Gretel le Maître 🐘
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Trying to be kind. Church and old buildings explorer; love words, cricket, history, theatre, books, art, music, nature, birds, manuscripts. 😊 Only here for gentle stuff. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2412300/episodes/16064942
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Maundy Thursday at Sherborne Abbey.
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Wild rabbits? 🐇 Or hares? That’s quite exciting
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@oested.bsky.social hello, can you DM me your address of you’re happy to do so as I’d like to send you a Barnaby Rudge to thank you for supporting my podcast
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They’re so delightful. Thank you.
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Mrs WiggyTinkle fattening up for hibernation. She lets me stroke her snout and definitely seems to seek us out. Forgive the blur, but it was a picture taken in darkness, without flash as I didn’t want to startle her.
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Excuse me Mr Katt, but did you know that sharing’s caring? 🤗
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The 12th century remains of old Buckfast Abbey, Devon.
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The creaking kissing gate at the end of an old sunken track. The stuff of dreams…
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I like this photograph very much. Different types of buildings jostling their shoulders side-by-side.
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Those delicious, eye-soothing arches.
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Some of the remains of Wolvesey Castle in Winchester. Mostly 12th century in date, the castle was the main residence for the Bishops of Winchester. 📸 My own. #WallsOnWednesday #WolvesleyCastle #Winchester
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They’re fab - they draw you in and are really helpful 🤓
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I loved that too. And I did!! 🤗
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I adore these sort of diagrams. This is Buckfast Abbey’s own illustration of …. Buckfast Abbey. How it would have looked in the 15th century.
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A delicious mix of directions here. 😊
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Wherever there is a monastery, there is a good source of running water.

Buckfastleigh, Devon, this evening.