The remains of the C13th Château of Saint-Barthélémy near Durban-sur-Arize, Ariège, France. Built on top of a 2nd century BC Gallic oppidum. #HillfortsWednesday View from a footpath near a gite we're staying in and the destination for today's walk.

The Dolmen of El Moreco near Burgos, Spain. East-west oriented, the passage still retains some of its capstones and leads to circular chamber. Photo taken last week. #TombTuesday

A small circular kerb with a central menhir, remains of a burial mound at the Necrópolis de La Polera near Burgos, Spain. We followed the Ruta Arqueólogica signs for about 2.5 miles from the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Montes on the outskirts of the village of Urbiana. #StandingStoneSunday

Woop! #TombTuesday and the last Tuesday of this school year for me! 🎉🍾 So I will be off to visit places I haven't seen before very soon. Until then, my nearby neighbour here in St. Cleer: Trethevy Quoit.

Kerzerho Alignments in Erdeven, Brittany. Pic from last summer. Free to wander anywhere here unlike the more famous sites at Carnac. Worth following one of the walking trails away from the main alignments to find the "giants" or the numerous other local neolithic sites. #StandingStoneSunday

I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to recognising butterflies, but I'm learning that certain species pop up in specific places each year, so that helps remember which are which. Here's a Marbled White feasting on knapweed growing in a field near my house. #ButterflyWeek #Butterflies #Insects

Tomorrow! 🦋

Levon Dymond@levondymond.bsky.social · 4w ago

Right, I've been given free reign to "host" a butterfly week hashtag if I so wish. I've no idea what this entails, other than bigging up butterflies sharing posts and commenting. So if anyone is up for a #ButterflyWeek fest beginning on Monday, like, share and comment on this post, if you fancy. 🦋😀

A wayside cross near the Basque village of Arantza. Pic taken in August 2016. A beautiful part of the world to explore. We're heading in that direction in a couple of weeks time for the start of a trip that will end in Brittany. #StandingStoneSunday

Hear me out on #StandingStoneSunday I love this monument to Tour de France winners in Parc Tissié, Pau. When I first saw it, no actual standing stones - it just has *those* vibes (I know you know!). Each yellow post dedicated to a TDF winner since the very first race.Pic from 2017.

The Menhirs de Monteneuf in Brittany, nearly 20 years ago. The child, now 21, needs a lift at 2.30am Sunday morning from Plymouth coach station as he managed to book a trip that doesn't return him home to Cornwall. I don't think I'll be awake when it's a normal time to post a #StandingStoneSunday!

Some of our local moths #Cornwall that have been popping in and out of the open doors of our house in the super hot weather. #Teammoth #MothsMatter #Insects #NatureSky

The Hurlers as dawn was breaking earlier today. #StandingStoneSunday #SummerSolstice

Not my usual type of post on here but it's been a pleasure to have been able to contribute to the Birth-to-Five document again - working with colleagues from EYFS provisions and representing a special school perspective on the SEND and inclusion aspect. New version out soon! #EYFS

My latest drawing features Trevethy Quoit, a magnificent dolmen in Cornwall. I have been trying out a few styles and materials in the past few weeks, but I am starting to think that nothing beats good old-fashioned pencil on paper for capturing the magical atmosphere of the old stones. #TombTuesday

One section of the Alignments de Lagatjar near Camaret-sur-Mer in Brittany. Visible just beyond are the ruins of the Saint-Pol Roux Manor. Pic from Feb 2024. I've never visited in the summer - maybe this year. #StandingStoneSunday

West Kennet long barrow with the large sarsen stone which seem to guard the entrance. Pic taken on a visit in 2023. #StandingStoneSunday

The Ty-er-Mané or Dolmen de Botlann at Erdeven, Morbihan is all that remains of a passage grave. It now finds itself surrounded by houses, and on a road called Rue du Dolmen. #TombTuesday

An arrangement of stones at Tregarrick Tor overlooking Siblyback Lake on the edge of the Craddock Moor part of Bodmin Moor. Maybe part of a tor cairn or some other structure - there's lots going on up there. #StandingStoneSunday

Just a few of the photos I took at Brixton Academy on Saturday of Super Furry Animals. So good. Still smiling!

It's the morning after the night before in my world - just recovering from SFA gig last night. So I'm being a bit lazy posting a Pentre Ifan photo I took ten years ago. A #StandingStoneSunday that can double up for #TombTuesday.

Tinkinswood Burial chamber near Cardiff. The huge limestone capstone weighs 40 tons. I can think of others that are similarly chunky which must have taken the kind of community cooperation to build that we could only dream of now! #TombTuesday

Gors Fawr stone circle at Mynachlog-ddu in Pembrokeshire. This pic is the least gloomy of any I have ever taken when visiting this place! #StandingStoneSunday

Yay! #TombTuesday I feel a Welsh theme to my posts for the next couple of weeks as I'm off to see Super Furry Animals very soon! Woop! Here's Carreg Coetan Arthur in Pembrokeshire. Dougal for scale.

Good morning! A sneaky extra #StandingStoneSunday while we walk our dog and check on a site near Minions. The Hurlers bathed in sunshine.

A view of part of what remains of The Hurlers south circle - not restored or excavated unlike the other two circles. Just nine stones evident today, two of them still standing. #StandingStoneSunday

Happy Bank Holiday! Here’s a tongue-in-cheek #parody song about #nigelfarage accepting a massive gift from a #crypto billionaire and then hiding from a #BBC interview - to the iconic tune #500miles of the legendary Proclaimers … We’re calling it: “Five Million Quid” 💰🤑💰🤑💰🎶 youtu.be/z5A0qpWUrfg?...

"5 Million Quid" - Marsh Family parody of The Proclaimers "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" on Farage gift

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The Pipers, standing to the south west of the three Hurlers circles on Bodmin Moor near Minions. If you face north they frame Stowes Hill and the Cheesewring but of course the sun doesn't set in the north, so this view takes in very non-prehistoric New Phoenix mine building. #StandingStoneSunday

Nine Maidens stone row, St. Columb Major, Cornwall. A #StandingStoneSunday that has left me looking like I came off worse after a disagreement with a feral cat. We attempted to hop over a hedge at its least brambly place to avoid getting run over in the A39 while walking from car to footpath.

Didn't think I'd have time for #TombTuesday today - but here from a trip ten years ago with our boys and some lovely friends. Kings Quoit perched on the cliff above the beach at Manorbier in Pembrokeshire. Don't be fooled by the sunshine - I remember that day as being freezing!

The Hurlers northern circle for #StandingStoneSunday taken last weekend while on an early evening walk at the end of a day spent up on the moors and alternately battered by hail, and bathed in sunshine. #BodminMoor