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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Back from a couple of days walking Offa's Dyke. Some controversy about where it starts (best case I've seen is on Rushock Hill just north of Kington) but impressive when you see it.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Out cycling in Warwickshire. Lots of signs of HS2. It will be very impressive when it’s finished.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The grave of Sir Douglas Haig WW1 commander alongside that of Sir Walter Scott in the stunning setting of Dryburgh Abbey in the Scottish Borders.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Thoroughly recommend this wonderful book about medieval Chivalry written by one of my old tutors at Oxford. An intriguing topic which casts a long shadow over western culture and imagination.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The Roman town of Cuicul (modern Djemila in Algeria). One of the most spectacular sites you can visit anywhere, both its setting and the level of preservation of its buildings.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Thamugadi(modern Timgad in Algeria ) has been a spectacular Roman site. Like Pompeii but with a fraction of the crowds. Possible to get a real sense of the ancient site.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The wonderful Roman hilltop site of Tiddis in Algeria. Birthplace of Q Lollius Urbicus one time governor of Britain and builder of the Antonine Wall.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

A reconstructed Roman theatre at Guelma in Algeria. A superb public space with a brilliant acoustic.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Some spectacular items on a display at the museum at Hippo Regis (modern Annaba in Algeria) including a late Republican trophy and a spectacular 4th century mosaic of a hunt for wild animals.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

And this magnificent 3rd C mosaic of the Labours of the Field from a domes in Cherchell. Such splendid detail.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A wonderful collection of Roman statues at Cherchell Museum in Algeria. Cherchell was the capital of the client king Juba II and his wife Cleopatra Selene (Cleopatra’s daughter).

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

A big shout out for the community café in St Helens Church Wheathampstead which welcomed us on our walk on Saturday. Also the lovely Crinkle Crankle community garden behind the church. #communitybusiness @powertochange.org.uk

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Visited a very moving exhibition at Ely Cathedral of icons painted by Ukrainian artists Sofia Atlantova and Oleksandr Klymenko on ammo boxes. Another reminder of the the horror of a war which has now been going on for 4 years.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Thomas Telford's magnificent Menai Suspension Bridge, opened this day two hundred years ago in 1826.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

A very beautiful and peaceful stretch of the North Downs Way between Charing and Chilham. First view of Canterbury Cathedral.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

One of the real attractions at Hampton Court is the Cumberland Gallery full of some real gems from the royal collection - like a room full of Canalettos!

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Lovely day at Hampton Court. First proper visit in 20 years. So atmospheric in the winter light.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

A fascinating part of yesterday’s walk in East London was seeing the Royal Albert and King George V Docks (modern site of London City Airport). Their scale is enormous. We had lunch in what was a hotel for passengers waiting to board ocean liners which sailed from the docks.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Last two legs of the Capital Ring to finish off this 80 mile walk round Inner London. It’s been a fascinating journey. Today’s walk included a couple of miles on the Green Way built on top of NOSE (North Outfall Sewage Embankment). Built by Bazalgette in the 1860s and carrying 100m gallons a day.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Dydd Llywelyn Olaf - 11th December 1282 saw the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd the last Welsh Prince of Wales in an ambush near Cilmeri in Montgomeryshire. In effect it marked the end of Welsh political independence.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Today is the feast day of St Ambrose of Milan. A 4th century bishop known for his stand off with the Empress Justina and for instituting the tradition of congregational hymn singing. The author of the first western Christmas carol.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Great to make a trip today to Birmingham in my new role as a Trustee of @powertochange.org.uk to visit @civicsquare.bsky.social as part of Community Business Week. Lots to learn about retrofitting and community led regeneration.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

A visit to Herculaneum today. While much smaller than Pompeii it is just as impressive. A sense of a prosperous seaside town until the tragedy of the eruption of 79BCE.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

The three magnificent Greek temples at Paestum dedicated to Poseidon, Hera and Athena. A particular privilege to be able to go inside the first two.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Despite the crowds the wonder which is Pompeii. Few other places which can make you feel so close to the past.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

