If you try out the cow and cake predition, do let me know the outcome :) open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

The mysteries of mistletoe, in myth and legend open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

This is mostly about what to do with my dead dad. And he did love his Christmas dinners, so... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/12/brin...

Some traditions and beliefs that most of us no longer hold to, but you might find interesting... www.patreon.com/posts/old-ch...

Yesterday, out with good friends at one of my all-time favourite places. Pure joy

It's a gloomy December morning and driving up to the Mendips just now, I saw Santa Claus roar past going the other way on a motorbike. Here, in the middle of nowhere. Seriously. Full costume, beard and hat. Wondering whether I should turn back and go to Specsavers...

Bird place-name of the day 115: SNITTON (Shrops). OE snite + tun. Possibly ‘snipe frequented estate/settlement’. #birdsandplace #placenames #naturewriting

Archaeologists don't just care about what's in the ground, they care about the ground itself too! This beautiful plan was made during the excavation of Pen Dinas, Aberystwyth, in the 1930s. It labels the different types of soil found in different parts of the hillfort zurl.co/dtD9i #WorldSoilDay

Friday sunrise 💚

Change the bloody law back, ffs. This is really sad. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

You could be just a talisman (or three) away from writing success... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

Brrr 🥶

Why does Word assume it knows how to write better than I do? It's so bloody annoying to be asked almost constantly if I want Word's AI help composing. No, I fecking don't. Is there a way to turn it off before I start having to use a quill and paper to avoid it?

An attempt to explain the West Country Carnival and why you should go... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/11/cons...

Some (possibly) useful rhymes for predicting the weather... www.patreon.com/posts/weathe...

Something about graveyards, Dion Fortune and what I did on Remembrance Sunday... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

This is one of the best YA books I've ever read - strongly advise seizing this opportunity to grab a copy!

Allantide gives you the opportunity to buy big read apples instead of halloween outfits. Which might be why the celebration has fallen out of fashion... www.patreon.com/posts/allant...

It's time to carve your mangelwurzels... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

This is something about the enduring power of folklore stories... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/10/folk...

Sunrise over Chapel Point. Will really miss this holiday cottage...

Morning beauty down on the Levels

Another local dragon story... www.patreon.com/posts/dragon...

A post about the superstitions and folklore surrounding birth cauls... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

Lands like an angel #GreatEgret #HamWall

Maybe the story holds an element of truth? www.patreon.com/posts/mermai...

This is something I originally wrote about the equinox - which is tomorrow, if you're interested... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/09/meas...

The horned hare - real or simply folklore? open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

Weighing up the year as we head towards the shorter days and longer nights of winter... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

Yes, it's a bit cracked and grubby, but considering this ammonite is somewhere between 150 and 180 million years old, it isn't looking too shabby...(pulled it from the ground just now)

Today (Wakes Monday) is the day of the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. Wish I was there to see it... www.patreon.com/posts/abbots...

Something for beachcombers... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

Another local dragon story.... www.patreon.com/posts/dinder...

Lucie finds me hilarious

Can't help feeling America would be a better place without billionaires and evangelicals.

I don’t think they passed.

Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences? Only one explanation now remains. They do. And it is what they want.

A bit of weatherlore. Basically, the weather is about to change... www.patreon.com/posts/mares-...

Something about the entities that apparently live in tin mines. (You can click on the post without having to subscribe - & subscription is free anyway 😁) open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

Another day, another dragon... www.patreon.com/posts/dragon...

This is something of an intro to local dragon myth, in case you're interested... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/08/here...

Another local dragon legend... www.patreon.com/posts/legend...

#@wainwrightprize.bsky.social I'm so happy to see Ettie and the Midnight Pool on this shortlist. Thank you! Nurturing a love of the natural world is very dear to my heart #storiesthatconnect #wainwrightprize

Read this soon after my father died. It made me feel better about the process of death and grieving (the subjects we don't talk about, but really should). And we all need to write a will in case we die alone & someone like @christinamartin.bsky.social has to find out who we were and what we wanted

No shit.

Reposting so I remember where I saw it... and can order a copy later! 📚👀

A dragon story - a little sad, but then most dragon stories don't end well... www.patreon.com/posts/blue-b...

Raindrops on roses... 🎶

A piece about a local Somerset dragon www.patreon.com/posts/blue-b...