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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy
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Lighting wizard, dowser and geomancer. Bringing light to dark places, creating sacred spaces. Past President of the British Society of Dowsers (2008-2014) […] [bridged from mastodon.scot/@scotdowser on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026
Sneaking in late in the day with this shot of the massive Memory Stones in Portland. These are some impressive megaliths! The 'ends' of the open circle align to the midsummer rising and setting sun. #StandingstoneSunday #Megalithic #Portland
An arc of very large megaliths of Portland stone.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
Basking in some late summer sunshine at Beer beach (and wishing I'd brought my shorts!). 18 ⁰C! Just glorious. #SeasideSun #Dorset
View ofa shingly beach with boys, sun shades and deckchairs.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Weymouth peace labyrinth with The Geomancy Group today. An unusual Classical variant. #labyrinth #Weymouth
A grass labyrinth
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Thought for the day.
A table with painted caption, "Don't follow leaders".
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Checked in with the Edinburgh labyrinth today, I haven't visited it for a few years. Looks in needed of a little TLC, although energetically it's still pretty good. #labyrinth #Edinburgh
A Chartres-replica labyrinth on Edinburgh.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
Harvest moon rising over Galloway.
Full moon rising over a hill
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Well, that was a pretty intense day - I basically compressed about three days' worth of training into four hours! Still, everyone seemed to enjoy it and I was pleased that my new improved labyrinth-painting widget (patent pending 😁) worked flawlessly. #dowsing #labyrinths #trees
Marking out a labyrinth on grassMe giving a PowerPoint about dowsing with trees
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
BSD Registered #Dowsing tutor for another year!
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
During our five days in Budapest I didn't see a single cat (although they do have a very nice historic cats museum). This friendly puss was one of three at the Houses of History in Tihany, where the dowsing conference was held. (Sorry for the blurry close-up). #catsofmastodon
A cat that was too close to the camera!A cat walking towards the camera
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
I met with József Mónus, world champion long-distance archer and passionate Hungarian at the International Dowsing conference in Tihany. He's quite a character! #Dowsing #Archery #Tihany #Hungary
Two men, one wearing a kilt and they other in traditional Mongolian wear
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
Behold, mainland Europe's first underground subway, Metro Line #1 in Budapest. Technically, London is the oldest subway system, Glasgow was the third in the world. #Budapest #Subway #Metro
Picture shows a view across to another platform of an underground metro.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026
Disappointing to see that new housing has ruined the view of the summer solstice sunrise alignment from Sighthill stone circle. Well, it was nice while it lasted; and, as Duncan Lunan says, the stone circle will likely still be standing after the buildings have […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
A view of the summer solstice sunrise position from Sighthill stones, showing how new buildings have obscured it.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
Happy first day of meteorological autumn, celebrated by a new postbox topper in Glasgow's West End #Autumn #WinterisComing #Knitting
A knitted postbox topper with roses and insects in GlasgowA knitted postbox topper with roses and insects in Glasgow
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026
Hey theatre techies - do you have a spare heavy fogger lying around? stick it in a gallery, call it 'Clouds #07156' or maybe 'Fog' and earn lots of dosh! (Note: you'll need to employ a stage hand to dry the floor every so often) {Art installation by Fujiko […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
People walking in a cloud of low fogStagehand mopping the floor after a layer of low fog cleared
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
Good morning, fellow pachyderms. Day 5 of our Parisian city break and the sky is clear for the first time since we arrived. Today we visit the opera house, the Dali museum, and Sacre-Cour. I think I'll be wearing a hat. #Paris #SunnySaturday
A view of the Eiffel tower from the balcony of our hotel in Montparnasse
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
Interesting sigils graffiti in Le Marais, Paris #Paris #Sugils
Graffiti showing magical sigils
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
'Life During Wartime' - David Byrne at Edinburgh Playhouse last night. An outstanding gig, the tech is amazing. #DavidByrne #LightingDesign #EdinburghPlayhouse
David Byrne performing in front of large video wall
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026
Today is the last day to claim Early Bird rates when you book on my forthcoming dowsing Foundation Course on 8-9 August. westerngeomancy.org/product/ee1 #dowsing #LearnToDowse
Poster advertising a dowsing training course for beginners
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026
Some lovely stained glass windows in the amazing St Conan's kirk on Loch Awe. These were designed by Princess Louise, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. One shows St Michael standing on a 6-headed dragon - usually it would be 7-headed, representing the 7 […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
Two renditions of a stained glass window depicting St Michael, Raphael and Gabriel.A stained glass window depicting the three stages of a pilgrim's path to enlightenment.A stained glass window depicting St Michael standing on a 6-headed dragon.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026
Holy Hollyhocks, Batman! That monster is about 8 feet high! 😲 #Hollyhocks #Glasgow #Flowers #ThatsABigOne
Picture of a giant hollyhock flower
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026
After many years of procrastinating, I have finally taken the plunge and purchased a vintage Revealer dowsing kit on eBay. It seems relatively complete apart from instructions, the cross-badge and any sample tubes. Some of the elastics on the mineral bracket […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
Picture shows a boxed vintage dowsing instrument called 'The Revealer'
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
Had a lovely day yesterday leading a group of Leyhunters around some sites. We started at Sighthill stone circles (not part of GNAS), then went on to Glasgow Cathedral, Necropolis and Ladywell, then Govan Stones and finishing at Crookston Castle. Of course, I […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
A small arrangement of three standing stonesA small arrangement of three standing stones
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
Loved this stained glass window of St Andrew in St Mary's church, Whitekirk, East Lothian. You have to look really closely to spot the hidden mermaid! #MermaidMonday #StainedGlass #Whitekirk