A moving visit this morning to the cemetery at Huisnes sur Mer (near Mont St Michel) where 11000 Herman soldiers from World War Two are buried. A timely reminder that there are victims on both sides in every conflict.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Had the chance to visit en route the beautiful Gothic cathedral in Dol de Bretagne dedicated to the 6th C Welsh saint Samson. The previous Romanesque Cathedral was burned down by King John’s army in 1203 but in a fit of religious remorse he paid for the replacement.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I’ve had a tradition of trying to photograph as many war memorials as I can when I am out cycling. Here’s four from Brittany. Just the same variation of design from village to village as in Britain. Really striking how many names there are. France had twice the rate of casualties as Britain.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Another four gems today on our cycle tour of historic Suffolk churches - Debenham, Earl Stonham, Felsham and finishing with St Peter and St Paul in Lavenham.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Followed by St Michael’s Framlingham. Famous for housing the tomb of the Duke of Norfolk but for me the highlight was a wonderful medieval wall painting of the Throne of Mercy.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

A great start to our Suffolk church crawl. St John’s Market Needham - an unimposing exterior which hides a spectacular medieval hammer beam roof.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Perhaps my all time favourite artefact from the ancient world. The Vindolanda tablet of the letter from Claudia Severa the wife of the commander of a fort near Vindolanda inviting her friend Sulpicia Lepidina to her birthday party on this day 1900 or so years ago. Such a fond window into the past.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

And with a rather special Neolithic long barrow - Wayland’s Smithy- thrown in for good measure.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

What’s better than one Iron Age Hill Fort? It’s two Iron Age Hill Forts - Lillington Castle and Uffington Castle (of White Horse fame) both in today’s stretch of the Ridgeway.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

There’s few things more impressive than a good Iron Age hill fort - Barbury Castle in Wiltshire.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Seen on the North Downs Way yesterday the remains of Kit’s Coty prehistoric burial chamber near Maidstone c2000BCE.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

St Mary’s and All Saints at Fotheringay in Northamptonshire. A real gem of a perpendicular church. Richard III was born at the castle here and Mary Queen of Scots executed.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Spent last week staying in the grounds of Plas Newydd the former home of the Marquess of Anglesey and now owned by the National Trust. The mural in the house by Rex Whistler wowed when I first came here in 1979 and did so again this time.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The statue of Tom Ellis in Bala. One of the stars of Welsh Liberal politics at the end of the 19th Century and ally of Lloyd George. Died at the age of only 40. Might well have gone into greater things.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Visited Bryn Celli Du on Anglesey this morning. A neolithic burial chamber which exudes a beautiful sense of connection with the past.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

109 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles in history. Here lie some of the young men killed on that day. A reminder in more uncertain times of the horrors of war.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The Rollright Stones on the border of Warwickshire and Oxfordshire are a very special set of prehistoric monuments. Spent part of two summers on a dig here when I was a student in the early 1980s. Lovely to pop back to see this afternoon.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Yes, I remember Adelstrop …. A cycle today to the place behind Edward Thomas’s iconic poem written on the eve of World War One.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The lifting of Pont Jacques Chaban Demas in Bordeaux followed by the arrival of the tall ships. Quite a feat of engineering.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Le Musee d’Aquitaine in Bordeaux has a wonderful collection of Roman gravestones. This one of a young girl holding her pet dog is so moving.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Sunshine, architecture, wine and history- Bordeaux takes some beating.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Today I completed the London Loop, 15 days of lovely walking around the periphery of London. I've been through some stunning countryside and learned a lot about this wonderful city. Thoroughly recommend it.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

On every cycle trip I make I try to photograph the war memorials I pass trying to capture their diversity and the universality of the grief they commemorate. Here's 4 from Friday's ride in Northamptonshire: Brixworth, Rushton, Brigstock and Warmington.

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Paul Jenkins @pauljthinks.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

An Eleanor Cross at Geddington.

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