A day out during the Christmas break while processing a major change in our family. Losing a parent is awful. We have become a closer family as we get together to support each other. #Grief #Talking

Have had a really awful couple of months. The sort of experience that's changes you. I need to know I'm going to be ok. #Grief

The season is in full riotous colour! #Autumn #Trees

Plan for today... curl up to finish this with a bag of choc buttons, nap, walk, dinner, perhaps a bit of writing but early night. Didn't get home until just after 3 this morning and am knackered. Have a good Sunday folks. #SundayVibes #Relax

Its October... know what that means... So far booked in 15 tours, 3 paranormal events, 1 talk as well as the 2 main jobs that I do. Give me all the coffee!! #ILoveItReally #October #Folklore #Autumn #Halloween

Under a thundery yellow sky, Mouse & Old Fox were picking blackberries on Gleydestow lane. Mouse accidentally dropped her basket & began to cry. I can't do anything, I'm such a fool. Old Fox took her little paw in his, you are one of the bravest souls I have ever met, he said.

Why do colleagues come to work and start eating their breakfasts at their desks? Doesn't matter what time of day they come in, they have to start eating. Also eating it with a teaspoon should be banned... #Monday

Something beautiful for the weekend! An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago! The shell’s central display has been described as an example of aesthetic intention by the toolmaker. West Tofts, Norfolk. 📷 MAA Cambridge University #Archaeology

#Standuptoracism London

Picked up Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte from the charity shop as its in my Gothic Reading list and happened upon the previous owners notes... love that ❤️ #RainyDay #Reading #Classics #Gothic

Quitting putting effort into a WhatsApp group chat is an act of self preservation. Always being the one to initiate conversation and getting very few answers in return. Always excuses to meeting up. Well I am done. No more messages from me.

Designing Discworld is coming to Worcester Museum and Art Gallery UK. Folklore played a huge part in Sir Terry Pratchetts popular Discworld series with creatures, beliefs and magic. Opens tomorrow and it looks gorgeous #FolkloreFriday

Deputy Dave watching over me while I do my work. I can ask him anything apparently! #ColleaguesHoilday #Museums #Prop

Who doesn't love a duck? #FindsFriday

Giving up whats going on in the world. Its too stressful so I shall be out in the garden with Hwaet!, Myths and Legend edition. #FolkloreSunday

Oooh now then. Look what I found while mooching around in our museum stores... earmarked to look at later. 😁 An Account of the Discovery of the body of King John 17th July 1797. #WorcesterCathedral #History #HistoricalText

Driving home from my archaeology job and what comes onto Classic FM on the radio? The theme tune to Indiana Jones... 😂

Will be launching myself into this, this weekend. I ordered a bundle of 3 of the issues as I've heard great things. Looking forward to it! #Folklore #Zine

I'm really craving some sort of ginger cakey thing... I need to do some baking this weekend.

This is Tryfan In Welsh folklore the burial site of Sir Bedivere, who returned Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake after Arthur's last battle The lake that holds Excalibur is Llyn Ogwen, to the left off camera The lake on the right is Llyn Idwal in Cwm Idwal 1/2

Corn Grinding Dance steps. In ceremonies such as in the Tatéi Niwestsika ‘Etsixa (“Cultivation Ceremony”), children perform a series of dances to embody all Corn maids #Folklore www.inquiry.net/outdoor/nati...

Opened emails this morning to one from our company health care system telling us that July is UV Safety Month... sent on the 1st of August... Blessed Lughnasadh everyone!

I made it... they're all still there 😍 #Prehistoric #StandingStones #Avebury

Having the week off as its one of those "milestone" birthdays this week. First morning of first day off and I'm collapsed on the bed after a manic deep clean session. Im not doing 'holiday' right am I?

This striking account from August 1872 tells of a colliery "ghost." This report comes from near Wrexham, but colliery ghosts are a common theme across Britain. Reports often feature ghostly miners, eerie sounds, and apparitions warning of impending doom. #Ghosts #Folklore #History #hauntings

Will be making a pilgrimage next week...

