Little Egret in a waterlogged field. Ducklington, West Oxfordshire.

Every Palace fan thinking the same thing, we're (even more) hopeless against 10 men 🙄 #cpfc

Low-level red kite this afternoon.

Fine sentiments as the British marched into Baghdad #OTD 1917, but it was only the beginning...

Fantastic night, supporting @sofomuseum.bsky.social, at Blenheim Palace, listening to @almurray.bsky.social. The 'in conversation' format worked really well and Al's passion for the minutiae of military history shone through. And, good to have a quick chat about the brilliance of Steven Wilson 😉

1-0 up, controlling the game, yet watching this is agony. You'd never guess I'm a Palace fan 🙄😂 #CPFC

Whispers quietly, 'Dyche to Palace?' 🤷‍♂️ #cpfc

Concensus on here is clear and correct, it's time for Glasner to go. And, how bloody sad is that? So much hope, shovelled into the proverbial hand cart and sent to hell! #cpfc

Just answering an enquiry and it reminded me that it could be answered by a talk I gave a few years ago. You might like to see/hear it. #ww1 #genealogy #ireland youtu.be/qtLaR8_6V8Q?...

Glasner: "Plenty of opportunities to boo us in the last month but they never did. This is the bond we created in the last two years. "They were disappointed but never booed us. We always felt the support, today we saw right at the end, the players and the fans — these emotions you can't buy" #CPFC

Get in Palace! 😀

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Hello. We're new here. 👋 Wondering what devil's porridge is? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle coined the phrase to describe the explosive materials he saw munitions workers at H.M. Factory Gretna mixing in large pans. They were making cordite. Please don't eat devil's porridge. 💥 #DevilsPorridge #WW1history

This was the route we climbed. left to right in the distance. Photo taken from Quinn’s Post. #Gallipoli #WW1 #Anzac 🇹🇷 @istoriatravel.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social

Rounding things off above Anzac today, here’s a view towards Suvla Bay and the Salt Lake from the Nek. #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 #WW1 @seaspitfires.com @peterhart.bsky.social @istoriatravel.bsky.social

Day 3 proper and we’re back at Helles , specifically Pink Farm Cemetery to see a chap researched by @neilpuds.bsky.social #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 @istoriatravel.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com @peterhart.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social

Now it’s on to X Beach - which was defended by 12 Turks. Because who in their right mind would try and land troops on this tiny little strip of land… #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 #WW1 @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social @istoriatravel.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com

Today on the @istoriatravel.bsky.social Gallipoli tour was all about terrain. Deep gulleys, imposing cliffs & plenty of inescapable high ground made moving across the peninsula punishing. It could never have been as easy as the plan demanded. With @alexchurchill.bsky.social & @peterhart.bsky.social

After a well deserved rest, we spent the rest of the day exploring the French sector, where I got to bang on about France for a bit 🇫🇷 🇹🇷 @seaspitfires.com @istoriatravel.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social

Long overdue tidy-up and clarification of the 1917 renumbering of the Territorial Force infantry. #ww1 #genealogy see www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-s...

#OTD in 1917, Lance Corporal Joseph Handel Stringer was killed by a shell whilst training with 1st/7th Bn Worcestershire Regiment near Fremicourt. An Iron Chain Maker before the war, Joseph was 23 years old at the time of his death and was buried in Grevillers British Cemetery.

The Red Arrows were based at Brize over the weekend. In and out several times so plenty of photo ops. Spot the one taken from our house in Witney, around 4 miles from the base!

My online talk for the Great War Group, "War on the Water", which is about the Belgian sector on the River Yser 1914-1918: Youtibe version at youtu.be/VyAbeWxNgYI?... #WW1

If anyone knows this family, they’re in block 531 probably row 32 I’d really love them to get this picture #cpfc

Can highly recommend’Ring of Fire’ by @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social They did a heck of a lot of research and it shows. A great account of the early days of WW1 by those it impacted upon.

Mrs P @loupuds.bsky.social has possibly implied this might be something I should consider...at least I think that was the gist of the conversation 😬 @paulbezza57.bsky.social are you still a possible maybe?

Today’s substack is up. I’ve not done a lot of British content lately, so here’s something with a twist. What did the Battle of the Somme look like in the British Sector, to a French observer? achurchill.substack.com/p/article-a-...

Ages ago, in that other place we've all abandoned, some one recommended the Mark Hollis album, possibly @uppertiersteve.bsky.social (apologies if wrong). Not what I expected at all, it's astonishing! Stripped back, emotion laden angst but incredibly powerful stuff from the main man in Talk Talk.

Struggled recently to find the time to listen to albums, recently but, 2 got a spin today. I'm quite familiar with the Alan Parsons Project 'Tales...' and, while it was good to hear it again perhaps it's not aged that well? 1/2

A few of our book covers, streaming graphics and logos #graphicdesign

Palace 2 (9men) Brighton 1 (10men), mad game & I've aged about 10 years!! #cpfc 🦅🦅

Trump's foolishness has presented the perfect opportunity for cats and penguins to sign a trade deal - the fish will be ours!

Something a bit different for #FindsFriday! ‘Peckham Rock’ hoax cave art with authentic-looking label, installed without permission in the British Museum in 2005, by the street artist known as #Banksy ‘Found’ 3 days later in the Roman Britain gallery! 😳 Marker pen on lump of concrete! 😁 📷 me

An elusive Water Vole, an unexpected sighting in the scrub by the River Windrush in Oxfordshire 🙂

It's been a tough winter for the old girl but, finally, she's starting to pick up. 5 weeks to first game, no pressure 😬

When Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett met the British Prime Minister to discuss #Gallipoli he gave an account, "which was not altogether agreeable." That's British official-speak for disaster. I'll be covering this in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.

A couple of interesting visitors to RAF Brize Norton today. Fast then slow flypast from a Typhoon, then the same from a F-35.

Arrived today! The latest edition of @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social quarterly journal, Salient Points. 100 plus pages of fascinating content, with a specific focus, in this issue, on the Battle of Loos. Looking forward to settling down with this over the weekend 🙂

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼📚🎙️💥🤓 General sale tickets now available for the whole weekend… greatwargroup.com/product-cate...

Good to see the Manadarin Duck of Ducklington Village back today :) Made the 'get away from all the rubbish going on in the world' walk well worth it!

On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country. They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.

MARB11 B52H (60-0044) heading into the setting sun about 3 miles out from RAF Fairford, this afternoon. Taken from the Thames Path just south of Lechlade.

The Ring Necked Parakeets are now a common sight around Oxford and, the Redwings are a regular winter visitor.

Egret and twig and their reflections

Remembering Lt. Col. John Wilfred Stokes RAMC, former pupil of St. John’s School Leatherhead, who died on 10 February 1916. A pre war Territorial, the outbreak of hostilities saw John promoted to Lt. Col. & given command of 3rd West Riding Field Ambulance. 1 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social #WW1 #FWW