Helsbels
@helenus3.bsky.social
Archaeology/art/landscape/wildlife/nature/environment/old buildings/old stuff
Chester, UK
Susceptible to beauty, cake & currently, politics & grumpiness
Chester, UK
Susceptible to beauty, cake & currently, politics & grumpiness
Jon Pertwee quoted in his Wiki entry 😢
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Jon Pertwee quoted in his Wiki entry 😢
BBC4 showing a feature-length episode of 1972 #DrWho 'The Sea Devils' with Jon Pertwee, who I once saw theatrically trying on a tweed cape (yes) in Simpsons Piccadilly c1980.
Rubber monsters, comic-book villain, terrible lighting, cardboard props, melodramatic acting & silly music. Fabulous.
Rubber monsters, comic-book villain, terrible lighting, cardboard props, melodramatic acting & silly music. Fabulous.
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
BBC4 showing a feature-length episode of 1972 #DrWho 'The Sea Devils' with Jon Pertwee, who I once saw theatrically trying on a tweed cape (yes) in Simpsons Piccadilly c1980.
Rubber monsters, comic-book villain, terrible lighting, cardboard props, melodramatic acting & silly music. Fabulous.
Rubber monsters, comic-book villain, terrible lighting, cardboard props, melodramatic acting & silly music. Fabulous.
Currently reading this rather good book on Whistler. That vase definitely needs a 'Little White Girl' to admire it
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Currently reading this rather good book on Whistler. That vase definitely needs a 'Little White Girl' to admire it
Excellent tunes from the City of Chester Band 🎅🏻
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Excellent tunes from the City of Chester Band 🎅🏻
First mulled wine of the season... community Christmas spirit in Tarvin village high street, Cheshire this evening ❤️🎄🎄🎄
#Christmasstreetmarket #Tarvin #Chester
#Christmasstreetmarket #Tarvin #Chester
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
First mulled wine of the season... community Christmas spirit in Tarvin village high street, Cheshire this evening ❤️🎄🎄🎄
#Christmasstreetmarket #Tarvin #Chester
#Christmasstreetmarket #Tarvin #Chester
He'd definitely have to concede! As it happens I'm currently re-reading while on baby-sitting duty 😅
Really like the bit about Llyn Cerrig Bach too...so easy to imagine those 'lingering spirits' on Anglesey and especially at that spot...
Really like the bit about Llyn Cerrig Bach too...so easy to imagine those 'lingering spirits' on Anglesey and especially at that spot...
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
He'd definitely have to concede! As it happens I'm currently re-reading while on baby-sitting duty 😅
Really like the bit about Llyn Cerrig Bach too...so easy to imagine those 'lingering spirits' on Anglesey and especially at that spot...
Really like the bit about Llyn Cerrig Bach too...so easy to imagine those 'lingering spirits' on Anglesey and especially at that spot...
What struck me was the beauty of it, the lines, the extraordinary shape...seemed astonishing that this beautiful giant abstract sculptural thing was actually a plane
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
What struck me was the beauty of it, the lines, the extraordinary shape...seemed astonishing that this beautiful giant abstract sculptural thing was actually a plane
The statements of his school peers clearly show that he was extremely insulting and hurtful. Some of his victims were obviously traumatised.
He is lying his racist, bullying, fascist head off, and has no shame because the fascist views he held age 17 are exactly the same views he holds today.
He is lying his racist, bullying, fascist head off, and has no shame because the fascist views he held age 17 are exactly the same views he holds today.
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The statements of his school peers clearly show that he was extremely insulting and hurtful. Some of his victims were obviously traumatised.
He is lying his racist, bullying, fascist head off, and has no shame because the fascist views he held age 17 are exactly the same views he holds today.
He is lying his racist, bullying, fascist head off, and has no shame because the fascist views he held age 17 are exactly the same views he holds today.
What a joy it must have been to draw the cats in that illustration
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
What a joy it must have been to draw the cats in that illustration
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Spotted...The Holiday on telly, that's the sign🎄
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Spotted...The Holiday on telly, that's the sign🎄
Well. Definitely breeches, and loose white cotton shirt obligatory *fans face in ladylike way*. Yes send him over, if he doesn't look much like Matthew Macfadyen I'm sure we can pretend 😉😅
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Well. Definitely breeches, and loose white cotton shirt obligatory *fans face in ladylike way*. Yes send him over, if he doesn't look much like Matthew Macfadyen I'm sure we can pretend 😉😅
There's definitely an expectant gap here. Where's Mr. Darcy striding towards me in his big coat #wishfulthinking 😆
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There's definitely an expectant gap here. Where's Mr. Darcy striding towards me in his big coat #wishfulthinking 😆
A quiet sunset walk in the fields and suddenly someone's set fire to the sky and cast swathes of rainbow mist over the grass... so still and other-worldly I half expect to see some lantern-carrying elves, or at least a ghostly Roman soldier making his way along the old road...
#Cheshire
#Cheshire
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A quiet sunset walk in the fields and suddenly someone's set fire to the sky and cast swathes of rainbow mist over the grass... so still and other-worldly I half expect to see some lantern-carrying elves, or at least a ghostly Roman soldier making his way along the old road...
