Mastodawn

Oh wow, the Duke of Wellington penned the most riveting 403 Forbidden error letter in history! 🤯 Apparently, top-secret correspondence is now an elite 19th-century tech support issue. 🚫📜 Keep your regency VPNs handy, folks! 😂
https://wellsoc.org/society-member-pages/anecdotes-of-wellington/ #DukeOfWellington #403Forbidden #TechSupport #19thCentury #EliteCorrespondence #RegencyVPNs #HackerNews #ngated

Hacker News 1d ago

Letter from the Duke of Wellington to the British Foreign Office (1809)

https://wellsoc.org/society-member-pages/anecdotes-of-wellington/

#HackerNews #DukeofWellington #BritishHistory #1809 #Letters #Archives #HistoricalDocuments

ICUsteps Edinburgh Apr 1

This Is My Glasgow @is_glasgow

The Duke is coneless ... I repeat, the Duke is coneless ... this is not a drill ... Can all available Guardians of the Cone please report to their assigned posts as soon as possible to rectify the situation.

#glasgow #dukeofwellington #roadcone #glasgowhumour

This Is My Glasgow Mar 28

#glasgow #dukeofwellington #roadcone #glasgowhumour

This Is My Glasgow Dec 13

Love this new seasonal sign from the street artist A Sign of Humour outside the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow.

#glasgow #streetart #glasgowhumour #scotland #galleryofmodernart #dukeofwellington #roadcone #christmas #xmas #christmasinglasgow

This Is My Glasgow Nov 17, 2025

The Duke of Wellington statue on Queen Street in Glasgow this morning, with a new take on the traditional road cone by @the.rebel.bear. What you can't see from this shot is that the pigeon is doing what pigeons usually do on statues!

#glasgow #dukeofwellington #glasgowtoday #streetart #glasgowstreetart

This Is My Glasgow Sep 7, 2025

The Lobey Dosser statue on Woodlands Road in Glasgow has been given the Duke of Wellington treatment, but given its height, it's not nearly as impressive a feat!

#glasgow #roadcone #statue #dukeofwellington #lobeydosser #humour #glasgowlife #glasgowtoday #woodlands

Old walker Aug 14, 2025

The funeral carriage made in 1852 for the 1st Duke of Wellington. It is made from bronze cannons captured from Napoleon's army at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. It is 8 metres long, 3 metres wide, 5 metres high and weighs more than 10 tons. Queen Victoria liked it (her husband oversaw the project) but it was the most controversial thing at his state funeral. Over a million people lined the streets as 12 horses strained to pull this huge carriage to St. Paul's cathedral in London, and when one wheel got stuck, an additional 60 policeman helped to get it moving again. Now it stays in a barn at the Duke's country home where his descendants still live. Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, England. August 2025.

#stratfieldsaye #hampshire #england #dukeofwellington #bronze #funeralcarriage #waterloo

Old walker Aug 13, 2025

This large oak tree (Quercus cerris) was planted on top of the remains of a famous horse named Copenhagen in the year 1843, some seven years after the horse was buried aged 27. The 1st Duke of Wellington rode this stallion for almost 16 hours on the day of the Battle Of Waterloo in present day Belgium in the year 1815 , a battle that resulted in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Duke so loved this horse that he kept it to the end and buried the horse near his country house which still contains around 27 paintings of this horse , but only 3 paintings of his long suffering wife! The memorial stone was erected after the Duke's death. Stratfield Saye House, Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, England. August 2025.

#tree #oaktree #stratfieldsaye #dukeofwellington #hampshire #england #waterloo #napoleonbonaparte

This Is My Glasgow Aug 3, 2025

Saying goodnight to the Duke, his horse, and his road cone outside the GoMA in Glasgow.

#glasgow #dukeofwellington #goma #glasgowatnight #nightphotography