Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 15hBassenthwaite Lake level almost reaching the walk way at Scarness after about 200 mm rain on the fells in the last 8 days. In contrast much of southern England has had only 10 mm or less in the same period. #drought 0160
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 17hThis might be a funnel fungus. Found this afternoon at the side of Scarness Lane near Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria. #FungiFriends 0221
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Daily photos of the gradual decay of a fly agaric over a period of six days. Dodd Wood, Cumbria. #FungiFriday 1455
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Carlisle Heads are two monumental, 3rd century sandstone sculptures discovered in 2023 at the site of a large Roman bathhouse in Carlisle. My photos in Tullie House museum in 2023. #FindsFriday 415623
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It was foggy yesterday morning so I cycled down to Scarness by Bassenthwaite Lake to see the trees. Sure was cold. 2314
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Beams of sunset light last night over the fells near Bassenthwaite, Cumbria. 213811
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A very small fungi with its even smaller mate doing their thing on the forest floor this afternoon. Dodd Wood, Cumbria. #fungifriends 1272
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The collapsed stone barn at Hole House farm near Bassenthwaite in Cumbria. I guess that when these barns collapse there isn’t any spare money on these small sheep farms for repairs. #WallsOnWednesday 0151
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found this delicate little thing in the garden this morning. Google lens says it's either a Yellow Fieldcap (Bolbitius titubans) or a Fragile Dapperling (Leucocoprinus fragilissimus). #FungiFriends 0342
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Not the thickest trunk but quite thick for a rowan. This rowan and its hawthorn mates have been pushed sideways by years of living with westerly winds at Hole House near Skiddaw in Cumbria. #ThicktrunkTuesday 1403
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I think this is the largest fungi I have ever seen. Google lens says it is either Spectacular Rustgill or Gigantic Rustgill. The largest one was about the size of a dinner plate. Found in Cumbria this morning. #FungiFriends 1271
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Fuller Brooch, late AD 800s. The information board said ‘This large Anglo-Saxon silver brooch perhaps belonged to a high-ranking churchman, or even a nobleman from the court of King Alfred the Great (AD 871-899). Seen in the British Museum in early September. #SaxonSunday 427749
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Ullock Pike and Dodd from the shore of Bassenthwaite Lake yesterday evening. #LakeDistrict 0312
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Imagine the hammering that water resources took in parts of England and Wales this summer. Will the winter rain be enough to bring reservoirs and groundwater back to normal? 101
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Just found this Fly Agaric close to home in Cumbria so will be able to monitor its progress over the next few days. #flyagaric #fungifriends 0896
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A spiral stairway in Carlisle Castle a couple of weeks ago. About 900 years old. #CastleSaturday 0355
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hole House farm with Skiddaw behind. This is an example of one of those basic, small-scale hill farms operated by an older farmer. 0323
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yes, that's the one. Funny how the website says it's in Bassenthwaite but it isn't, it's at Dubwath. So much of the Lake District has become separated from the local people. 000
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Do you mean the Pheasant Inn at Dubwath? I cycled to it that morning. 100
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today’s weather in Bassenthwaite has been bad but yesterday was lovely. Here is Skiddaw yesterday seen from the road to Scarness. #LakeDistrict 1271
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Five from fungal forays round our bit of Cumbria this week including Higham Hall, the Lakes Distillery and Dodd Wood. #Fungifriday 0231
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I think these are young puffballs emerging from the floor of Dodd Wood in Cumbria. #FungiFriday 1240
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My stuff started bombing on instagram so I ignored it for a few months and now post infrequently. I have found that Bluesky is far more friendly. 000
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Small 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. 0171
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026An old door with a message, St Margaret’s Church, Newton St Margaret’s, Herefordshire. #AdoorableThursday 1284
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yellow stagshorn fungus in Dodd Wood in the Lake District yesterday. 0141
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Unusual weather around Bassenthwaite in Cumbria today. Far side of the valley in the shade but the old conker tree in the sunshine. #ThickTrunkTuesday 0352
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Carlisle Castle basement room. The castle was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century under the direction of Henry I. #Medievalmonday 0232
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Twice 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’. 1302
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You did well to get low for a view of the underside. 110
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I forgot to say that the stone is a polished granite boulder that weighs 14 tonnes. 1100
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The 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. 1226
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It 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?". 1261
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The 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 015734
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Evening light on a fell near Keswick in the Lake District. 17215
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Carlisle 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 1252
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Like dark feet with yellow toes. Fungus found on a very large diameter trunk of a fallen Scots Pine yesterday at Ravenstone in Cumbria. 0140
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A window recess in a very thick wall at Carlisle Castle last week. #WallsOnWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday 0263
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sunset light on low cloud between Broom Fell and Sale Fell near Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria last night. 0241
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Shadows under the yew trees at Malshanger, Hampshire a few weeks ago. #ThicktrunkTuesday 0211
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Unusual blue underside to this fungi in Dodd Wood near Bassenthwaite in Cumbria yesterday. 1181
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026An interesting cross-section through a Norman castle keep at Carlisle in Cumbria plus some of the rooms. #MedievalMonday 0160
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Stream lines in Mill Beck, Underskiddaw, Cumbria. The Beck flows through a small gorge increasing the flow velocity and creating stream lines. 0171
