Dale Townshend
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
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Professor of Gothic literature mainly posting about books, cake, horses and my cat Dickens.
The perfect gift for someone like me, a big tea drinker: a glass tea cigar ☕️
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It’s mid-May 🤷♂️
6 days ago
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White chocolate and raspberry fudge traybake.
6 days ago
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Welcome to the next chapter of mid-life crisis: Erg Games in Salford 🤣
10 days ago
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Caught my editorial assistant dozing on the job.
11 days ago
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Archival gold: Ann and William Radcliffe visit Knole House, Kent, 'in the autumn of 1807' (Talfourd) and are asked to sign the Visitors' Book. I can now corroborate the claim and pin down the exact date (Monday 14 September). And just look who was there just a few days before: William Cobbett!
12 days ago
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The first hack of the season. Spring flowers in the hedgerows and cascades of birdsong. Bob unusually restrained after a long winter spent working mostly indoors.
14 days ago
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15 days ago
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Bank-holiday session with my pal Barbara (aka Babs aka Bab’s Cabs)
15 days ago
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Some of the official HYROX photos.
16 days ago
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The Force Walkers’ Cafè in Ambleside. Beautiful spot for breakfast.
16 days ago
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The final few wall balls. Legs on fire, heart rate in the red zone.
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17 days ago
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Smash 💥 💪 👊
18 days ago
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Hyrox!
#prayfordale
18 days ago
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After months of hard training, Tony and I are on a road trip to HYROX in Cardiff, boyo 🏴
#hyroxwankers
19 days ago
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My favourite breakfast at the moment (I go through phases): oat porridge, topped with grated apple, a sprinkle of cinnamon and a dollop of Manuka honey 🍯 🍎
19 days ago
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Lilac; phlox; primula; impatiens ❤️
20 days ago
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Dickens has got a severe case of Temporary Ear Misfunction™️ this morning 🤣
20 days ago
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Invigorating jumping lesson on Bob this morning, and now to put the finishing touches to a massive book chapter that I’ve been sweating over since December. Today is a good day.
21 days ago
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Pansies after an evening shower.
21 days ago
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Panforte Bianco, made with orange, almonds, hazelnuts, dried figs, honey, white chocolate and spices. 👌
23 days ago
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Late-night baking: a batch of strawberry Jammie Dodgers ™️
23 days ago
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23 days ago
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Dickens-cat enjoying the lovely spring sunshine.
24 days ago
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Last big training session with Jefferson before HYROX in Cardiff next week.
24 days ago
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Bumping this up again. Please do repost if you feel so inclined. Preparations are very much afoot, and it promises to be an absolutely brilliant day at St Albans in June:
www.stalbanscathedral.org/event/ann-ra...
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Ann Radcliffe, St Albans Abbey and the Gothic - 06/06/2026 10:00:00
Join us to mark the 200th anniversary of "Alban’s Abbey; A Metrical Romance" (1826) - the work of poet and Gothic novelist, Ann Radcliffe
https://www.stalbanscathedral.org/event/ann-radcliffe-st-albans-abbey
25 days ago
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Your daily dose of tulip 🌷
26 days ago
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For this evening’s HROX training we had to get into pairs so I asked the chap next to me if he had a partner and he said thanks but he had a girlfriend and now I need to find another gym.
26 days ago
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Morning inspection of the tulips 🌷
27 days ago
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Treated myself to some new hand-drawn bookplates. Love them.
27 days ago
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Don’t skip! Post you in another country.
add a skeleton here at some point
28 days ago
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29 days ago
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Afternoon tea at Peggy Porschen, Belgravia.
29 days ago
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Besties enjoying our annual catch-up in London.
about 1 month ago
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Dickens-cat enjoying a good old roll in the garden.
about 1 month ago
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First run outdoors with my new CONTACTS 👀
about 1 month ago
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So vibrant!
about 1 month ago
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Sunday cuddles with Hugo (Boss)
@drvil.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Peeping Tom 👀
about 1 month ago
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How long does it take to get used to wearing contact lenses? They’re great once in, but I just can’t seem to put them in or take them out without a huge battle. I only intend to use them for the gym. But yikes: the short-circuiting of the blink reflex required is challenging.
about 1 month ago
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My canasta tulips are beautiful 🤩
about 1 month ago
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Tulips and grape hyacinths in my garden.
about 1 month ago
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Fantastic HYROX simulation this morning, with running in the spring sunshine ☀️
about 1 month ago
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Meet Hugo,
@drvil.bsky.social
10-week-old Blue Whippet, snuggling with 13-year-old Charlie the Whippet 🥰
about 1 month ago
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And a baked New York-style cheesecake with a sugar-toffee base 👌
about 1 month ago
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Caramelised leg of lamb with orange, honey and cinnamon;roasted butternut squash; sticky, smokey potatoes with onions; creamed spinach. HAPPY EASTER 🐣
about 1 month ago
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My take on a Scandinavian Daim bar tart: three layers of almond meringue sandwiched together with a vanilla buttercream and topped with a chocolate ganache and crushed Daim bars.
about 2 months ago
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Why is cheap Easter egg chocolate so delicious? Why?
about 2 months ago
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Fantastic Hyrox training session at the new EverlastGym, Trafford Centre.
about 2 months ago
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I don’t mean to valet-shame
@chazzersmurf.bsky.social
but I did just enjoy this.
about 2 months ago
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