Mark Walters

Toads in the canal and the first Peacock butterfly today plus a Brimstone that passed through

I’m amazed the Kurds will have anything to do with western powers any more after being abandoned by the coalition and US in particular in Iraq.

Yes all academic book and journal prices are terrible because of the limited audience, but there are some you just have to have. Good that you and the label get a mention though.

It needs to be more affordable to get to a wider audience, terrible price at the moment without a discount

Ahh, that’s a shame they cut it 😕 Yes, would be interested in a read 👍

Contents page for info

That’s great. It’s quite an approachable read for an academic book and full of interesting views and nuggets of info. Crucially, it’s bang up to date with mentions of lots of current artists and labels involved in the scene. Hope you enjoy it and get a good discount 👍

Looking forward to a read of this book which explores the 21st century hauntology music scene and particularly music inspired by landscape and cultural heritage. Expensive but thanks to @moonbuilding.bsky.social newsletter review you get a £32 discount. PDF version also expensive.

Looking forward to this music event at Shrewsbury in September. Tickets flying so book early here skiddle.com/deeplink?typ...

BACK IN STOCK: 'Micrographia' by Bug Teeth

Restocks of the highly recommended debut from Leeds psych dream pop group.

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March is National Reading Month in the U.S. - as good a reason as any to share my suggestions for which of the many versions of The Mabinogion you should read!
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Lovely photo👍

Pre-ordered 👍 Looking forward to it 🎶

The medieval and post medieval stone roof tile quarries on the west side of Corndon Hill, Powys. The lidar data shows the extent of working quite nicely and the earthworks of the quarry pits are well preserved and accessible on footpaths.

😁 I think the rabbits had it.

Blimey, must have passed each other on the Corndon ridge 👍

White Grit lead mine pumping engine house. Originally it housed a 1783 Boulton & Watt engine. This was upgraded with a larger beam engine in the 1840s.

Had to stop and look around the White Grit ‘tin tabernacle’ corrugated iron church which would have served the lead mining community here.

Managed to find the unusual X-shaped medieval artificial rabbit warren (often called pillow mounds because of shape) on Middleton Hill near Corndon. Easily missed and best found with lidar.

Mitchell’s Fold Stone Circle is great if you catch it when it’s quiet up there. The Hoarstones stone circle is less visited to the north. Loads of cairns on Corndon with fab views. Well worth a visit 👍

It’s been over a decade since we walked around Corndon Hill and Stapeley Hill so I revisited in the sunshine on a 12km circular. Fabulous prehistoric landscape here with stone circles, cairns, standing stones (largely fallen) and barrows #archaeology #prehistoric

Title of this piece is wrong, you mean Onshore - not Off-shore

Getting off the Bus: Loula Yorke Interviewed | The Quietus Time is a Succession of Such Shapes by LOULA YORKE Loula Yorke is a fixture in leftfield electronic music now. She’s one of those artists whose name is a watchword for a very particular sound. In her ...

Salix is up for pre-order today! I sat down with @thequietus.com for a potted history about how I ended up making up electronic music from a cottage in Suffolk 🌟✨💫

R.I.P. Éliane Radigue, one of the most innovative and radical composers of our century- if you haven’t heard her music yet, prepare for something simultaneously delicate and oceanic. I don’t love the word “genius” but she deserves it.

Ahh, I see, thanks 👍

Are you saying that water meters are a rip off and I should avoid getting one ?

Nice light early this morning with the rain clouds heading in from the west in the background

Wow 😮 My annual water bill went up £172.40 to £743 with Hafren Dyfyrdwy (Severn Dee Water). Probably time to consider a free water meter !

The mines at Allt y Crib look particularly early. I went down them in the 90s and they display classic early opencast work at the surface expanding into deeper workings with early tooling below. Quite a dangerous place underground though. We passed a possible stone hammer onto David Jenkins.