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Hedley Thorne

@hedleythorne.bsky.social
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Historic site photographer, podcaster, wild camping YouTuber, Heathrow's IT Operations Manager. Scared of fish.

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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 16h
Morning cloud inversion after a spectacular sunset from Great Mis Tor. I really hope you enjoy the video! YOUTUBE LINK: youtu.be/XLpgstBgRKA
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Wild Camp; Morning Inversion, Blazing Sunset; Great Mis Tor
YouTube video by Hedley Thorne
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Donnington Castle, close to Newbury. Built 1386 and almost completely buggered (bar the gatehouse) in 1646 during the Civil War.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great Staple Tor above the cloud inversion, taken from Great Mis Tor.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wittenham Clumps (Round Hill) behind The Thames (/Isis). This photo was taken above a potentially large settlement/port near to the Dyke Hills.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Foggintor Quarry- the remains of the mid 19th century Hill Cottages, with Kings Tor and Great Staple Tor behind. #Dartmoor
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Foggintor Quarry- the remains of the mid 19th century Hill Cottages, Dartmoor.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
GH-2160 blasting out of Southsea to Ryde this afternoon. @hovertravelltd.bsky.social
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
El Solento de Southsea.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Last night's 5 star hotel, with the world stretching out behind.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good morning from above the clouds on Great Mis Tor
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Very bright moon tonight. Goodnight all, from the top of Southern Dartmoor
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Astonishing sunset on Great Mis Tor tonight!
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Another perspective of St James ruins yesterday
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A day off photography and airport management, and a visit to see mum. Everything seemed normal.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
St James ruins, Bix Bottom in The Chilterns. Seasonal shot; today we saw some of the trees "on the turn" but still lots of greens.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Exploring The Chilterns from above and below on a muggy walk with Nicki, more later!
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Uffington White Horse, Oxfordshire. The geoglyph has migrated uphill over millenia due to soil creep.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Crug Hywell Iron Age Celtic hillfort, above Llanbedr on the edge of the Black Moubtains, Wales.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New backpack weighs a tonne! Hmm, Welsh mountains or Dartmoor next week?
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tavy Cleave, a dramatic and rocky river valley in Mid Dartmoor which used to weave it's way past a substantial number of prehistoric settlements.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sunset from arguably the most remote spot in England; Little Kneeset. No noise. No lights, no people. Just silent hills for absolutely miles.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The remarkable Odstone Combes, today on a glorious Ridgeway hike. The green is back!
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wessex Ways latest episode! youtube.com/watch?v=Q0bV...
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Wessex Waffles Devon Populations!
YouTube video by Wessex Ways
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The orthostats of Wayland's Smithy; a burial site with over 5,000 years of importance
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Ridgeway passing the beech clumps between Barbury Castle and Hackprn Hill. (2004)
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Looking from Green Tor towards Bleak House, Dartmoor. Historically known as Dunnagoat Cottage, the structure was built to house the manager of the nearby Rattlebrook Peat Works.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Join myself and Tony on an adventure to thr centre of Dartmoor! youtu.be/ij3jAQZ1-sc?...
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Wild Camping the Isolated Centre of Dartmoor
YouTube video by Hedley Thorne
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Wayland's ("Welland's") Smithy
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Uffington White Horse, earlier today.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wonderful walk today with my son and my friend. This was Scabious overlooking The Manger and The Giant's Stair at Uffington.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dartmoor's wild ponies, above Arms Tor
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Great Links Tor (horizon, 589m) from Hare Tor (531m); North Western Dartmoor.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The impressive "battleship" of Great Links Tor (just under 2,000ft) was the last high point on our two day hike today.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Bleak House, Dartmoor, historically known as Dunnagoat Cottage, the structure was built to house the manager of the nearby Rattlebrook Peat Works.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Night all, from the very centre of Dartmoor. It was a 5 hour trot out to here.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=6Mdb... My son on "Gardaland"
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Gardaland Experience Guide
YouTube video by Thorne's Coasters
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Bit more of a comedy one this time... youtube.com/watch?v=qJy0...
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Wind, Rain and Fun; Wild Camp on Hillfort with my (alleged) Son
YouTube video by Hedley Thorne
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Uffington Castle, with The Ridgeway National Trail to the left, and Hardwell Camp middle distance on the right.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wonderful diary by Gretel le Maître as she explores Lundy Island. I am grateful that, in the subsequent episode, she also reads a little piece that I wrote about my time there. www.buzzsprout.com/2412300/epis...
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Lundy Island - Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other guests
I’m so sorry this is late, that the sound is dodgy and that I don’t say goodbye at the end.  It was so windy and I couldn’t get a signal on the island.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Uffington Horse, inverted.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Dragon Hill, beneath the Uffy Horse in Oxfordshire
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Good morning
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Camped with my youngest up on Crug Hywel; a little ahead of schedule. Glorious Wales delivers again!
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder (Our Lord in the Attic); a church built inside a canalside house in 1661 when Catholicism was banned in Amsterdam by the Protestant government.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Wayland's Smithy, beside The Ridegway
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Zaandjik windmills, The Netherlands (earlier today)
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lijnbaansgraft, Amsterdam
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Geldersekade, Amsterdam
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Odstone Coombes from roughly East, looking from Oxfordshire into Wiltshire.
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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oudezjids Vorburgwal at night, Amsterdam. My favourite part of the city.
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