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Each year, on August bank holiday weekend, people gather to carry out an age-old task. With buckets of chalk, protective gloves, and hammers, they scour the hillside to keep this majestic horse showing its glory for future generations.
Will you be doing some scouring this year?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #UffingtonWhiteHorse #Scouring #TerryPratchett
The mysterious horse-shaped geoglyph England has been maintaining for thousands of years.
The Uffington White Horse is one of the best known geoglyphs in the UK.
Drawn around 3000 years ago on a hillside in Oxfordshire, its chalk outline is maintained each year by volunteers through a restoration campaign.
“Long Grass at #WhiteHorseHill” is the painting I’m most often asked to turn into a #canvasprint.
Earlier this month an older lady got in touch to say how much White Horse Hill had meant to her throughout her life. Having recently moved to a new flat in East Sussex, she wanted a canvas print of “Long Grass at White Horse Hill” for her wall, but didn't feel confident ordering it online, and asked if I could arrange it for her. No problem!
Her canvas print arrived with her last week and she's "delighted" with it. It's already hanging in pride of place, reminding her of a landscape she loves so much. And so do I!
https://janetomlinson.com/products/long-grass-white-horse-hill
I’m making great progress on my latest #painting: a hand painted #map of the main #megalithic sites in #Oxfordshire.
I have literally no idea why I didn’t paint this yeeeears ago.
#workinprogress #standingstones #ancientstonebothering #StandingStoneSunday #stonecircles #rollrightstones #waylandssmithy #uffingtonwhitehorse
Our annual night walk is this weekend, this year taking in the beauty of @ridgeway_national_trail .
https://www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk
#ramblersuk #hiking #walking #theridgewaynationaltrail #nightwalk #goring #oxford #uffingtonwhitehorse #noiredition
Throwback to 2023: Explore Uffington's ancient wonders with Ghost Catcher Isles & Weird Wiltshire Blog! 🐎✨ White Horse Hill, Wayland's Smithy, & more legends await.
Dive in: https://tinyurl.com/2jtu8vcw
Went for a lovely autumnal walk along the Ridgeway to Wayland's Smithy today. Last year I wrote about the myths and legends of this area. Read more here:
#waylandssmithy #theridgeway #uffingtonwhitehorse #ghostcatcherisles #mythsandlegends #autumnwalks #autumn
Lazy long weekend! We went to the Uffington white horse and hiked 6 miles! #LongWeekend #UffingtonWhiteHorse #Uffington
Just back from a fun afternoon of blog research, foraging and chatting with Weird Wiltshire's Emma. Wayland's Smithy and the Uffington White Horse are just over the border in Oxfordshire. Such fascinating places and steeped in mystery.
#waylandssmithy #oxfordshire #uffingtonwhitehorse #theridgeway #foraging #weirdwiltshire #GhostCatcherlsles #blogger #bloggersofinstagram #blogging #walk #autumnwalks #paranormal #uncannycommunity #folklore
Each year people go to carry out an age old task. With buckets of chalk, protective gloves, and hammers supplied, they scour the hillside to keep this majestic horse showing its glory for future generations.
Will you be scouring this year?
Find more details on the event here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-berkshire/white-horse-hill/events/c48bd919-77da-4d2a-9e46-500ef63fcd9b
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #UffingtonWhiteHorse #Scouring #TerryPratchett
‘The Vale of the White Horse’ Eric Ravilious, watercolour, 1939. Available as a greetings card, print, or as part of the Eric Ravilious Hill Figures postcard collection.
https://rathergoodart.co.uk/product/eric-ravilious-hill-figure-postcard-collection/
#ericravilious #ravilious #uffingtonwhitehorse
These slopes mean a lot to me. Spent much of my childhood clambering over them.
"The Manger" near Uffington. A huge, geometrically complex basin carved out by freeze-thaw activity and home to some mythical and legendary stories. Taken from above the B4507 at Woolstone. #uffingtonwhitehorse #NationalTrust
