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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#FindsFriday. A cow skull (known as Trixie) that was removed from the ground this morning at Vindolanda

A cow skull just taken out of. Roman Defensive Ditch pre seasons and brush up

The Cow skull post wash and brush up in her bucket

The Cow skull sitting in her bucket post wash and brush up keeping and ey on procedings

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#RomanFortThursday in the trenches at Vindolanda Fort bring buffeted by wind and rain showers on the quest for fragments of pottery and other interesting stuff!

Blue and green barrows wait patiently for dirt to be thrown into them from the archaeological excavations

Roman archeological excavations with various people digging

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#HillfortsWednesday #HypocaustGate Barcombe Hill taken from the Pre-Hadrainic Hypocaust at Vindolanda

An early morning photo of T he remains of a Roman Hypocaust in front of Barcombe Hill

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Christening my #durotriges big dig tshirt by invading Roman Territory on the first day of my fortnight dig at Vindolanda the weather is just right not too hot not too cold. Morning tour complete digging begins after lunch!

A currently clean (won’t be for much longer when we start digging!) green tshirt with a black and white Durotriges Big Dig icon on it

A view of the grey stone walls of Vindolanda Roman Fort surrounded by green fields and trees

A large area of green grassy area with a Roman fort behind in front of a hill with blue sky covered in clouds

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wall Mornings part I - Sunday morning and the quiet calmness of a peaceful Campsite at Herding Hall and round the back of the Walk

A view from a brown man curved roofed glamping pod from another pod at the foot of a green hillock with a picnic table in the foreground and a blue sky with a few clouds

A view of the Scottish side of Hadrians Walk against a blue sky

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#FindsFriday. After much searching I have found my ‘digging’ shoes which means I am now all set for heading north to @vindolandatrust.bsky.social for my fortnight of searching for interesting Roman bits and pieces 🙂 fingers crossed the rain holds off for a bit!

A pair of browny coloured walking shoes being held by their laces

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Brought this after seeing a recommendation by @theduncanmackay.bsky.social. Really enjoying it.It’s certainly making me think about things that I’d never thought to question before!

A black and white book cover with an illustration of a paved road with the title ‘The Road’ in red capitals

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

London bound to the Lyric Theatre to see Hades Town

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today’s #TinyJoys finding a sealed Morecambe &Wise The BBC Collection boxed set in a Charity Shop for £9. Naturally it came home with me!

The back of a DVD Boxed Set coloured ehite with a picture of Morecambe & Wise and text in black entitled ‘Morecambe & Wise’ and describing the contents

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Sunday #TinyJoys - coming downstairs still feeling groggy and sleepy and not having to think about making breakfast, just reach in the fridge and grab one of my ready made gluten free Overnight Oats from the Good Grain Company. Open jar and eat 🙂

An empty jar with a light brown label with ‘The Good Grain Overnight Oats Cookie dough’ printed on it

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Dropped in to Magna (Roman Army Museum) this afternoon to take a look at the ongoing excavations. They’ve got some really good walls emerging and a nice looking spoil heap. I do like a good spoil heap. #RomanFortThursday

An emerging yellowy Roman Fort Structure appearing in a green landscape with green wheelbarrows resting whilst the archaeologists have lunch

A red sign declaring ‘The Magna project’ on a green barrier in front of An emerging yellowy Roman Fort Structure appearing in a green landscape with green wheelbarrows resting whilst the archaeologists have lunch

A green field with a large greyish spoil heap under a grey cloudy sky

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A sort of #HillfortsWednesday photo. Milecastle 21 near Maryport. Well it is on a bit of a hill overlooking the sea! Just a shame it’s so overgrown and difficult to see the layout. 📸 by me 22/07/2026

A grassy field where there is a nearly indistinguishable defensive ditch

A grassy field showing a more defined defensive ditch

A white information board entitled Milefort 21 with pictures of the milefort and general information

A view over the Solway Firth with the hills of Scotland in the distance taken from a footpath leading to a Mile Castle

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Currently reading @elodieharper.bsky.social s ‘Boudicca’s Daughter’ and am living it. Her description of the Roman Settlement of Camulodunum is gorgeous ‘squatting in familiar green fields the colony looks utterly alien, a dragon hoarding stolen land’.

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Finally finished the RSC Raven Cushion cover (bit tricky as the kit came with the cover fully assembled!) and The Song of The Seasons is back from the Framers. All ready for the Agriculture Show Horticultural competition next month 🙂 #TinyJoys

A Black Raven Cross Stitch with a green and purple flower frame and ‘To Be or Not To Be in blue on a white fabric

A bird cross stitch with various birds such as a black swan bullfinch and others in a green circular mount and brown frame

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A slightly different view of Castell Dinas Bran taken from the Canal Towpath on my walk this afternoon 📸by me #HillfortsWednesday

A mountain with a ruin on top against a bright blue sunny sky

A mountain with trees on the side with a ruin on top against a bright blue sunny sky

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Passing through a view of the Eildon Hills for #HillfortsWednesday

The Eildon Hills taken from a car (photographer was a passenger and not driving) on a grey overcast day

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

#tinyjoys not having to worry about finding parking for my hospital appointment this morning coz I can get there using my new(ish) free bus pass! And I get time to catch up on reading on my way there and back!

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It’s a 60’s kind of morning this morning music wise. Clifford T Ward, the Beatles not sure what next

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Opps! accidentally fell into the Playmobil Shop at Cheshire Oaks today. I blame that @theduncanmackay.bsky.social - he’s a bad influence! 🤣🤣 #PlaymobilInfestation

A blue Playmobil Bag. And a Asterix Playmobil Box depicting Asterix and Obelix and a wild boar

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

It’s very quiet in work tonight so I have this to keep me company by a certain @durotrigesdig.bsky.social but so far no hypocausts to stand in!

