I drove past my favourite Wiltshire pub sign today! Poor Kate and Wills look worse every time I see it (if that’s possible). 😂😂 #pubsigns #wiltshire

A worthwhile wall plaque…😳😅

Welcome to a new week from a hill in North Dorset! 🐓🐔

Come for a Saturday Stonehenge drive-by with me! 😊 #wiltshire #stonehenge

🧵It's Oak Apple Day in Great Wishford in Wiltshire! Held on the 29th of May, Oak Apple Day is a celebration to mark the restoration of the Stuart Monarchy in 1660. It involves making a noise with pots and pans at dawn, taking boughs of oak from Grovely Woods and proceeding to Salisbury Cathedral.

Lots of ‘3s’ on my thermometer/clock thing at Weird Wiltshire HQ yesterday! 🌞🌞🌞 #summer

🧵Britain's tallest man, until his death in 1918, was 8 ft 4.5 ins tall and his name was Fred Kempster. For a while he worked as a gardener at Avebury Manor before heading off to join the circus. He fell ill in Germany just before WWI but managed to return to England before he died, just 29 yrs old.

Marlborough Mound is 19 m high, built in 2300BC. It's the 2nd biggest mound in Britain. Often referred to as Silbury Hill's little sister and is located within the grounds of Marlborough College. Legend has it, this was the final resting place of Merlin, and was once called Maerla’s Barrow. 🧙‍♀️

Some interesting names to investigate: Bloody Shard Gate Savage Cat Farm Dead Maid's Quarry I came across some great road names, all with a tale to tell, including Ghost Lane and Chopping Knife Road when I wrote this blog about Mildenhall, nr Marlborough. 👻 weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2024/08/15/t...

It's crop circle season again and there have already been some new creations. 🌾🛸 This awesome one appeared at Jack's Castle Plantation, near Alfred's Tower, on the 8th May. Photo credit, with thanks: Nick Bull at Stonehenge Dronescape. ⭐ #cropcircles #CropCircle #Wiltshire

I found this in the barn this morning. It must have fallen from the rafters. All that hard sparrow work wasted. ☹️ 🐦🪺 I’m going to keep it though as it’s been made with Patchwork Pete’s shredded winter coat by the looks of the colour! 😊🪺 #spring #nature #horses #birds

🧵The curse that kept a church door unlocked for over a century… In 1801, an innocent Romani man, Joshua Scamp was hanged for a crime he didn't commit; framed by his own son-in-law. When the local clergy later desecrated his grave, the furious Gypsy Queen laid her curses. Every single one came true.

Look what arrived in the post today? 👀 My pal @profjasperh-b.bsky.social has been busy again, turning historical titbits into funny and digestible bites! If you like history and a laugh, please buy An A-Z of WTFs in History. You won’t be disappointed! 😁 #history #books

Fancy listening to Rob and I wittering on about spontaneous human combustion this May Day weekend? 🔥🕯️ It's weird. It's terrifying. It could happen to you. It's spontaneous human combustion and you can listen to the How Haunted episode discussing 'human candles' here: how-haunted.podbean.com 🔥

Happy Beltane! 🌼🌞🌼 It's May Day and today we welcome the summer, celebrate fertility and the renewal of life with new growth. It's also the best day to see the Flower Moon, shining bright in the night sky tonight. 🌝 Credit: AP Photo/Michael Probst #beltane #fullmoon #mayday

Remember this book?! 📕 It’s the most terrifying of my childhood ghost books, and therefore my favourite. Here are some of my favourite (the scariest) images. Have a little retro moment with them! 😂👻

Here’s a childhood terror of mine - a human turned into a pile of ashes and all that’s left is a foot! 🦶🏽 🔥 It can only be spontaneous human combustion. Join me and Rob on How Haunted podcast as we disect this very weird subject.

Spring is in air in Weird Wiltshire HQ today! Woo hoo! 🌞 #dogs

🧵Verham Dene, Chute Causeway👻 Over on the borders of Hampshire, just inside Wiltshire, is Chute Causeway, an old Roman road that winds its way through the natural coombe in the chalk landscape. A clergyman is said to haunt this bit of the road, consumed by guilt for cowardice. #phantomfriday

🧵🛸It all started in 1964 and rolled on into the early 70s. It was the UFO phenomena of the time and it all happened in a sleepy Wiltshire town, Warminster, terrorising locals. 1000's of sightings/ audio of 'The Warminster Thing' occured during that time. #UFO #warminsterthing

St Bartholomew’s Church, Corsham 🧵⛪ In the graveyard of this (originally) Saxon church there is said to be a rather malevolent spirit. At only 2ft 6 or so high, he is an ugly, dwarf-like figure. Lady Pennoyer and two of her friends were sat in the churchyard and spotted him. 🧵

There is no amount of money, oil, or gold that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.

