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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 22h

Small cottages on Borrowdale Old Road in Keswick, the Lake District. Before the days of motor transport and mass tourism, this narrow lane was the only road from Keswick to Borrowdale.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 22h

An old door with a message, St Margaret’s Church, Newton St Margaret’s, Herefordshire. #AdoorableThursday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yellow stagshorn fungus in Dodd Wood in the Lake District yesterday.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unusual weather around Bassenthwaite in Cumbria today. Far side of the valley in the shade but the old conker tree in the sunshine. #ThickTrunkTuesday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Carlisle Castle basement room. The castle was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century under the direction of Henry I. #Medievalmonday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Twice recently I have found fly agaric fungi under silver birch trees so I asked if there is an association. The answer was ‘Fly agaric and silver birch share a mutually beneficial mycorrhizal relationship where the fungus trades soil nutrients for sugars’.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Cursing Stone by artist Gordon Young in the underpass, Carlisle, Cumbria. The text originates from the 'Monition of Cursing', a 1,069-word curse invoked in 1525 by Gavin Dunbar, the Archbishop of Glasgow, to punish violent cross-border thieves and cattle rustlers known as the Border Reivers.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It was cloudy in Bassenthwaite, Cumbria all day and then this. "I can see the back of the front", I said. The reply, "does that make sense?".

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Vale of York Cup was found in 2007 by metal detectorists near Harrogate in North Yorkshire. It was probably buried shortly after the West Saxon king Athelstan conquered the Viking kingdom of Northumbria in AD 927. Seen in the British Museum. #FindsFriday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Evening light on a fell near Keswick in the Lake District.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Carlisle Castle wicket gate in the main castle doors. Not sure how old the doors are but the castle was last attacked, by British Government forces, at the end of the Jacobite rebellion in December 1745. #AdoorableThursday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Like dark feet with yellow toes. Fungus found on a very large diameter trunk of a fallen Scots Pine yesterday at Ravenstone in Cumbria.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A window recess in a very thick wall at Carlisle Castle last week. #WallsOnWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sunset light on low cloud between Broom Fell and Sale Fell near Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria last night.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Shadows under the yew trees at Malshanger, Hampshire a few weeks ago. #ThicktrunkTuesday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Unusual blue underside to this fungi in Dodd Wood near Bassenthwaite in Cumbria yesterday.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

An interesting cross-section through a Norman castle keep at Carlisle in Cumbria plus some of the rooms. #MedievalMonday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Stream lines in Mill Beck, Underskiddaw, Cumbria. The Beck flows through a small gorge increasing the flow velocity and creating stream lines.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

15th century carvings on walls in Carlisle Castle are thought to have been made by prison guards with time on their hands. There are similar carvings in other castles, like the Tower of London and Dover, but these were done later and were made by prisoners. #CastleSaturday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In the underpass between Carlisle centre and the castle. The one inch of water on the floor adds an extra dimension.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Carlisle Castle was first built during the reign of William II in 1092 and rebuilt in stone under Henry I in 1122. During the Wars of Scottish Independence in the later Middle Ages, it was besieged several times. #CastleSaturday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Fungi and lichen in a rainy Dodd Wood near Keswick in the Lake District this afternoon. #Fungifriday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Four sets of painted 15th-century panels on the back of the choir stalls in Carlisle Cathedral are a remarkable survival depicting the Apostles and lives of St Anthony, St Augustine and St Cuthbert.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Carlisle Cathedral is now the 2nd smallest is England but look how big it used to be.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In Carlisle today so the obligatory photo of the Cathedral. It was founded in 1122, during the reign of King Henry I, as a community of Canons Regular. The building was refurbished in the 13th and 14th centuries, receiving impetus from the presence of the court of Edward I in 1307.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Entrance to the Old Church of St Mary the Virgin, a redundant 13th-century chancel in Preston Candover, Hampshire. #AdoorableThursday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

William and Dorothy Wordsworth lived in this grand house in Cockermouth, Cumbria when they were young children. They were then sent to Penrith to live with their maternal grandparents. #WindowsOnWednesday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As Mark would say, it's nice out the back tonight. Cumbria.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Dash Falls fell road viewed from the top. I think I was told that this is used for vehicle access to Skiddaw House Hostel. #SkiddawHouse

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The road past Dash Farmhouse to Dash Falls and Skiddaw House in the Lake District. Wikipedia says ‘With no roads suitable for wheeled traffic until the late 18th century, for long-distance transport of goods, long trains of horses were used’.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Dash Farmhouse, 1000 feet above sea level in the Cumbrian fells near Bassenthwaite. Imagine how quiet it would be living somewhere like this. All you would hear are the wind, the birds and the cows.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Calder Abbey in West Cumbria. This was originally a Savigniac monastery founded in 1134. It was refounded in 1142. The ruins are privately owned but I understand that the owner does tours for a fee. Photo from Wikipedia. #MedievalMonday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Cockermouth, West Cumbria this morning. It was a sunny morning so I was drawn to the houses on the western side of the town.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Old Church of St Mary the Virgin, Preston Candover, Hampshire. This redundant 13th-century chancel is all that remains after the rest of the old church was demolished. The building is now managed by the Churches Conservation Trust.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Bassenthwaite Lake in the Lake District this morning. I was cycling past when I noticed the reflections so I nipped down to the shore for a photo.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A white fungus found in our lawn last week. Bassenthwaite, Cumbria. #FungusFriday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Robin's pincushion on a wild rose near Keswick in the Lake District. It is caused by the larvae of a gall wasp that feeds on the host plant but causes little damage.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just watched a programme on early photography on the iplayer which included these images of rural Norfolk by Emerson and Goodall in the late 1800s. From the book Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads by Peter Henry Emerson and Thomas Frederick Goodall. 1885-86.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A line of old yew trees by a footpath through the estate of a Tudor house at Malshanger in Hampshire. The estate was once owned by a Bishop of Canterbury. #ThickTrunkTuesday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

An orange and blue sky near Bassenthwaite in Cumbria last night (Sunday).

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A delicately painted shield that may have been a gift or a prize in a tournament. It shows a lady wearing a Flemish pointed headdress and a young knight kneeling at her feet. The skeletal figure of Death lurks behind him. Seen in The British Museum. #MedievalMonday #MementoMori

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A clouded yellow butterfly near Overton in Hampshire last week. I have not seen one of these before and I was surprised by how bright the yellow colouration was.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A Viking 10th century silver thistle brooch found in 1901 at Flusco near Penrith in Cumbria. It is a type that probably originated in Ireland but was adopted by the Vikings. Seen in the British Museum last week. #FindsFriday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A small blue near Overton in Hampshire last week.

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Small bridge at Quidhampton Pond, Hampshire last week. The pond supplied water to an old mill for several centuries. #BridgesThursday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Got back from Hampshire yesterday. A holloway near Long Sutton. #HollowayWednesday

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Two trees in the light of the setting sun. Ibworth, Hampshire.

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