Firstly a mistake, the woad on the Humber bank is more likely to be yellow rocket, Barberea vulgaris, associated historically with a young Greek woman, Barbara, killed by Roman soldiers in A.D. 235 and later canonised by the Roman Catholic Church. Vulgaris = common (‘of damp places and riversides’). The above picture is taken (internet) […]

Another fine day, occasional whispy cumulus only, slight, refreshing easterly breeze. A.m. two coats of undercoat on rear gable-end of garage. P.m. took Rachael to an event at New Holland Community Hall, Good community café there, sat with Molly on Danesgate, pleasant area opposite the old Yarborough Hotel, on a day like today New Holland has

Another day dominated by high pressure, clear sky all day, warmth moderated only by a gentle easterly breeze. Painted garage door before watching wedding of Megan Markel and Harry Windsor at St. George’s chapel, Windsor Castle. Unconventional ceremony with address by American Episcopalian minister and other features celebrating Megan’s mixed-race heritage. Megan and her mother

Clay banks (linear mounds of earth created in the past by man-power alone) inland from coastal lowlands obviously had a different function to flood defence clay banks. One such function was to define parish boundaries. Since a Papal diktat of the early Middle Ages had required people to attend their local church only (this to ensure

The authors of the recently acquired book Tidal Lands (see blogs of 6th and 9th of May), published 1918, devoted one chapter, entitled Tidal Land Reclamation, to clay bank technology around the North Sea at that time. This is of particular interest to me as I have a long-term objective to research and publish on the topic

The above photo, taken, I think, from the top of the Castle (an artificial stone structure commissioned by the early railway company), is a view north-west along the promenade at Cleethorpes with the pier (s.p.b.) in the middle distance and the top of the water tower showing beyond. Just as the 19th century lighthouse on Spurn is clearly