Watched this again, after hearing about the sad passing of #PatriciaRoutledge this week. Brilliant.😂 That’s how you steal a scene! #SteptoeAndSon #Comedy youtu.be/aJUsk6nsE8E?...

Still beautiful 🍁 warts and all 🔆

Awww, how sad. I loved that show. She was brilliant in everything she did. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I will not piss on anyone’s chips, but as a project which celebrates the English gothic and the weird every day of the year, I sigh heartily at the start of October. Celebration of the dark and strange should never be calendar constrained. #October

Just had a new washing machine fitted and now perusing the user manual. I think I need to go on a course. Totally baffled.😕

GOTHTOBER I encountered the perfect gothic scene on my way to teach Romantic Origins and Gothic Afterlives. Walking through the churchyard on the way to the station it was completely shrouded in mist! #31DaysofHalloween

I say it every year, but bring back proper traditional turnip lanterns this #Halloween. Far scarier. Pumpkins are child’s play (and also far too tasty to be wasted.)

It’s been a grey one out there today, though not without a little colour. #Photography #Nature #Autumn

I could live in Vermont for the trees alone.

#ChrisMars paints to express personal experiences that led him to confront the torments of misunderstood and unloved individuals whose presence was far outside of the “norm” of social acceptability. He shows us that with care and kindness the world goes on. #Art

Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid

That time of year when we start getting bombarded with ‘news’ on C-list celebrities ballroom dancing. Total apathy, but at least it’s better than hearing about Brit Cards and Trump driving America off the edge of a cliff.

The land is long memory. The land is layers of story. Its ghost soil cracks and releases spirits. Our navigations across it will always bring encounters with the strange. – #CLNolan

#SundaySilence #nature #eastcoastkin #rays #september

Barguest, the shapeshifting spirit may appear in a number of forms: a human, animal or inanimate object; although it prefers that of a dog more in my: "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; an encyclopedia of world folklore" bardofcumberland.com/folklore/ #folklore #booksky

I so need to get this last nightshift over with. Such a tough week, I feel I could sleep for at least 3 days.

Remember, when the world seems dark…. #LoveIsTheLight #BigBigTrain youtu.be/M8jwBaYUCMc?...

Thirlmere in the Lake District.

Trees, guardians of the woods 🖤 #shotoniphone #mobilephotography #natureinspired

#Autumn #Art by #LaiviPõder

The Sunken Bell is an unpleasant pub. Grim men, salt-scarred and edging mania, hold to its tables as if to let go would cast them adrift in some terrible storm. Even the local farm perries cannot compensate for what can only be called an atmosphere of doom. - Hookland Fruit Cider Pub Guide, 1980

SNEEZING can expel demons, likening the body to a burning Hellmouth. According to folk belief the soul can also fly out of the mouth whenever a person sneezes. Saying 'Bless you' is said to prevent this (& death during the plague)🎨Books of Hours

Just getting ready to pose for my compulsory UK ID photo.

Wast Water. A favourite place of mine which when you close your eyes, you can see the dinosaurs of old. Time to say goodbye to a land & environment which heals. #Cumbria #WastWater #LakeDistrict #LandscapePhotography

Classic scrabble session. Laughing just thinking about it.😂

Great #Vegan alternative to mayo from #ForksOverKnives this. Uses no oil too, which is a healthy bonus. I’ll make it again and maybe adapt with some spuds and spring onions for a potato salad.

AN ANCIENTE MAPPE of FAIRYLAND newly discovered and set forth. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918. I have a copy of this map of fairyland by Bernard Sleigh in my study to ponder other worlds. It's filled with awe and wonder.

Katherine Soutar, contemporary English artist and illustrator, known especially for her interpretation of folk tales and folklore #womensart #FolkloreThursday

Folklore has it then when harvesting hips from the hedge, you should always leave some for the birds and some for the Faeries. A wise witch never wants to anger either group and so I'm happy to obey the lore of the land. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

Having a bit of a clear out this morning and came across this ancient fishing permit membership card. Isn’t it ridiculous what we cling onto?! Also makes me want to hunt down the person who used to cut my hair. That’s shameful.

I always think there’s something magical about an apple tree at this time of year. There’s a house on one of my local walks has 4 in the back garden and they’re so amazingly fruitful and laden. Can’t think how they manage to use them all, if they do. If I ever move house again, I’d love an orchard.🍎

Flamborough Lifeboat leaving Bridlington Harbour in a south-easterly gale to escort local fishing cobbles back to safety, 1971, photo by Paul Berriff.

Me on the way to the Rapture.

#AUTUMN BEAUTY I was struck by the unsettlingly dark beauty of the #Bronte family home & churchyard when I visited Haworth. Shrouded in mist among the #autumn leaves it was clear no coward soul could live here. Glorious in its gothic gloom.

Looking at the trees through the window, there’s not the slightest breath of a breeze. Leaves and branches completely motionless. Sun streaming down. My kind of autumn this.

Oh my good god! One large Scotch Bonnet is enough!!🔥🔥🔥

After using 4 Bird’s Eye chillies in my last homemade curry and not getting nearly enough heat from them for my tastes, I’m moving onto Scotch Bonnets. Now it’s just a question of how many, with or without seeds and do I have enough toilet roll for tomorrow morning?

So true! 🍂🍁🍃

Love this. Quote and artwork. Beautiful.

After 4 full days of walking for miles in the Lakes in mostly adverse conditions, I’m now sat slouched in my own chair, trawling through daft YouTube vids and thoroughly enjoying being still.

Autumn Oaks

Cozy home in good location. In need of some decoration. Offers over 250k. #LakeDistrict #Photography

Had a bit of blue sky today, for a change. #LakeDistrict #Photography

Thought I’d brought all the right gear along on this walking holiday, but I’d forgotten about a helmet to protect me from all these bloody falling acorns. They’re lethal! That’s 5 direct hits this morning. Feeling concussed.

I rode through the desert on a horse with no name. When I say desert, I mean park, and when I say horse, I mean mobility scooter. Mine was called Buttercup. Susan's was called Conker. We were on the way to Boots to pick up our prescriptions. It felt good to get out of the rain.