Helen J
@helgaj.bsky.social
Community arts, heritage and archaeology. In Cumbria.
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This reminds me of my favourite little factoid about hedgehogs. They used to be called 'urchins' in English, so a sea urchin was a sea hedgehog. In Welsh, a hedgehog is a draenog, and a sea urchin is draenog môr... a sea hedgehog.
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This reminds me of my favourite little factoid about hedgehogs. They used to be called 'urchins' in English, so a sea urchin was a sea hedgehog. In Welsh, a hedgehog is a draenog, and a sea urchin is draenog môr... a sea hedgehog.
The photo is of the repair work to Cockermouth Castle after a landslip during the devastating floods of 2015. Photo by Phil Campbell.
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The photo is of the repair work to Cockermouth Castle after a landslip during the devastating floods of 2015. Photo by Phil Campbell.
Yes! But I can't remember either....
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Yes! But I can't remember either....
We got all the classic Stock Aitkin and Watermen on vinyl from Wellesbourne Radio and Television, who refused to stock any other format.
November 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
We got all the classic Stock Aitkin and Watermen on vinyl from Wellesbourne Radio and Television, who refused to stock any other format.
It's 'Orrible Being in Love (When You're 8½) by Claire and Friends (the follow up single to There's no one quite like Grandma), probably from Leamington Woolworths.
November 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It's 'Orrible Being in Love (When You're 8½) by Claire and Friends (the follow up single to There's no one quite like Grandma), probably from Leamington Woolworths.
It's fairly common in London. Back when I worked on the Thames foreshore I woud expect to find a Ganesh or two on the river in September-October time. Sometimes it would be ones that are designed to dissolve in the water, so I assume they're available here.
November 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It's fairly common in London. Back when I worked on the Thames foreshore I woud expect to find a Ganesh or two on the river in September-October time. Sometimes it would be ones that are designed to dissolve in the water, so I assume they're available here.
I had a poke about on the foreshore and found a jetty and few other features. There's more work to do, we'll be back...
It's a beautiful site in one of my favourite places.
It's a beautiful site in one of my favourite places.
October 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I had a poke about on the foreshore and found a jetty and few other features. There's more work to do, we'll be back...
It's a beautiful site in one of my favourite places.
It's a beautiful site in one of my favourite places.
I had the same thoughts earlier this year. I tried so hard to become a tube zombie and zone it all out, but I just can't access that part of my brain any more.
Also I had completely forgotten where to stand on the platform to get off at Euston. ffs.
Also I had completely forgotten where to stand on the platform to get off at Euston. ffs.
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I had the same thoughts earlier this year. I tried so hard to become a tube zombie and zone it all out, but I just can't access that part of my brain any more.
Also I had completely forgotten where to stand on the platform to get off at Euston. ffs.
Also I had completely forgotten where to stand on the platform to get off at Euston. ffs.