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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 12h

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Rose (Lady of Shallott) - 📷 24.09.2026 #elevensestime #RoseWednesday

Pale orange rose. Tight petals in the centre, fanning outward.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 16h

St Andrew’s Church, Isleham, Cambridgeshire. A #medieval angel roof “with a carved date of 1495, with the name of its donor, Christopher Peyton” - Pevsner guidebook @yalepress.bsky.social #Woodensday #WoodCarvingWednesday

A medieval wooden roof of alternating tie-beams & hammerbeams. The hammerbeams have carved angels.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today’s North Norfolk 🚶‍♀️ 🚶🏻‍♂️ Wells Next The Sea - Holkham Beach - Burnham Overy Staithe The beach was almost deserted !!!

White clouds over sandy beach & sea with breaking waves.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

👀 Coffee time 🌺 - Wells Next The Sea, Norfolk Hollyhock - 📷 29.09.2026 #elevensestime

Pink hollyhock with large petals & pink stamens.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sedgeford, Norfolk A thread 🧵 - Cottage with interesting stone, brick & tile walls. • End gable with random flint nodules, carstone & brick wall. • Wall with row of terracotta tiles of 4 designs. • Detail of carstone, flint, brick & terracotta tiles. Tiny carstone galleting. #TilesOnTuesday

Cottage. End gable of random flint nodules, carstone & brick. Blocked windows & new brick window frame with drip mould.
Side wall of stone & brick with terracotta tiles frieze.

Upper part of wall of rows of brick & a terracotta tile freize. Lower course of wall with carstone, flint nodules & brick. Infilled with tiny carstone galleting.

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

‘The Magdalen Reading.’ #Painting (detail) by Rogier van der Weyden [c. 1438] #art

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Dahlia (Kenora Valentine) - 📷 24.09.2026 #elevensestime

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

👀 Church of St Mary, Old Hunstanton, Norfolk Mosaic - c1850 The church guide suggests it is based on a design Henry le Strange (of Hunstanton Hall) had seen in Vienna. #MosaicMonday

A corner of the mosaic with swirling stems & white flowers. Bordered by a semi circle of small flowers & then a border of intertwined stems.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

New Road, Downham Market, Norfolk A stroll this morning. Just for the fun of it, what would I see? 👀 • White Campion • Common Sainfoin • Toadflax • Yarrow • Mallow • Dandelion • Tansy #WildflowerHour

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Middle Levels, The Fens, Norfolk New Sugar Beet harvest. A Sugar Beet clamp is piled up at the edge of the huge field. Work will start again tomorrow. The machine will move along the clamp, guiding the beet onto a convey belt. The belt will stretch across the ditch to load the lorry on the road.

The mouth of the machine, with arms that guide the beet onto a conveyor belt.

The wheeled machine parked on the edge of the field. It will move along the pile of sugar beet, so guiding the crop onto a conveyor belt.

The folded conveyor belt, which will extend across the ditch & load the lorry on the road. The beet will be taken by the articulated lorry to be processed at the Wissington Factory.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Cyclamen - 📷 24.09.2026 #elevensestime

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux, France Such amazing decoration on this #Medieval portal. The mixing of “Labours of the Month, “Signs of the Zodiac” with other #Romanesque decorative motifs. #SundayStonework

Concentric rows of carving. Vine motif of zig zag stem & alternate leaves. Figures involved in tasks from the “Labours of the Month” mixed with “Signs of the Zodiac”. Striding figures. Chevron design.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk St Peter & the Four Evangelists - Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The stained glass is by Samuel Yarrington in 1843. A time when there was a revival in the use of coloured glass. #StainedGlassSunday

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Kingston’s Plantation, Downham Market, Norfolk “Common Darter” dragonflies. It is astonishing the clarity of photos today. Amazed by how these creatures can hang on to perches. It is possible to see the hairs on the legs & the hooks which allow them to grip. Early or late for #InsectThursday 😉

Dragonfly using hooks on its legs to grip barbed wire. Detail of the creatures face & transparent wings

Dragonfly using hooks on its legs to grip dead bracken. Detail of the creatures face & transparent wings