One of my books from a small haul I gathered while on holiday in Dorset a couple of weeks ago. Started it yesterday and I'm halfway through already! Enjoying it immensely! #Folklore #CunningFolk #Magic

Going to perch on my swing seat for half an hour before it gets unbearable #ukheatwave

After Robert de Marmion evicted the nuns of Polesworth Abbey, the ghost of its first abbess, St Editha threatened Marmion with the fires of Hell if the nuns could not return. Stabbing him with her crozier she vanished. De Marmion restored the nuns to the abbey and his crozier wound healed instantly.

Tonight is the Buck Moon uk, for those that follow the ways, its a great time to make moon water. Great for setting intentions and manifesting. #BuckMoon #MoonWater

Timeline cooler for us in the UK struggling through the latest heatwave 🥵🥵🥵

Across the centuries, the saintly dedication of a parish church can change — and at Manordeifi in Pembrokeshire, it is thought that the church's dedication has shifted several times throughout its long history. 1/8

Kitten paw prints on a Roman clay tile 🐱 🐾 A moment in time captured some 2,000 years ago when a kitten walked across the wet clay tile as it lay out to dry. Lullingstone Roman Villa, Kent. 📷 by me #TilesonTuesday #Archaeology

#FindsFriday This little insect-shaped brooch was found in an Iron Age Broch near Stromness in Orkney, #Scotland It shows Roman influence in its style and design, presumably from #RomanBritain far to the south! Now in the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall 📸 Mine #archaeology #museums #ancientbluesky 🏺

I so wish we could all just see each other as part of the ‘Human Race’, because if we go back far enough, we’re all mixed in some way. Sadly we don’t live in that world 🙁

Spied an interesting little book in our museum library this afternoon while looking for something else. Earmarked for when I have a some time... #Folklore #Library

I usually end up buying a few books while on holiday and last week was no exception. I'd like to share with you a book I've really enjoyed reading. Crypt by @profaliceroberts.bsky.social exploring the study of people in the remains we leave behind. Really recommend it! #Archaeology #Books

I love summer. The afternoons spent in a good beer garden is one of my favourite things to do, however this heat is also draining my energy. England feels more like Australia every day of this heat wave! Anyway, I've had very little sleep, cheers

I have had such a lovely time in Dorset this last week. The weather has been brilliant, the accommodation has been great, my family has been fab company and we did stuff ❤️ Back to reality on Monday but feeling refreshed. #Dorset #Holidays

According to folklore, this grade II listed 17th century coaching inn, The Bull in Bridport, Dorset is said to be haunted by two men who were killed during the Battle of Bridport which took place 14th June, 1685. #Folklore #Haunting #History

I hope my archaeology colleagues are all ok in this heat. Regular breaks in the shade, lots of water, electrolytes and sun cream folks! #Heatwave #Archaeology

If you go to a crossroads with a black chicken at midnight, you will become a werewolf. But you will only be a werewolf for eight years. The same Flemish folktale says that the exact ritual is also used to sell your soul to the devil, but the devil keeps your soul for eternity. #FolkyFriday

#MosaicMonday Detail of a Capricorn from the Middleborough mosaic in Colchester Castle #Museum. These fish-tailed sea-goats were favourites of Aphrodite who liked to ride them on the waves Can't imagine that was comfortable... think of the chafing 📸Mine #archaeology #arthistory #goat #mythology 🏺

Lazy morning.. for both of us #Caturday

'Celtic' stone heads are a Glossop speciality. Hard to date - some medieval, others from the 19th C druidic revival, others modern. However some are plausibly Romano-Celtic - so perhaps a very deep-rooted tradition here? This one was found at Mouselow, Glossop and is in Buxton Museum. #FindsFriday

Today we said farewell to an incredible woman in the heritage sector. Pieta Greaves was an outstanding conservator with a wonderful legacy behind her but so sadly and suddenly taken from us at such a young age. A fellow Kiwi, great sense of humour and good egg. We will miss her so much 😢

Nice to see a bit of rain (never thought I'd say that in this country!) But I can hear my plants heave a sigh of relief

Largest Iron Age gold coin hoard acquired by Chelmsford museum 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Govan Sun Stone. We think this was once a prehistoric standing stone that was repurposed as a Christian monument by the Clyde Britons in the early medieval period. 🎬 Dr Tom Horne, @hornesupremacy.bsky.social, Museum Assistant.

No #hillforts today 🧐🤔 as it's #RomanMilecastleWednesday 😬 Roman Milecastle 39 last night on the spectacular Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site, basking in the evening sun ☀️