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18/02/2023

Місто, яке щодня надихає ❤

Ph: 4udo.4udesnoe 📸

Imagine the surprise, then, of the people who rediscovered Royston Cave, quite by accident, in the summer of 1742. A wor...
17/02/2023

Imagine the surprise, then, of the people who rediscovered Royston Cave, quite by accident, in the summer of 1742. A workman, digging foundations for a new bench in the town's butter market, struck a buried millstone and found that it was hiding the entrance to a deep shaft in the earth. This being an age before the dawn of health and safety directives, a passing small boy was promptly handed a candle and sent down on a rope to investigate, while the townsfolk of Royston chattered excitedly above about the prospect of buried treasure.

Amid the grisly Christian scenes were Pagan images: a large carving of a horse, and a fertility symbol known as a sheela...
17/02/2023

Amid the grisly Christian scenes were Pagan images: a large carving of a horse, and a fertility symbol known as a sheela na gig, depicting a woman with exaggerated sexual organs. Another portrayed a person holding a skull in their right hand and a candle in their left, theorised to represent an initiation ceremony – a tantalising clue as to the cave's possible purpose. Adding to the carvings' creepiness was their rudimentary, almost childlike, ex*****on.

17/02/2023

Саме так виглядають улюблені зимові вечори!

Ph: wavemeart 📸

The real wonder of the cave, Curteis says, is its survival and rediscovery. "We've lost 99% of the other artwork from th...
14/02/2023

The real wonder of the cave, Curteis says, is its survival and rediscovery. "We've lost 99% of the other artwork from that period, so the cave really is incredibly special. Just maybe not for the reasons that some people think."

As I walked, I passed gigantic T-shaped structures called "taulas" (tables). Taller than a person and created from colos...
12/02/2023

As I walked, I passed gigantic T-shaped structures called "taulas" (tables). Taller than a person and created from colossal stone slabs that glowed under the bright Spanish sun, they immediately caught my attention. When I learned these tables had given rise to legends about giants living on the island, I started to wonder who really built them, how they were made and what they were used for.

Although she appreciates made-from-scratch dishes, Boudy acknowledges that life gets busy for everyone. So, she encourag...
10/02/2023

Although she appreciates made-from-scratch dishes, Boudy acknowledges that life gets busy for everyone. So, she encourages us to remember mise en place (the French technique to prep all ingredients before cooking), buy pre-chopped vegetables and read any recipe three times before turning on the stove.

In the company of two friends, Carl and José, I was embarking on a journey to the most remote pub in mainland Britain. A...
09/02/2023

In the company of two friends, Carl and José, I was embarking on a journey to the most remote pub in mainland Britain. Accessible only by sea ferry or by a two-day, 18-mile hike across the Scottish Highlands from the small settlement of Kinloch Hourn (or an even longer, 28-mile yomp from the hamlet of Glenfinnan), the Old Forge sits in the village of Inverie, on the southern coast of the Knoydart peninsula. "Walking in" to the pub is a rite of passage in the outdoors community, and one we were keen to tick off, thirsty in equal measure for adventure and the extreme satisfaction of a pint well earned.

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