A blue paperback book with the title in gold, ‘Arthur and the Kings of Britain’ and a gold crown

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Two photos at Castlerigg Stone Circle. But with two different four legged Barbarians. First up is my much missed darling Fred Dog with Mike and secondly his successor the holy terror that is known as the Benny Dog same stone same human #StandingStoneSunday

A black dog in a green harness with his human standing next to one of the stones at Castlerigg Stone Circle

A well behaved (for five minutes) black and white dog in an orange harness in front of one of the stones at Castlerigg Stone Circle

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

So I’m a total failure I haven’t reversed my diabetes and as it has been pointed out to me this week that’s a failure as anyone is capable of doing it. For me the only way I’ll ever reverse it is not to eat - the only times my sugars have normal is when I don’t eat so no food from now on I guess

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Well I guess that’s that then! The diabetes has won! No more coffee no more cooked breakfasts on holiday just the same bland lunch for the rest of my life 😞

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I brought this a couple of years ago, probably from @butserancientfarm.co.uk I’ve lost the instructions on how to use it. Can anyone point me in the right direction to find some. Can’t even google it as I’ve forgotten what it’s called! TIA

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Today I finally saw the Settinsham Horde at Norwich Castle but unfortunately the legend telling you what each one was was not there. @tessmachling.bsky.social can you give me a clue what these are please.

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

So that’s Colchester Castle done. Tomorrow we’re heading to Norwich. Any recommendations on places to visit @theduncanmackay.bsky.social I’ve got Norwich Castle on the list.

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Finally ticked Colchester Castle off my bucket list. Didn’t get to the Circus as it was a bit cold and drizzly and my two barbarians were sitting in the car waiting for me as the four legged one was not allowed into the Castle

The front of Colchester Castle on a grey February day

A Roman Tombstone which depicts a mounted Roman killing a ‘barbarian’

A Roman Tombstone depicting a man standing in an arch

A green and yellow dragon hovers above the visitors in Colchester Castle

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

About to descend into the vaults at Colchester Castle

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Currently staying in Suffolk and heading towards Colchester for the day armed with my kindle version of @theduncanmackay.bsky.social ‘s #Echolands

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

#HillfortsWednesdsy - two slightly dodgy shots of Dinas Bran near Llangollen as we shot past on the A5 this morning (I wasn’t driving btw!)

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

For #HillfortsWednesday it’s an old set of photos taken at Castell Henllys Iron Age Village in Pembrokeshire back in a sunny day in 2023 when the Two Barbarians still consisted of Mike and Fred Dog Missing my Fred Dog rather badly atm but we will have to take Benny Dog to visit there one day soon

Two barbarians (one human one black dog) stand at a wooden hill fort gate

A group of Iron Age round houses placed before a line of trees

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

It’s a cold and grey Sunday afternoon so this afternoon’s entertainment reading this on my kindle by a certain @durotrigesdig.bsky.social of this parish

A kindle showing a white page with black writing ‘The Piltdown Man Hoax Case Closed Miles Russell’

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

It’s that time of the year. The annual watching of a certain seasonal dvd

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

@drtobydriver.bsky.social do you know if the lecture at the National Library 2morrow will be recorded in some form? We’ve tickets but I currently have a hacking cough - my coughing can last for a good 5 minutes at a time if it’s still like this 2morrow Iwon’t be coming as it’s not fair on others

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Called in @vindolandatrust.bsky.social this afternoon it was one of those sunny blue sky days but a bit nippy! Took some arty farty photos of the fire pit with the hex in it

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Sending a big thank you to everyone involved in organising @vindolandatrust.bsky.social ‘s Magna Climate Conference yesterday. Absolutely brilliant I even understood some of the chemistry bits! Look forward to the next one!

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

And that’s another nail biting annual event done. Secured a place for next September digging at @vindolandatrust.bsky.social though it was a bit touch and go as I was about 440th in the queue to start with. Roll on next September!🙂

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

A dodgy entry for #HillfortsWednesday Pendle Hill. Apparently there were Neolithic and Bronze Age burials. I went for the Witches as I’m currently reading ‘Something Wicked’ about the families involved in the Witch Trials!

A map and information board in Newchurch in Pendle

A light cream book with a black and white drawing ‘Something Wicked’

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Benny Dog is here to brighten up your day and wishes you all good morning

A black dog sat on the sofa in his orange harness sits waiting for his outing

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

#ClassicsTober25 Day 4 Shroud. OK I’m going a little of track here! Many years ago I read a book by PD James called ‘Shroud for a Nightingale’. I can recall very little about it expect it was set in a Nurses Training School

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

#ClassicsTober25. Day 2 Thanatos the personification of Death. One of my favourite personifications of Death is the one in Terry Pratchett’s DiscWord who has a small sidekick called Death of Rats. This is a cross stitch that I did of Death of Rats

Cross stitch of a black robed skeleton of a rat holding scythe

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Whoops! Bit behind with #ClassicsTober25. So Day 1 Hypnos. I’m current reading the new Natalie Haynes Novel ‘No Friend to this House’. This is the passage where Medea deals with the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece calling upon Hypnos to aid her in her task. BTW NFTTH is excellent!

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

@tessmachling.bsky.social these are the cross stitches I was telling you about

Cross stitch sampler in progress of mythical beasts

Cross stitch sampler in progress of a tree

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Benny Dog is a very snoozed out dog this morning after the excitement of meeting the famous #SundayHuxley

A black dog laying comfortably on a purple sofa

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

And after a train ride Benny is having his first bus ride @amberleymuseum.bsky.social provides Dunn for all the family!

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