Laura Hardy

Sometimes in life those quiet moments bring the most unexpected joys. Having had a great day at Chalke History Festival, I was just stood outside my tent enjoying the stillness, and spent a few minutes watching A rabbit hopping between the tents 😆

25.06.2025 23:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dorset town named one of the UK's best preserved medieval destinations Sherborne has been named one of the UK's most well-preserved medieval destinations.

www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2525368...

22.06.2025 11:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

At 0730 on 6 June 1944 men of 1 DORSET were amongst the first British troops to hit the beaches.

Remembering all those men who risked, and in some cases sacrificed, everything to bring freedom to Europe on the beaches of Normandy 81 years ago today.

#DDay81 #DDay #Normandy

06.06.2025 07:02 — 👍 33    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0

Kudos to the bird that managed to shit an image of itself onto this bloke's car.

05.06.2025 06:06 — 👍 16414    🔁 1781    💬 443    📌 182

Check out this 4 bedroom semi-detached house for sale on Rightmove 4 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in The Verne, Portland, DT5 for £650,000. Marketed by Wilson Tominey Estate Agents, Weymouth

Something about this property appeals to me. Yes, it has fantastic sea views, but it's not that. Perhaps it's something to do with the unique garden feature of "a stone entrance leading to three layers of tunnels steeped in history and charm"!!!
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

04.06.2025 20:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey @thehistoryguy.bsky.social I'm FINALLY visiting Portsmouth Historic Dockyard for the first time tomorrow (7 May = 260 years since Victory was launched, and 50 years since I was). Any hidden gems that most people miss that I should look out for while I'm there?

06.05.2025 21:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

25 years ago, I lived in Portsmouth, less than a mile from Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (which I never got around to visiting). Next week, on what is both my 50th birthday and the 260th anniversary of HMS Victory's launch, I'm finally going to make that long-overdue visit! 😀

03.05.2025 08:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ancient Dorset burial site raises questions over age of Stonehenge Re-dating of Flagstones monument to about 3,200BC came after analysis by Exeter University and Historic England

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

15.03.2025 10:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ancient burial site in Dorset found to be older than Stonehenge Archaeological research on the prehistoric Dorset burial site 'Flagstones' has revealed that it is the earliest known large circular enclosure in…

www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2498662...

08.03.2025 22:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Graph: the UK's net-zero costs are falling

The cost of reaching net zero in the UK by 2050 is now predicted to be just 0.2% of GDP (about £4 billion per year).

Spread this far and wide. It reveals Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to net zero for being 'too expensive' as just plain wrong.

27.02.2025 14:02 — 👍 502    🔁 259    💬 11    📌 6

A pair of trousers/pants recently found in the attic of the Auschwitz camp commandant.

Inmates wore these striped uniforms in summer and in subzero winter temperatures. The waist was tightened with extra cords- so much weight had the inmate lost.

27.01.2025 16:58 — 👍 145    🔁 23    💬 5    📌 1

Can confirm we will be renaming everything in the #Museum based on what we would like it to be called rather than what it is called.

This may take us a few weeks so please be patient

21.01.2025 12:42 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

A pinhole camera photo taken from Summer to Winter Solstice. It's a bit blurry as the aperture was made with a tiny needle and no focus mechanism. There are yellow to green lines across the photo, that's the Sun moving across the sky over the course of a day. The top line is from the Summer Solstice, the bottom line from the Winter Solstice. Cloudy days don't have any lines or broken lines as the Sun was obscured by clouds. There are some trees on the left, right and in the background.

A pinhole camera photo, a 6 month exposure from Summer to Winter solstice. There are trees on the right side and background. A house with two cars in the drive are visible almost in the center of the photo. The lines are made from the Sun moving across the sky with the bottom line being the Winter Solstice and the top line the Summer solstice. On cloudy days the lines are broken or not visible as the sun was obscured by clouds. The lines show some reflections from a tree trunk. The lines are mostly a white color with some hints of blue, green and yellow in places. Some of the colors could be from rain or snow staining the paper I was using.

Happy Winter Solstice!

These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure.

Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice.

The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds

21.12.2024 14:01 — 👍 5186    🔁 1504    💬 173    📌 67

Dorchester: How did a 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct grow by 2km? Archaeologists have

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Romans

25.11.2024 08:03 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The Great Gale: Reliving the deadly storm 200 years on The Great Gale of 1824 killed as many as 100 people when it hit England's south coast.

#OTD 📅 23 Nov 1824 a deadly storm known as the 'Great Gale' struck the south of England, devastating many coastal communities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

23.11.2024 09:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hello! I've finally found my way here thanks to @awdorset.bsky.social
Will be slowly finding my way around in between naps (currently fighting seasonal lurgy and laryngitis) and patiently waiting for my PC (which is being incredibly slow today) to catch up.

22.10.2023 11:36 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0