulling at tuggy fox toy in my hand.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 13/07/2026

Monumental masons using as many letter forms as possible since 1800s.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 12/07/2026

Made by Butterly in Derbyshire before they closed down. It is rather near.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 07/07/2026

The bristow operation seems to work well btw. I got to play "tug of war" with one once for practice.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 06/07/2026

Or go for the real exotic meats...

A supermarket in Stavanger with a stuffed polar bear on a fridge cabinet.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 29/06/2026

But how do explain this fellow.

A tree trunk growing around what looks like a half buried euphonium, bell upwards.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 24/06/2026

I feel sorry for the first partner in this firm.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 23/06/2026

Cai still not convinced about tents. This is as close as he would get.

A border collie laying just outside a small tent looking in.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 17/06/2026

I go down old lead mines for fun, it doesn't make me nostalgic though. Would have hated working in one.

Person crawling in mud though scaffolding supported half filled old mine level with sandstone arching.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 08/06/2026

When your monuments are too big for the church, start stacking them. John FitzHerbert d. 1642 over Francis FitzHerbert d. 1619 St Mary's Tissington. #monumentsMonday

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 08/06/2026

Cai, trying and failing to get his ball. Water is far too scary.

A border collie who hates getting wet stretching over a small pond trying to reach a floating rubber ball. His nose is almost touching it.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 08/06/2026

When your monuments are too big for the church, start stacking them. John FitzHerbert d. 1642 over Francis FitzHerbert d. 1619 St Mary's Tissington. #memorialMonday

Two 17th century memorials stacked. Both have figures of the deceased kneeling in prayer at desks opposite their wife/wives. They obscure the north side of the Norman chancel arch

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 31/05/2026

I have just been given the ideal t-shirt for Daphne btw.

T shirt with Cat hating everything, described as a tiny ball of incandescent rage.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 29/05/2026

Well, I've returned after 6 months to catch up on progress, unfortunately Mr Hog has rather made a meal of things.

Hog roast (clearwater cavern 2018 NAMHO)

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 21/05/2026

Cai staring. Plus bonus sheep with lambs seen earlier on our walk.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 18/05/2026

This one is waiting for his servants to do the food shop.

Border collie sitting in the driver's seat of a truck (a second dog is in the passenger seat)

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 15/05/2026

Btw seen in my local cemetery. Suspect he is not far from you still

Edge of a grave surround memorialising a sailor who died when HMS Royal Oak was sunk in Scarpa Flow.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 10/05/2026

5 years since bringing Cai the monster home.

Timid looking collie. His first day with us.

Collie pulling on a toy.
Every day is arms day with a dog whose favourite game is tug.

Collie sitting with an alert expression.

Collie perched on the edge of a v small pond trying to get a ball without getting wet.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 02/05/2026

I had the dog sitting on the bed next to me this morning. Howling and then barking at me. He had already been taken a walk by o/h He is a skilled emotional blackmailer.

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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 15/04/2026