#Cheshire
#Cheshire
#Conwy is such gem. A beautiful, bustling, charming, friendly town with loads of excellent independent shops like Edwards of Conwy, Baravelli's chocolates, Vinomondo wine, the Cheese Room, amazing bakers etc. I 'might' be taking a few things home with me 😗😋
#NorthWales
#NorthWales
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#Conwy is such gem. A beautiful, bustling, charming, friendly town with loads of excellent independent shops like Edwards of Conwy, Baravelli's chocolates, Vinomondo wine, the Cheese Room, amazing bakers etc. I 'might' be taking a few things home with me 😗😋
#NorthWales
#NorthWales
Conwy Castle, #NorthWales. Along with the defensive walls encircling the town, it cost Edward I the astronomical sum of £15,000 to build, 1283-87.
Darkly atmospheric, haunted by jackdaws, pigeons and the ghosts of soldiers and kings...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conwy_C... #medieval #castles
Darkly atmospheric, haunted by jackdaws, pigeons and the ghosts of soldiers and kings...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conwy_C... #medieval #castles
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Conwy Castle, #NorthWales. Along with the defensive walls encircling the town, it cost Edward I the astronomical sum of £15,000 to build, 1283-87.
Darkly atmospheric, haunted by jackdaws, pigeons and the ghosts of soldiers and kings...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conwy_C... #medieval #castles
Darkly atmospheric, haunted by jackdaws, pigeons and the ghosts of soldiers and kings...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conwy_C... #medieval #castles
Great atmosphere in Conwy today for the half-marathon, thirteen miles round the Great Orme 😯 Our son-in-law was running so we made a weekend of it 🏴 #NorthWales #castles
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Great atmosphere in Conwy today for the half-marathon, thirteen miles round the Great Orme 😯 Our son-in-law was running so we made a weekend of it 🏴 #NorthWales #castles
Mind you, this was student me at a dinner in 1976 with fag, retro wallpaper and classic candle in Chianti bottle 😅
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Mind you, this was student me at a dinner in 1976 with fag, retro wallpaper and classic candle in Chianti bottle 😅
Richard Burton lighting up in every interview on BBC 4. No wonder he had such a gravelly voice
#RichardBurton #TalkingPictures
#RichardBurton #TalkingPictures
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Richard Burton lighting up in every interview on BBC 4. No wonder he had such a gravelly voice
#RichardBurton #TalkingPictures
#RichardBurton #TalkingPictures
Fabulous site with a stupendous view...had a delightful walk up there a while ago with @churton.bsky.social and explored the main cave too
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Fabulous site with a stupendous view...had a delightful walk up there a while ago with @churton.bsky.social and explored the main cave too
Like beautiful little pieces of abstract art. Reminiscent of Boro, long-repaired antique Japanese workwear, and the idea of wabi-sabi, the Japanese concept of beauty that comes with age. Though think I'd maybe draw the line at the bootees
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Like beautiful little pieces of abstract art. Reminiscent of Boro, long-repaired antique Japanese workwear, and the idea of wabi-sabi, the Japanese concept of beauty that comes with age. Though think I'd maybe draw the line at the bootees
'These days, the 'Power Walk' is more of a cliche, appearing in numerous spoof movies and eye-rolling scenes of irony.'
- Far Out Magazine on the opening scene from Reservoir Dogs
- Far Out Magazine on the opening scene from Reservoir Dogs
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
'These days, the 'Power Walk' is more of a cliche, appearing in numerous spoof movies and eye-rolling scenes of irony.'
- Far Out Magazine on the opening scene from Reservoir Dogs
- Far Out Magazine on the opening scene from Reservoir Dogs
Detail from Fireworks at Ryōgoku, 1858, colour woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858); from his 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' series.
My 📷 at the recent Hiroshige exhibition at @britishmuseum.bsky.social hence the reflections
#BonfireNight #Japaneseprints
My 📷 at the recent Hiroshige exhibition at @britishmuseum.bsky.social hence the reflections
#BonfireNight #Japaneseprints
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Detail from Fireworks at Ryōgoku, 1858, colour woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858); from his 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' series.
My 📷 at the recent Hiroshige exhibition at @britishmuseum.bsky.social hence the reflections
#BonfireNight #Japaneseprints
My 📷 at the recent Hiroshige exhibition at @britishmuseum.bsky.social hence the reflections
#BonfireNight #Japaneseprints
Took a group of old schoolfriends on a history tour of my city of #Chester. Might have overdone the Roman bits slightly 👍😅 but they were impressed that parts of the original Roman city walls are still there & visible, forming the base of the later medieval walls.
#Chester #WallsonWednesday 🏺
#Chester #WallsonWednesday 🏺
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Took a group of old schoolfriends on a history tour of my city of #Chester. Might have overdone the Roman bits slightly 👍😅 but they were impressed that parts of the original Roman city walls are still there & visible, forming the base of the later medieval walls.
#Chester #WallsonWednesday 🏺
#Chester #WallsonWednesday 🏺
A friend's pony living her unicorn dream at Halloween. She's the most docile, sweet natured animal. I'm not normally a horsey person but she could convert me 🦄💖
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A friend's pony living her unicorn dream at Halloween. She's the most docile, sweet natured animal. I'm not normally a horsey person but she could convert me 🦄💖