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

👀 Coffee time 🌺 - Tilney All Saints, Norfolk Rose - 📷 26.09.2026 #elevensestime

Red roses against autumnal colours of the trees.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tilney Cum Islington, Norfolk An EIIR box in need of some “tender loving care!” The box is on the High Road - a misnomer since it is only 2 metres above sea level. #PostboxSaturday

High Road sign & postbox against the backdrop of a hedge.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Church of St Peter and St Paul and - St Thomas of Canterbury, Bovey Tracey, Devon Not an optical illusion, but a tall thin west tower with battlements & pinnacles #SteepleSaturday

Tall tower with west door & window, tiny round headed windows & clocks to second stage. Windows to belfry & battlements & pinnacles.
A large aisle with four light windows & south porch.

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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Interiors of Marsh Court by Sir Edwin Lutyens #ArtsandCrafts #HistoricHouses over the years it’s been a private residence, a military hospital and a boarding school.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Dahlia (Amy Cave) - 📷 24.09.2026 #elevensestime #FlowersOnFriday

Red dahlia - outer petals wide open, inner ones tight.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Plymbridge, Plymouth, Devon Plenty of signage on a single post giving directions to walkers 🚶🏻‍♂️, cyclists 🚴‍♀️ , fishermen 🎣, car drivers 🚗 & dogs 🐕 (😉). #FingerpostFriday

Post with directions for Plymouth Ridge cycle ride, shared space for walkers, cyclists & dog walkers. No cars. Fish pass details.

View of the five arches Plymbridge over the River Plym.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kathedrale Basiliek Sint Bavo, Haarlem, The Netherlands I like the simplicity of the shape & the wonderful “marbling” of this holy water stoop. Not really #FontsOnFriday

An oval shaped holy water stoop of black stone streaked with white.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Kingston’s Plantation, Downham Market, Norfolk “Common Darter” dragonfly. I was really impressed with the clarity of the photo - such a lot of details to appreciate. #InsectThursday

A dragonfly with pale yellow / sandy coloured thorax and abdomen. Bright reddish brown eyes & four almost transparent wings.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Downham Market, Norfolk Fuchsia - 📷 24.09.2026 #elevensestime

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux, France A wonderful #Romanesque portal The 19th Century architect, Paul Abadie, remodelled the west facade, but probably did not alter such great carvings 🙏 @horatioforever.bsky.social for such a wonderful first introduction to Bordeaux #AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday

A series of half circular arches, each row carved with different details - zigzags, labours of the month, signs of the zodiac.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Downham Market, Norfolk Rose - 📷 23.09.2026 #elevensestime

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Church of St Peter and St Paul and - St Thomas of Canterbury, Bovey Tracey, Devon A carved #medieval roof boss of a Green Man on the ribbed ceiling of the 15th Century porch. #Woodensday #WoodCarvingWednesday

A Green man with foliage sprouting from his mouth.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk Last Friday’s low tide. Amazingly only 1 centimetre above mean sea level at Newlyn, Cornwall From 1915 - 1921, the Newlyn Tidal Observatory tracked continuous water levels every 15 minutes. So calculating the mean sea level & therefore 0️⃣ for GB heights #LowTideTuesday

A yacht rests on its keel at low tide. Viewed across the channels & sands.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Fring, Norfolk Verbena bonariensis - 📷 22.09.2026 #elevensestime

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“The Pleasaunce”, Overstrand, Norfolk Gatehouse / gazebo in northern perimeter wall. Such attention to detail, but a shame about the modern meter box. House designed by Edwin Lutyens. 1897-9 #TilesonTuesday

Perimeter wall of brick, tile & pebbles. Doorway with pavilion above with two windows to street & round window to garden.

Wall of pebbles, topped with tiles in trianglular pattern.

Upright brick pattern surmounted by tiles in triangular pattern.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile, Albi, France Mosaic floor in front of side chapel altar in this amazing cathedral. #MosaicMonday

Mosaic floor of circle & squares, with border of tendrils meeting in a white lily flower.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

River Ely Ouse, The Fens, Norfolk #Reflections near the confluence with the River Wissey.