I went for a little walk round the village. Its a blossomfest out there! 🌸🌼🌸 #blossomfest2026

Dalene McKelvey visited Avebury last summer from S. Africa. She was overwhelmed by the magic she felt while there, something I think we all feel. Dalene captured some really interesting images. This one looks like an angel. A guardian of the stones. #avebury #wiltshire #stonecircles #angels

Fudgehenge! 🐣 Yummy! 🤤 #stonehenge

Was William Longsepee murdered? William, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, died suddenly in 1226, after sharing a meal with Hubert de Burgh, one of the most powerful men in England. At the time, great treachory was suspected and it was thought he had been murdered. 🗡️🩸

Just when you thought you'd heard it all, Wiltshire surprises us again. We have three haunted Co-ops in Swindon. THREE! All haunted! Find out more here along with some Easter folklore! 👻🌻👻 ko-fi.com/post/Easter-...

Daffodil folklore for you this Easter Saturday! Watch out for fairies! 🧚 🌞🧚 #folklore #easter

Good Friday Folklore ‘Rain on Good Friday or Easter Day, A good crop of grass but a bad one of hay.’ 🌞 It rained today! 🌧️ Plant potatoes, beans and peas on Good Friday as they will to be sure to thrive, for Satan’s power over the soil is suspended on this holy day. I’d best get gardening! 🫛🌿

🧵I thought we had a case of fairy magic at the farm yesterday. 🧚 Meg came in for a groom with a strange knotty plait in her mane, like a small child had tried to plait it. Except... no children had been near her.🐴

Two ghosts are associated with mysterious Silbury Hill, according to an old stone-breaker, Worthy Gaisford. There is King Sill, who is said to be buried there in golden armour. He declared the most massive elevation be constructed around him after his death, ‘while a poset of milk was seething.’ 🥛👻

The face of a dog who has kept you up all night puking up something dodgy he ate. The same night you needed a really good sleep because it’s job interview day. 😳😵‍💫🤪

First ladybird of spring on my doormat! 🐞

I do love a corn dolly, but some of them, like these living, walking corn dollys of Devizes, are just a bit weird! #wiltshire #corndolly #weird

My 16 year old son asked me ‘will I get conscripted?’ My friend’s son asked her the same. He’s 14. Why are our children having to worry about this? One man - a malignant narcissist with dementia avoiding his many crimes - is causing this. We aren’t even in America. This is so very, very wrong.

Cats on a thatch for #caturday! 🐈‍⬛🐈

The world is a mess right now so for everyone feeling stressed by stuff going on, close your eyes for 30 seconds and relax. Hopefully my Nadder Valley spring video will help. 🌞😁🌞 #mindfulness #relax #wiltshire

Full moon time! 🌝 #fullmoon

March! 🦁In like a lion, out like a lamb. 🐑 #spring

Since there wasn't enough time to tell Radio Four about all the ghosts in the ethereal Savernake Forest, I created a blog instead! Heads up, this is a MEGA blog. There are an awful lot of weird stories connected to this eerie place and it's ancient trees. 👻🌳👻 weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2026/02/27/t...

I'll be on Open Country on BBC Radio Four later today, with a little snippet about the ghostlore of Savernake Forest! 👻 If you fancy hearing more about this ancient and ethereal woodland deep in the Wilthshire countryside, have a listen here: #Radio4 #Wiltshire www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Coming across an image of cats paws on an 11th century manuscript reminded me of one of my favourite exhibits in Salisbury Museum. When I last visited they had not long, accidentally uncovered this tile while repairing the roof. Back in the 15th century a big dog walked across some drying tiles! 🐾🐶

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I’m a traditionalist when it comes to Shrove Tuesday! Lemon and sugar every time. 🤤 Happy pancake day! 😁

I was just wondering where little Bingo was when I spotted two tiny paws. He was tucked up warm in my bed! 🥰

No wonder the Quality Street only lasts one night in our house and you need two Yorkies. 😳 Cheeky sods! #shrinkflation

🧵Today I visited soggy Savernake Forest, deep in the heart of Wiltshire. It was to record Open Country, a Radio 4 programme. 🌳 My segment, well it was the forest ghostlore of course! 👻 And there’s plenty of stories in those dark and ancient woods. Blog coming soon. Here’s a preview thread…🧵

👻🧵 I'm looking out of the window and it's raining again! The 36th day on the trot in the South West of England. With that in mind, I thought I'd send you a double-whammy of weird tales today to give you plenty to read while you stay warm and dry indoors. Spooky thread to follow... 👻

May your Monday be filled with horses under a rainbow and stuff like that! 🌈 🦄

I feel it! Spring is coming. 🌞