One of the first Kittiwake hatchlings at Dunbar #SuperSeabirdSunday

Looking up in the prayer hall of the Muhammed Ali Mosque (1823-1857) in the Citadel in Cairo #ceilingsonsunday

Anne [Duchess of] Pembroke (Lady Anne Clifford), commemorated in Holy Trinity Church in Skipton for paying for the repair of the building in the 1650s after extensive damage in the Civil War: it was the burial place of her father and other family members #stainedglasssunday

The former South Church in Penicuik (1860s, in Pilkington's own distinctive Gothic style) #steeplesaturday

In Skipton Castle #staircasesaturday

In Belhaven by Dunbar in East Lothian: the name refers to two elements of the local economy, the history of maritime commerce and the local brewery #pubfrontfriday

At "Billy Bob's Ice Cream Parlour and Diner" (!!!) near Skipton #fingerpostfriday

17c Kiplin Hall in Yorkshire #adoorablethursday

An old entrance into Magdalene College in Cambridge on Magdalene Street #thursgate

An Erard piano with a rosewood casing at Kiplin Hall in Yorkshire. Erard's developments in piano design (c.1800) were ground-breaking, paving the way for the modern concert grand. Rosewood is a dense wood which is supposed to have better resonance and a warmer sound. #woodensday

The Manoir d'Erygnac in the Dordogne, famous for its Italianate gardens #windowsonwednesday

"Lang may your lum reek!" A fair number of lums topping roofs with an interesting selection of gable ends in Victoria Street in Auld Reekie #chimneychewsday

One of a series of tapestries at Belton Hall (NT) depicting scenes from the life of the Greek philosopher Diogenes. Based on etchings by Salvator Rosa and probably made in Mortlake late 17c #tapestrytuesday #textiletuesday

Canty Bay, east of North Berwick, from Drift café yesterday: excellent ☕️🍰 #tidesouttuesday

A Colonel who served and died in the Crimean War: in Chester Cathedral #memorialmonday #monumentmonday

Such a charming piece: a small jar for perfumed oil or ointment (aryballos): c.640 BC from Corinth, now in the Louvre #owlishmonday

Iglesia de San Pablo (Valladolid), considerada como una de las máximas cimas del estilo Gótico Isabelino. En ella brilla de manera especial su espectacular fachada que podemos definir como un auténtico retablo esculpido en piedra ⬇️⬇️⬇️ arteviajero.com/articulos/la...

The neo-Classical Boudoir at Belton House in Lincolnshire (James Wyatt 1776-77) #ceilingsonsunday

St Mary's, Haddington #stoneworksunday

Warm and very humid here this afternoon. Some highlights among our garden visitors: Red Admiral, Painted Lady and Comma; and a juvenile Long-tailed Tit, one of a family party flitting through the branches. Just a pity that the Humming-bird Hawkmoth didn't wait for me to fetch my camera!

Father and Daughter in Central Cambridge #postboxsaturday

St Lawrence's, South Cove, a small 11c thatched church in Suffolk (burial place, I believe, of various family members, a long, long time ago) #steeplesaturday

#fingerpostfriday in Clumber Park (NT) in Nottinghamshire ... very dog-friendly too.

The new facade of Peck's the Pharmacist in St Andrew Street Cambridge installed in 1934, and still preserved in the facade of a coffee chain outlet #shopfrontfriday

The High Street entrance (1327-1342) to the Cathedral close in Salisbury #thursgate

Along the #EastLothian coast yesterday morning before it became too hot: a family of Shelducks; young Herring Gulls; a drake Eider going into eclipse; a Whitethroat #birdwatching

Byron's Bear in Cambridge. (When Lord Byron was an undergraduate at Trinity, he found out that the college rules did not allow him to keep a dog in his rooms, so he decided to keep a bear instead!) #pubsignthursday

Belton House NT (1685-87) in Lincolnshire #windowsonwednesday

A 17c oak buffet on display in East Riddlesden Hall (NT) in Yorkshire ##woodensday

King's College, Cambridge has fancy chimneys too. #chimneychewsday

The Cedar Avenue leading to the Walled Garden at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire (NT) #thicktrunktuesday

David Pringle, a local farmer, who died in 1735, Pencaitland Church #EastLothian #memorialmonday #mementomorimonday (worth enlarging to see all the details)

A leucistic goose among the Greylags at Clumber Park (NT) yesterday #mallardmonday

From Margaret Chilton's 1935 St Francis window in Dirleton Church in #EastLothian #owlishmonday

A Fulmar at Dunbar #SuperSeabirdSunday

On a city-centre restaurant in Cambridge #signsonsunday

Reflections on the Cam in Cambridge this morning.

The main staircase in the 1620s Kiplin Hall near Catterick in Yorkshire #staircasesaturday

St Peter and St Paul's at Belton in Lincolnshire. The tower dates from c1200. From the 17c there were close connections with the Brownlows of adjacent Belton House (NT). The photo is from the house's Italianate Garden #steeplesaturday

Kykkos Monastery in the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus #adoorablethursday

The bridge over the River Medway at East Farleigh in Kent: 14c and repaired in 1843 (Grade 1 listed): "one of the finest of its type in southern England" (Historic England listing) #thursdaybridges

The Hall at Bolton Abbey in Wharfedale in Yorkshire, originally built as the gatehouse to the Augustinian Priory #windowsonwednesday

A Manticore on a #misericord in St Mary's Cathedral in Limerick #woodensday

The distinctive chimneys of Trinity Hospital in Retford: these buildings date from 1832-34 #chimneychewsday

Our Ash Tree, hosting the beautifully scented Paul's Himalayan Musk Rose #thicktrunktuesday

Floor mosaic (late 19c) in the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology in Dublin #mosaicmonday

A pair of Gadwall for #mallardmonday

The grandiose memorial in Ripon Cathedral to William Weddell (1736-1792) of nearby Newby Hall, landowner, MP & collector of antiquities. The bust is by Joseph Nollekens. #memorialmonday

Kittiwakes at Dunbar #SuperSeabirdSunday

In the Chapel in Lytes Cary House (NT) in Somerset, this window incorporating medieval glass was added in 1912 #stainedglasssunday