May be about to launch into a controversial but fascinating project with @paulwhitewick.bsky.social which surfaced during the studio recording of Wessex Ways today! Episode out in a couple of weeks time, so do look it up!

A Chiltern bridleway on a freezing morning, in the valley between Cookley Green and the Warburg nature reserve. #winter #chilterns

Crug Hywel celtic hillfort. (Music- Scott Buckley, "Wanderlust")

Our latest episode, "The Oxfordshire Problem", is now available on Spotify, Apple thingy and YouTube (below). @paulwhitewick.bsky.social youtu.be/2VA7wTALxpo?...

Amazing discovery by my friend Alex Langlands www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From the Roman site on Lowbury Hill yesterday, looking South across The Ridegway towards the Berkshire Downs.

St Mary's church in Aldworth. Home to the Aldworth Giants (the De La Beche family), a 1000 year old yew and the final resting place of Laurence Binyon and Marianne Faithful. Oh and near the best pub in England!

Oxford: All Souls College

I went up a mountain hillfort and had my 50th party up there! youtube.com/watch?v=vbWO...

The Ridgeway at Aldworth

The Roman building outline, barrows and ring ditched on Lowbury Hill.

Thurle and Streatley Warren from The Ridgeway today, on a lovely walk with my friend Louise.

Wittemham Clumps thawing out this morning

​Winter light over Table Mountain (Crug Hywel). A crisp pre-Christmas wild camp with some of the best views in the Black Mountains. ❄️🥾 #Wales #hillfort

The disused Didcot, Newbury to Southampton Railway passing under The Ridgeway, near Compton. (Taken 2021).

The Diamond Light laser this evening from Bury Down

​Returning to one of my favourites to close out the year, Wayland's Smithy. Hopefully 2026 brings you the perspective of the birds and the grounding of the ancients. Too many to name, but those close to my heart know who you are. Wishing you all a peaceful New Year. Heds out x ✨

After 21,000 views of her Charles Dickens video, @samwalksalot.bsky.social has produced a little bloopers video from our day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuNy...

Sunrise over the Eastern side of Great Staple Tor, above a quarry. The slopes are covered in clitter; large fields of loose granite rocks, which were harvested by "moormen" to create street cobbles for the nearby towns of Plymouth and Tavistock.

Wayland’s Smithy looking particularly moody in the cold today. There’s a specific kind of magic in these stones when the colors are muted.

The English Heritage Podcast, this episode (link below) revealing a little about the origins of Wayland's Smithy, where I hope to be tomorrow. Wayland's Smithy will also feature in our upcoming Wessex Ways podcast. podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/l...

St Helens Church, reflected in The Thames at Abingdon.

Castell Dinas (Celtic hillfort, Black Mountains) from the West, with Waun Fach behind.

Merry Christmas to you all! Re-posting one of my highlights of this year; the cairn on the summit of Picws Du (749m) as the sun rises above Fan Brycheiniog (802m). #Wales

My secret location last week was Charles Dickens' house with @samwalksalot.bsky.social. I sat at his desk, laid on his deathbed and explored his cellar. See first comment for Sam's excellent video!

The Avenue. Historically these parallel stone rows connected Avebury henge with The Sanctuary; an ancient monument/ritual site on Overton Hill. Photo from early 2025.

The "Cat's Back", a small ridge leading up to Black Hill and Offa's Dyke on the English/Welsh border.

"Cadair Arthur" rising above Glyn Tarell in Wales.

Celebrating my significant birthday in style with friends in Wales. Wine, cake, fairy lights, music and shortly wind and rain! I refuse to act my age.

Today I became the lucky recipient of another original artwork... "The Marlborough White Horse" by the excellent @annadillon.bsky.social who delivered in person! I should open a gallery here now.

"The Ox Drove" at Win Green. My photo with the equivalent artwork by @annadillon.bsky.social which I am lucky enough to own and have on my wall! This was displayed at Wessex Airscapes exhibition.

Underground, secret filming location, with a scary, ghostly YouTuber...

World War 2 decoy sites to fool enemy aircraft are interesting! Watch my video with @annadillon.bsky.social as we visit one in the Berkshire Downs... youtu.be/yG2SsZMfWe0?...

Good morning from London Heathrow Airport Operations Centre

The wonderful Castell Dinas in South Wales (yesterday). Within the hillfort are the remains of the highest castle in Wales. #hillfort #castle #wales

A day up in the Gods. Far too windy for the drone, but I managed some aerial shots further down at Castel Dinas. Wonderful but hard day and ended up chasing daylight! Waun Fach and Dragons Back duly ticked off. I love Wales.

The Ox Drove ancient track from 400 ft close to Win Green. This was a hilltop route for moving vast herds of cattle (oxen) and other livestock from the West Country (Devon, Somerset) all the way towards the major market towns like Salisbury and on to the Hampshire ports.

To anyone with a glass of Christmas wine in their hand, do relax and listen to this from the wonderful Gretel le Maitre (thanks for the candle!). It is not the first chapter, but the words and the way she reads them will make you warm and festive. open.spotify.com/episode/2tsL...

50 mph winds, hilltop banquet, birthday cakes, climbing through barbed wire and putting the world to rights with one of my very best buddies. The Hampshire Downs threw everything at us today and it was absolutely wonderful! #BringItOn

Wansdyke, a huge boundary earthwork seen here between Tan Hill and Milk Hill in Wiltshire. A stunning landscape.

​Martinsell Hill, Wiltshire. The stunning eastern scarp, dropping 130m down from the 32-acre Iron Age hillfort. You can clearly see the "pit holes" marking the hillside. Incredible landscape!

Temple Island near Henley, with the early morning Thames mist, taken last year. #thames #henleyonthames

Uffington Castle from the South, with The Ridgeway in the foreground and The Vale of the White Horse behind.

Two amazing artists walk "The Springline Project" route through South Oxfordshire, as part of the "Mend The Gap" programme. More details of the project itself in the comments. @annadillon.bsky.social youtu.be/yolAjJfVK2o

​An aerial view of the Seven Barrows, my local slice of ancient landscape. This top-down view was taken back in winter with the solitary tree casting a sharp, northwards shadow. #History

The incredible 'unfinished' Ladle Hill hillfort in Wiltshire from above. You can clearly see the outline of the ditch and bank that was never completed. A unique glimpse into an ancient abandoned project. #Hillfort

The 2026 Swire Arts Prize is open. The theme will be "Shapes and Shadows of The Ridgeway". I will be judging the photography section again and there are plenty of other mediums... share.google/aVm6bwqDtPFX...

Uffington Castle, bordered to the South by The Ridgeway (though historically this may have gone to the North). This is one of 3 hill camps in this immediate location, the other two are no longer obvious without a map.

Uffington White Horse charging towards the hillfort. It is lovely at this time of year. #neolithic

Fan Frynych trig point (630m) in the western Brecon Beacons, with a cloud inversion blowing by to the South.