Really enjoyed the exhibition on women in Somerset in WWII at the Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury. Useful for my research for On This Day in Somerset!

#qotd What was the last interesting place you visited?

I've decided it's time to part with my beloved Beehive Cottage in Somerset. This part-thatched beauty sits next to the 14th century Nunney Castle (yes, with an actual moat!). #cottageforsale #nunney #somerset #periodproperty #thatched #castleview #historichomes #villagecottage #countryliving

Church Lodge, Wraxall, Somerset
#photography #Wraxall #gift #Somerset

My #Robin friend Henry looking extra cute this morning. I'm fairly sure his mate, Heidi, is on the nest right now. I haven't seen her in days, but he keeps taking food into the bushes, calling to her. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #Ornithology #BirdsOfFediverse #BirdsOfMastodon #Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureCommunity

Camelot.
Well, Cadbury Castle has been associated with Arthurian legend since Tudor times (possibly because of the nearby River Camel).
But it was an iron-age hillfort, refortified at the time of the 6thC - so it's Artherish.
#photography #Camelot #CadburyCastle #hillfort #IronAge #Saxons #Arthur #Somerset

My #Robin friend Little Mate chatting earlier today. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #Ornithology #BirdsOfFediverse #BirdsOfMastodon #Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureCommunity

Frances Talbot, Countess of Morley wrote a poem on her journey from Longleat to Bath.

"The poem was the result of a breakfast row around 1820, where Lady Morley argued that writing rhyming verse was easy. She decided to prove her point by crafting a poem on her way to Bath, ensuring that every other line rhymed with Longleat."

https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/25022130.longleat-house-200-year-old-poem-unearthed-archive/

For decades my grandad was a public health inspector in #Somerset. He would be spitting feathers at this news story.

My partner meanwhile thinks this is a setup for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles joke about the power of a Splinter…he was also as a digital librarian seriously unimpressed by the use a stock photo of a random rat.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/06/theyre-everywhere-workers-warn-of-rat-infestation-at-somerset-nuclear-plant

Rats and nuclear power - what has Hinkley Point in #Somerset done to deserve these twin woes?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/06/theyre-everywhere-workers-warn-of-rat-infestation-at-somerset-nuclear-plant

Lovely to see my book on sale at Somerset Rural Life Museum

#Somerset #womeninsomerset #unsungwomen #glastonbury

#qotd Have you heard of the other books around it?

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/04/05/essex-in-the-ascendant/
A look at what is going on on day two of the county championship, with particular reference to Essex v Surrey at Chelmsford. Also a #photo gallery.
#cricket #CountyCricket #CountyChampionship #EssexvSurrey #Somerset v Worcestershire #photography #birds #insects #bees #butterflies #pollinators

https://www.europesays.com/uk/2373/ Why Cheddar could avoid a Trump tariff meltdown #Business #Cheese #Devon #DonaldTrump #FoodAndDrink #Somerset #Tariffs #UK #UnitedKingdom

Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) today near #Bath #Somerset #UK. First one I've ever found locally. I've seen them in other parts of the country, but never here before, despite many years of looking.
#Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Insect #Insects #Beetle

Brean Down's goats get the chop.

#Somerset

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/somerset-brean-down-goats-culled-b2725029.html

Dark-edged Bee-fly today near #Bath #Somerset #UK
#Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureCommunity #Insect #Insects #Fly #Diptera #Spring