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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Every 28 minutes someone is diagnosed with lymphoma in the UK - it's the most common type of blood cancer #LetsTalkLymphoma this #BloodCancerAwarenessMonth #WLAD2026 lymphoma-action.org.uk/information-…

White text on a purple background reads: 'Every 28 minutes someone is diagnosed with lymphoma in the UK'

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Did you know lymphoma is the most common cancer in young people aged 15-24? Let's raise the profile this #BloodCancerAwarenessMonth #LetsTalkLymphoma #WLAD2026 lymphoma-action.org.uk/information-…

White text on a red background reads: 'Lymphoma is the most common cancer in young people aged 15-24'

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

#lichensubscribe A branch of a tree on the Knepp estate rewilding project. #WestSussex

A branch of a tree is covered completely in multiple types of lichen.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

There have been recent projects by Historic England and Museum of London Archaeology #MOLA to record historic #ghostsigns Here is an example of a more contemporary one. Presumably John Lewis are no longer "at home"? […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

Store front. Grey metallic cladding with text "John Lewis Waitrose" with faded text reading "at home" following "John Lewis". Blue sky above. Grey/Brown tarmac in the foreground.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

A tree fights back after some crude felling! Why do trees increasingly get left like this? #tree #nature #photography #arborist

A tree stump on a dry grassy verge with significant new growth adjacent to a tarmac footpath.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

I grew these French Bean 'Celine' because they looked attractive. Past experience suggested purple beans changed to green on cooking and might be quite tasty. These were a disappointment having a tougher skin and a rather bland interior, they remained a rather […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

A selection of purple podded french beans lying on dry grass.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

#SilentSunday Coombes, #WestSussex Noted for its extensive medieval wall paintings, some as early as 1120. #photography

A single cell stone church set on sloping ground. A porch covers the entrance on the left (south) side. A number of randomly remaining gravestones standing in dry summer grass. Overhanging trees on the left side and in the background.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

The Harpole Bed Burial : A Free Zoom talk with Dr Claire Finn of Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) Wed 15 Jul 2026, 1930 BST Free Tickets www.ticketsource.com/fostp Named after the nearby village of Harpole, #Northamptonshire it was first discovered […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

A poster promoting the talk. The image shows an excavated garnet and two hand tools on a rocky background.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

Ordnance Survey is 235 years old today, 21 June. These stamps were produced in 1991 and show snippets of a map of the village of Hamstreet in Kent from 1816, 1906, 1959 and 1991. Chosen because the very first map produced by Ordnance Survey was of the county […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

Four UK postage stamps on a grey background. Each stamp shows a small section of an Ordnance Survey map from four different dates.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

Today, 17th June is St Botolph's Day. To celebrate here is my post about the rediscovery of a church dedicated to Botolph at Sulby, Northamptonshire. St Botolph, Sulby, Northamptonshire The 'rediscovery' of the lost church of St Botolph, Sulby […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

Map of the east side of England showing the location of churches dedicated to DT Botolph. To the right of the map is a table listing the places.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

Three goslings hatched yesterday morning (31 May).

Two adult Canadian Geese and three one day old goslings. On a lake.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026

Not a good look for your #font. Let's hope it's only temporary and will be cleared for the next #baptism

A stone font with a wooden lid surrounded be a diverse collection of detritus

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

This rather fortunate Canadian Goose has chosen to nest close to a pond and road in a residential area. A thoughtful resident has provided some temporary shade. #WestSussex #nature

A Canadian Goose nesting on short grass adjacent to a pond. Reed bed in the background

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

Here is a very much first draft. More suggestions and ideas welcome. If there is anyone who can advise on East Sussex, please speak up. #WestSussex #EastSussex #cycling #SussexCycleway

OSM map of West Sussex with some suggested proposed cycle routes.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

A small cross from the Nidderdale Museum, Pateley Bridge, #NorthYorkshire Caption: A stone cross inscribed "Cross of St Ceadda" (Chad) dating from the 10th or 11th century was found at Middlesmoor. Chad was a prominent 7th-century #AngloSaxon monk. He was an […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

A dark brown cross mounted on a white wall. Caption card below.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

#Surrey has a designated and well signposted #SurreyCycleway. It uses mainly quieter unclassified and B roads. Should #WestSussex have something similar? Are there routes you would include? It's good for cyclists and it just raises the awareness of other road […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