A stained glass window showing St AndrewA close-up detail of a section of a stained glass window of St Andrew
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026
Two wall murals by Smug depicting Glasgow's patron St Kentigern, or Mungo, and his mother St Teneu on opposite ends of a tenement on the High Street in Glasgow. The robin refers to one of Kentigern's miracles where he brought a bird back to life. The St Teneu […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
A wall mural depicting St Kentigern (or Mungo) looking at a robin. One of his miracles was bringing a bird back to life.A wall mural depicting St Teneu (Kentigern's mother) as an elder wise woman. This replaces an earlier mural that was damaged during recent building work.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026
"Better to die on your feet than live forever on your knees" #LaPasionara #Glasgow
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026
A carved head of a dog, one of many on the Scott Monument in Edinburgh. It possibly represents Scott's own favourite dog Maida, a crossbreed from a Pyrenean Wolfhound and a Highland Deerhound. #SirWalterScott #Edinburgh #ScottMonument
A carved dig;s head in the Scott Monument, Edinburgh
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026
As yesterday was World Otter Day, here's a wee bench end carved otter with a tasty snack found in the Thistle Chapel of St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. #WorldOtterDay #StGilesCathedral #Edinbrugh
A seat carving of an otter eating a fish
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026
A nicely carved Archangel Michael slaying a dragon, found in the Thistle Chapel of St Giles, Edinburgh. In geomancy, pinning the dragon is a metaphor for the action of fixing the meandering telluric currents in place when constructing a sacred site. #Geomancy […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
A wooden carving of Archangel Michael in the act of slaying a dragon.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026
Edinburgh.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026
A couple of fine big lads we came across in the Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. #StandingStoneSunday #Megalithic
Two very large standing stones
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026
FTTP broadband upgrade from Zen completed. Woohoo!
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026
A little late, but may the fourth be with you!
A post box with a Star Wars topperA postbox with a Star Wars topper
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026
The model, the book. the man. #endurance #MensunBound #disc overyPoint
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026
Five Wells chambered cairn in Derbyshire, the highest in England. A lovely walk up the hill from Chelmorton last Sunday. #StandingStoneSunday #Megalithic
Some standing stones, part of a megalithic chambered cairn on a hilltop with distant views.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
Take your dowsing skills up a level with this intermediate course on house healing work. This is not a beginners course - you'll need to have mastered the basic skills. #Dowsing #GeopathicStress #Scotland
This is a poster for an intermediate dowsing course on healing your home on 20-21 June
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026
Nine Stones Close in Derbyshire. #StandingStoneSunday
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026
Modern stone circle in a garden near Matakana, NZ. The small outlier signs with a prominent local hill (probably with sacred significance) and marks the midwinter sunrise on 21 June. The current owner inherited it when he bought the house, but didn't know much […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
A stone circle in a garden settingA stone circle in a garden
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026
#Clonehenge in Te Area,Taupo NZ. Marks that cardinal directions and the 13 'stones' see carved metal sculptures honouring the 13 rivers that flow into the bay at Taupo Each has a different face and, at the touch of a button, water will ruin down through the carvings. @clonehange @nancywisser
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026
Sunset, Te Mata peak, Napier NZ 25 Feb 2016 #sunsetphotography
Dust over done distant hills. Be there is a tree in the middle distance.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026
Sunset visit to Stonehenge Aoteaora, a modern clonehenge with several solar alignments . The obelisk top aligns to the south celestial pole and cats a shadow that marks our an an analemma on the ground. Outlying stones match the horizon in height when viewed […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
A modern stonehenge with central obeliskSunset through the arch of a modern stonehengeA modern stonehenge  with setting sun
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026
Today we continued our Shackleton pilgrimage by visiting the graves of Harry 'Chippy' McNish - with its 'Mrs Chippy' statue;, and (after some searching) that of Thomas Orde-Lees. Both members of Shackleton's team on the Endurance and, although neither of them […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
Grave of 'Chippy' McNish with statue of his cat 'Mrs Chippy'Interpretation panel for the grave of Chippy McNishGrave of Thomas Orde-Lees
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026
Meanwhile, here's a quick shag for you. (Or maybe a cormorant, I can never tell) #WaterfowlWednesday
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026
Archaeology Mastos - Here is a Maori fishing weight carved stone with lateral and longitudinal carved grooves for ropes. Isn't this the most logical explanation for the 'mysterious' Neolithic carved stone balls found in Scotland? #Archaeology
A Maorl carved fishing weight in Nelson museum.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026
This is Dave. He's a tautara. He doesn't say much, but he thinks a lot. #TautaraFriday #NewZealand
A tautara, a New Zealand reptile
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026
The wonderful Clifden suspension bridge in Southland - wood andb cast iron, designed by C H Howarth and built in 1899, it's New Zealand's longest and oldest suspension bridge No longer open to vehicles, thankfully!
A panoramic view of a suspension bridge over a river
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026
Albatross! A Southern Royal Albatross at that. @RoyalAlbatrossCentre, Otago peninsula.
A Southern Royal Albatross overhead.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026
Beach labyrinth, Moeraki boulders, NZ. Get it before the tide comes in! #labyrinth #Aotearoa #aotearoanewzealand
A labyrinth drawn in the sand
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2026
Kia ora from Aoteaora! An idyllic scene on the Avon river in Christchurch this afternoon. I can't think of many city centres where you're likely to come across canoeists amongst the ducks.
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026
Just tested my new espresso machine... seems to be working well... :ablobcatrave:
Futurama Fry too much coffee
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Grahame Gardner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026
Govan skyline at sunset with ducks on the River Kelvin. #Glasgow
Govan skyline at sunset with ducks on the River Kelvin.
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