Mark Bolton

At GlouGlou! in Shrewsbury having arrived for Thursday camping at @shrewsburyfolk.bsky.social
A wine bar this good deserves to be busier on a Thursday night. A good selection of wines and small plates to go with them.

Well done - great music. Thank you for your busking for such a great cause.

Home - Acton Scott Heritage Farm WELCOME TO ACTON SCOTT HERITAGE FARM Facebook-f Instagram Tripadvisor We are open from Friday 18 April 2025 Celebrate Spring with us on the Farm We are excited to announce that Acton Scott Heritage Fa...

Walk-in tickets are available on the door, or tickets in advance at actonscottheritagefarm.org.uk
Two tours are also available each day at 1100 and 1400 which will tell you more about Victorian farming practice and what the charity is doing to bring the site back to life, and you are free to wander

Shropshire - a reminder that Acton Scott Heritage Farm is open all bank holiday weekend from 1030-1630. Cafe open from 1100 each day. Over the weekend there will be different demonstrators on site, including farrier, wheelwright, basket makers, spinners etc. Shire horses, lambs, pig, calves etc.

Image shows a 9.5kg Easter Egg in a wooden wheelbarrow, with two Acton Scott Heritage Farm Volunteers in Victorian dress.

Charity raffle for a 9.5kg Easter Egg. Acton Scott Heritage Farm, a charity-run open air museum in Shropshire is running a raffle for this huge Easter egg.

Tickets £1 (and the more you buy the cheaper they are) at: buff.ly/jHSohyp

#raffle #EasterEgg #charity #Shropshire #ActonScottHertiageFarm

Home - Acton Scott Heritage Farm We are open from Friday 18 April 2025 WELCOME TO ACTON SCOTT HERITAGE FARM Facebook-f Instagram Tripadvisor Celebrate Easter with us on the Farm We are excited to announce that Acton Scott Heritage Fa...

Calling anyone in #shropshire for Easter. #ActonScottHeritageFarm, charity-run home of the #VictorianFarm series will be open Good Friday - Easter Monday (and then weekends until the school summer holidays). Cafe open.

Tickets available at: actonscottheritagefarm.org.uk

#workingfarm #museum

What’s wrong with it? Oxidative style, probably goes well with Comte cheese (also from the Jura).
I enjoy most Jura wine styles…

Started reading it - seems like a good book. Certainly received a good review on @jancisrobinson.com from Tamlyn Currin - “…an exceptional, thought-provoking book.” Early days for me, but I would tend to agree.

Can I get away with Sherry as one wine style? If so, there’s so much diversity and good value out there.

For good writing I enjoy The World of Fine Wine: worldoffinewine.com

We welcomed three groups of @mybcu.bsky.social #LandscapeArchitecture students to present at #ActonScottHeritageFarm in Shropshire on their ideas for our site and ways the charity running the #VictorianFarm site can engage visitors. Great visuals and ideas in three engaging presentations. Thank you!

Nice selection, though Clai Brombonero Refošk isn't a white wine...
See www.clai.hr/wine/brombon...

Home - Acton Scott Heritage Farm Welcome to ACTON SCOTT HERITAGE FARM Open Weekends – Easter 2025 Learn More Located in the beautiful South Shropshire countryside, step away from modern life and reconnect with nature. Join us at Acto...

A good day at #ActonScottHeritageFarm, a #VolunteerDay and also start-day for employees 2 & 3 - the Farm Manager and Volunteer / Visitor Experience Manager.
Great that the charity is making progress towards reopening the #VictorianFarm site more fully. More at: actonscottheritagefarm.org.uk

Lovely cat. We have the same puzzle mat on our table!

I find these really interesting. I have the series 2021, 2022, 2024, but am missing 2023. Could you let me know where I could find it (or DM me a link)?

Having just been at a dinner with Mateja Gravner, I would have to say anything from the Gravner winery. Whether they satisfy the natural purists may be in question, but I can think of few better wines made with a natural wine philosophy.

For anyone not familiar with why Gravner’s wines are so special, this is a good background read: www.the-buyer.net/people/produ...

The menu: 16/2/25 Dinner with Mateja Gravner In association with Raeburn Fine Wines Canapés - Shetland Mussel - Truffle Perl Gougere Ribolla 2016 Belhaven Smoked Salmon | Caviar Ribolla 2003 from Magnum Chicken Agnolotti | Pumpkin | Mushroom Ribolla 1999 Hand-dived Orkney Scallop | Oxtail Sivi 2009 Loin of Venison | Pommes Anna Vino Rosso Breg 2007 & 2008 Selection of Cheese Vino Rosso Rujno 2007

Back label from Gravner Ribolla 2003 magnum Only 12.5% alcohol.

Back label from Gravner Ribolla 1999 bottle.

Two of these amazing wines in glass. Clear, amber to nutty brown liquid that belies the amazing flavours - which are still bright even from relatively long aged vintages.

Excellent Gravner wine dinner with Mateja Gravner last night at eòrna in Edinburgh. Great to be able to taste these wines and learn about their making. Great company, and excellent food as expected at eòrna.

A good read.
Had the pleasure of being at a Gravner dinner at eòrna in Edinburgh last night with Mateja Gravner.

Frosty misty morning view with trees. The sun and some blue sky just making an appearance.

Clun Castle (ruins) on a misty morning, with sheep in the foreground looking to see if the cameraman has any food for them.

Snowy scene with trees, fields and hedgerows.

Night sky, possibly with some Aurora Borealis.

Some recent local Clun Valley photos for my first post. Now I’m spending more time here I can spend more time taking photos.

Thank you - that’s useful.

My reaction related to one of those was, there’s an awful lot of maths that isn’t data science…

Just saw Lisa Allan from Reframe Overhead present at the ICAEW’s annual Charity Conference here in the UK. Excellent material, and thought-provoking as treasurer of a small charity.