Hedley Thorne
@hedleythorne.bsky.social
Historic site photographer, podcaster, wild camping YouTuber, Heathrow's IT Operations Manager. Scared of fish.
The Devil's Quoits, Oxfordshire; a neolithic henge and stone circle.
The Aston Upthorpe Downs. Juniper Valley to the left, rising to Lowbury Hill on the horizon, crossed Grim's Ditch. My "back garden" and also that of esteemed Landscape capturer @annadillon.bsky.social
Harebells in a beautiful, remote valley up in the Berkshire Downs.
Queens View, Pewsey. I was so happy to provide the landscape photo for the new sign! A beautiful area worthy of a long visit.(Courtesy of "Visit Pewsey Vale")
A solitary hawthorne above Juniper Valley in the Aston Upthorpe Downs. Evening walk with @annadillon.bsky.social
539 metres up on Great Mis Tor tonight, absolute bliss. About to have a beer with other campers up here.
Well today I became an actual Lock Keeper! Admittedly just for a short time this afternoon. But it was fun operating the gates and sluices!
Three knackered old quinquagenarians drinking crap beer on a mountain. Yet, a highlight of my year (and video this evening)
Fox Barrow, with Grim's Ditch behind (linear bank and ditch earthwork) on the northern scarp of the Compton Downs. Exhibition photoshoot with artist @annadillon.bsky.social
A bowl barrow in an alien landscape. Evening photoshoot in South Oxfordshire with @annadillon.bsky.social
An amazingly productive exhibition photoshoot today with my utterly wonderful friend Anna in some of the best light and beautiful countryside around; with an astonishing sunset thrown in. Non-exhibition pictures will appear soon. @annadillon.bsky.social
Brightwell Barrow, with Castle hillfort on the horizon, South Oxfordshire (summer 2020).
C17 Globemaster; an unusual military departure from Heathrow this morning.
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The tomb of George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, within Beacon Hillfort (Burghclere). He co-discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Very, very dry conditions on and around Beacon Hill today in Hampshire. I haven't seen our countryside quite like this before.
Awesome day with the Heathrow and Capgemini gang at Farnborough!
Yew Tree Vineyard, Coscote this evening in south Oxfordshire
Folly Wood, near Urchfont in Wiltshire. (From our Wessex Airscapes exhibition with Anna Dillon) @annadillon.bsky.social
