Mastodawn

dot7seven Sep 11, 2023

Sheet lightning illuminates the night sky over Builth Wells in yesterday’s storm.

dot7seven Sep 11, 2023

wrack Sep 10, 2023

A day of rain and brisk sou'westerly squalls — so my wife and I took to our bunks again after breakfast and slept until sunlight streaming through the portlights woke us in the late afternoon.

dot7seven Sep 9, 2023

Yorkshire Bylines Sep 9, 2023

Now people are waking up to the damage of Brexit, pro-Europeans need to give them space and support to do so ... 69% of people in Wales now think leaving the EU was wrong | Lisa Burton

#MarchForRejoin #Brexit https://bylines.cymru/hiraeth/welsh-in-the-eu/

Welsh in the EU: campaigning to rejoin

Lisa Burton lives in Spain but that doesn’t make her any less Welsh, or care any less about the UK. Join her on the March to Rejoin the EU

Bylines Cymru

dot7seven Aug 28, 2023

wrack Aug 23, 2023

Up at dawn to look Wrack over from bow to stern, wondering what I might have overlooked, before our departure today: 120+ nautical miles to Brest then into the Biscay, no longer boat settlers but sailors, again.

We have a friend joining us for the next couple of weeks, an experienced sailor and former British commando — a reliable hand.

dot7seven Aug 28, 2023

wrack Aug 23, 2023

A large crescent moon over our bow, a sea like swollen glass.

dot7seven Aug 17, 2023

Arkenston Aug 16, 2023

#AmazingWorld
#Scotland
#Glencoe
#TheThreeSisters
The Three Sisters, Glencoe, Scotland.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/143520235831162/permalink/2419032914946538/

Beautiful Britain | The Three Sisters, Glencoe, Scotland.

The Three Sisters, Glencoe, Scotland.

dot7seven Aug 17, 2023

Bo Jacobs Aug 16, 2023

Built over 4,000 years ago:

"China's ancient water pipe networks show they were a communal effort with no evidence of a centralized state authority"

#China #archaeology #RespectForTheAncestors @histodons

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-china-ancient-pipe-networks-communal.html

China's ancient water pipe networks show they were a communal effort with no evidence of a centralized state authority

A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats without the need for a centralized state authority, finds a new study by University College London researchers.

dot7seven Aug 17, 2023