Brown sign on a grey post. Showing a bicycle and in white text "Surrey Cycleway"

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

Good to see the #DownsLink was partially funded by our European friends! Benefits lost after #Brexit The #DownsLink is a disused rail route linking #Shoreham-by-Sea with #Guildford #WestSussex

A sign near the site of the former #Henfield station, which reads (in part) The Downs Link, Connecting communities through walking, cycling and riding. The Downs Link surface has been upgraded to improve all year round access. It is part-funded by the European Agricultural fund for Rural development.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

St George, Bloomsbury. A Nicholas Hawksmoor church consecrated in 1730. #London #churches #architecture #histodons

A panorama of the nave of a square church.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026

Would you have have guessed that Diarmaid MacCulloch would be speaking to a capacity audience in #StPaulCathedral yesterday on #WilliamTyndale? Celebrating 500 years since #Tyndale's translation of the Bible into English. He paid for it with his life. If you […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

Diarmaid MacCulloch speaking to an audience at St Paul's Cathedral, London. Standing behind a lectern, pale stone pillar to the right and an illuminated chandelier to the left.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026

I'm reminded when I see the Common Periwinkle - Vinca Major of a related plant, the Madagascar Periwinkle - Vinca Rosea. It's the source of Vincristine, a #chemotherapy drug that those of us who have #Lymphoma behind us are grateful for.

Close up of five petaled pink flowers of the Common Periwinkle against green foliage.

A large bed five petaled pink flowers of the Common Periwinkle against green foliage.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

⁨#lichensubscribe⁩ ⁨#Rye⁩ Harbour Nature Reserve, ⁨#EastSussex⁩

Spring trees against a blue sky. Covered in yellow lichen.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026

Alfred, Gunthrum & Danelaw The making of England. Dr Toby Purser, University of Northampton takes us on a tour of the Viking invasion of England. FREE Zoom talk www.ticketsource.co.uk/fostp 25 Mar 2026, 19.30 GMT. No Guthrum, no Alfred, no Alfred, no […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

A colurised Victorian representation of the baptism of the Viking king Guthrum in 878, following his defeat by King Alfred the Great. The illustration shows Guthrum kneeling while being baptized, with King Alfred of Wessex present as his godfather. This event marked a crucial moment in Anglo-Saxon history, leading to a lasting peace treaty between the Saxons and the Danes in Britain.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Knepp, #WestSussex England #LichenSubscrube #Lichen Often overlooked and disregarded Lichens are a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi in a symbiotic relationship. Typically growing about 1 mm per […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

Winter hedgerow shurbs without foliage covered in a variety of main pale green lichen.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2026

GWR 4-6-0 Whitwick Hall, in red for filming the upcoming #HarryPotter series (2027). Currently located at the #Bluebell Railway, Sussex. Yes, I know some will be horrified at the colour scheme but it does actually look rather impressive. Certainly a lot more […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

A red locomotive in steam with trees in the background and a concrete and tarmac platform edge bottom right.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

I take this as Nature's cue to get planting. #Frogspawn on the #allotment pond and lots of it. So today in went some Broad Beans, it been far too wet in the UK to do this much sooner. #growyourown

A small irregular pond surrounded by grey flat stones.

Closeup of frogspawn on a dark still surface of a pond.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

Sometimes our ancestors only leave #shadows of themselves in historical records. Who have you 'discovered' by inference and implication? #genealogy @genealogy #histodons

A dark Victorian graveyard with the shadow of a man on the grass

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

William Packwood was a tailor and #Baptist preacher in #Northamptonshire and #Bedfordshire. In 1848, he took his family to #NewYork to start a new life, but sadly died on arrival. Read the full story here www.amazon.co.uk/William-Packwood-T…

aninforgraphic charting the life of William Packwood in England (left), his voyge to the United States (centre) an the subsequent career of his son Ebenezer also a Baptist pastor.

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026

This fragment of wood is of a letter from Hostilius Flavianus to Flavius Cerialis the Commanding Officer of the IX Cohort of Batavians who were stationed at Vindolanda in about AD 97-105. He wishes Cerialis "a fortunate and happy New Year" […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

A thin piece of wood written on with ink, like a postcard. Found at Roman Vindolanda, northern England. Dates from 2nd century BCE.

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