Tree & reeds reflected in the waters of the river.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The amazing “Elk’s Head of Huittinen” comes from a Mesolithic settlement in southern Finland, dating to around 6100 BC. The ~10 cm long steatite (soapstone) head was carefully ground and finished and features a shaft hole for mounting. Because the stone is soft, it is unlikely...🧵1/3 📷 me

A close-up photograph of a grayish-brow stone sculpture of an elk head, shown diagonally against a black background. The elongated muzzle points toward the lower right, with rounded antler-like forms rising at the top.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Overstrand, Norfolk Honeysuckle - 📷 18.09.2026 #elevensestime

Yellow honeysuckle. Curling petals & stamens.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Church of St Andrew, Alfriston, Sussex St Christopher window - 1902 Artist - Max Balfour (1874 -1914) Balfour was an artist. He illustrated the Survey of London description of Trinity Hospital by C R Ashbee in 1896. Sadly he died of tuberculosis at the age of 40. #StainedGlassSunday

A strong St Christopher struggles with the weight of the Christ child as he crosses a river.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Albi, France Zinnia - 📷 10.09.2026 #elevensestime

Orange flower with multiple petals & yellow stamens.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Overstrand, Norfolk Along the North Sea coast they talk of “Cromer Crabs”. 🦀 So, not to be outdone we have the “Overstrand Octopus” 🐙 😉 A postbox topper on this King George V postbox. #PostboxSaturday

Knitted octopus with mustard & pink legs. Green & mustard striped body & green seaweed.

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Kirsty Hartsiotis @stroudstory.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Lovely autumnal morning at Ettington, #Warwickshire, yesterday, for #SteepleSaturday, church a subtle nod to the #ArtsandCrafts Movement by the architect, Charles Ford Whitcombe, 1902-3, the tower finished in a slightly strange fashion with a lead box affair by W K Shirley, 1908.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Church of All Saints, Merton, Devon A 15th Century three stage west tower, with buttresses that leave the angles free, battlements & obelisk pinnacles. #SteepleSaturday

A three stage west tower, with buttresses that leave the angles free, battlements & obelisk pinnacles.
Nave, south porch & south transept.

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John Vigar FSA @johnevigar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Jesus College, Cambridge, Chapel ceiling by William Morris.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️ ☕️☕️🌺 - Binham, Norfolk Great to see Agapanthus still flowering - 📷 18.09.2026 (today) #elevensestime #FlowersOnFriday Apparently #PurpleFriday is a thing! 🙏 @poetrader.bsky.social

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️ ☕️☕️🌺 - Binham, Norfolk Great to see Agapanthus still flowering - 📷 18.09.2026 (today) #elevensestime #FlowersOnFriday

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Denver Sluice, Norfolk Fen Rivers Way - King’s Lynn - Cambridge Sign on the 100 Foot (distance between banks) or New Bedford River. A drainage channel taking waters from the Fens & River Great Ouse. Constructed by Dutch engineer Sir Cornelus Vermuyden. Opened 1652. #FingerpostFriday #Netherlands

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Henry Long @henrylong9.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A model ship on top of the font in the church of St Peter and St Paul in Bangor on Belle-Île. #FontsOnFriday

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Church of St John the Baptist, Hatherleigh, Devon A plain Norman font, with a “graceful (18th Century?) ogee-cupola cover” - Pevsner guidebook. @yalepress.bsky.social North Devon floor tiles around base. #FontsOnFriday

A square font on pillars with wooden font cover. Surrounded by floor tiles.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Albi, France Salvia - 📷 11.09.2026 #elevensestime

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Collégiale Saint-Salvi, Albi, France The gateway to the cloister - originally dating from 1270. #AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday

Open iron gate with view through gateway to cobbled courtyard. Rows of columns with round headed arches & carved capitals.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Albi, France Rose - 📷 11.09.2026 #RoseWednesday #elevensestime

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

All Saints church, Holbeton, Devon St Matthew assisted by an angel. One of the carvings in the choir of this church. Previously, Helen Wilson, the historian, has said they were carved by employee(s) of Trask & Co of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset. #Woodensday #WoodCarvingWednesd

An angel supports the book that a seated St Matthew is reading.

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