These are from a recent visit to St Batholomew's Church in Tong, it's from the 15th century.

Described as "the Westminster Abbey of the Midlands", it has links to the Crusades, and Charles Dickens as the purported grave of Little Nell from The Old Curiosity Shop is there.

It was occupied by Parliamentarian troops during the Civil War in 1643 and besieged by Royalist troops.

#photo #photography #history
#explore #england #english #albion
#shropshire #historic #historylovers
#church

Go outside they said...
Bright comet they said...
Even a camera phone will capture it they said...
You'll be amazed they said...
Um.
Still, I managed to get it, sadly left the intervalometer at home so most pics had a bit of a shake.
Oh, and Musk's satellites continue to be a PITA. spoiling the view of the universe for profit. 🤬
#comet #nightsky #satellites #Shropshire
We are very excited to share that tickets for our live event at Boscobel house are now available to purchase via the English Heritage website! We would love to see some of you there! www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-... #history #folklore #Shropshire #boscobel #folktales #folkcustoms
19 October 2025 - Daily Drawing Day 292
#20252025Challenge
Last night Momma Darlo and I went on a hosted Ghost Walk through Wellington (Telford, Shropshire) as part of the town's Spooky Day event. It was a fun new experience, and the stories were interesting.

#ghostwalk #ghost #night #spooky #ゴーストウォーク #ゴースト #夜 #怖い #👻 #stories #history #wellington #telford #shropshire #夕べ #幽霊 #こわい #話 #ストーリー #歴史 #ウェリントン #テルフォード #シュロップシャー

Watch the time lapse video of this drawing on YouTube Shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/R73AW60yW8I

See the latest at https://darlosworld.bsky.social

The 2025 20-25 Challenge.

This year let’s get better at something by finding a little practice time most days, in my case drawing. - Do your activity for at least 25 minutes, at least 25 days per month.
- Use the hashtag #20252025Challenge on social media etc to track your progress
- Also use the hashtag to cheer on others.

That’s about it!

Have fun with your activities, whatever they may be!

Drawing, programming, dancing, cooking, make up, reading, languages, gardening, mastering high fives, sewing, astrophysics, vcr clock setting ...

#challengeyourself #challenge #Drawing #drawings #illustration #newyearsresolution #25minutes #xppen #clipstudiopaint #dailydrawing #イラスト #クリップスタジオ #絵 #絵画 #絵描きさんと繋がりたい #drawingoftheday #一日一絵 #art #digitalart #oc #一次創作

I've been baking soul cakes for the living and for the dead today. Mine are simple, rustic-looking things but made with love. I wrote about their importance in Shropshire over on the blog -

https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2023/10/hallowmas-traditions-in-shropshire.html

#folklore #folkcustoms #Shropshire #Halloween #history

Council’s idea to place bus stop in middle of road so ‘daft’ locals thought it was AI

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2025/10/19/councils-idea-whack-a-bus-stop-middle-road-bad-locals-thought-ai-generated-24467412/

Going to be showing my art in a gallery next week for a month which is fun! If you're in #shropshire then get on the A49 and head to Bromfield where there is a lovely art gallery above a farm shop called the Ludlow Farm Shop. You'll see mine and Matt Dixon's art there as guest artists from the 20th!
I went for another walk up around Mitchell's Fold and Stapeley Hill yesterday. Saw LOTS of #fungi here's a pretty dung mushroom, probably Panaeolus papilionaceous. Description in alt-text. #Mushroms #shropshire #ShropshireHills

I done a podcast

I had a very happy hour or so chatting to Shropshire podcaster Jim Hawkins. We covered some ground: politics, the church, photography, being “woke”. But mostly it was about Rwanda.

I’m always glad to talk about Rwanda. Have a listen.

#Rwanda #Methodist #podcast #shropshire

#Methodist #podcast #Rwanda #shropshire

These photos are from a recent visit to Lilleshall Abbey in Shopshire.

The site is the ruin of an Augustinian abbey from the 12th and 13th century. It lasted for almost 400 years, until it was dissolved by King Henry VIII in 1538.

#photo #photography #history #explore #ruin #england #english #albion #shropshire #historic #historylovers #ruins