Thanks to everyone who has donated so far - I’m now half way to reaching my initial fundraising goal of £300 for @TheBHF #WalkForHearts! ✨ https://t.co/2lq4jQMi0z

Following on from my Walk For Hearts for @TheBHF ( https://t.co/2lq4jQMi0z ) I will be giving a #Thatcham history talk for the @ThatchamTC Mayor in aid of Home-Start West Berkshire, @swingsandsmiles and Bridge for Young People - details at https://t.co/f0w3xRTjsW

The next Triskele Heritage winter lecture is happening next week. Please do feel free to share far and wide if you can 🙂 More info and bookings can be found here: https://t.co/5KDpz7LkAJ

In 2015 I did a charity walk for @RBNHSFT carrying an AED (defibrillator). This February I’m taking on the Walk for Hearts to support the British Heart Foundation (@TheBHF), some of the walks I will also carry the AED. Any support is hugely appreciated: https://t.co/2lq4jQMi0z

I thought one of the walks I would do is to visit all of our new, and old plaques. If you want to know more about the plaques watch https://t.co/Pk8Uja4fuF or wait until I have done that section and I will post more information about them. 2/2

Below is an image of what was Dunston House, #Thatcham, an 18th century manor house (rather stately home). You can read more about it on my blog at https://t.co/mOSmLvoDiT . There is a blue plaque for it so as part of @TheBHF #WalkForHearts ( https://t.co/2lq4jQMi0z ) 1/2

Plan to cover some local (Thatcham, Newbury, Greenham, etc) history & nature on the walks. And I will do parts of it carrying a defibrillator! Later in the year will do some fundraising for other charities too. 2/2

Now signed up for @TheBHF #WalkforHearts event, having earlier this week had an ICD change (thank you @RBNHSFT ) only highlights even more the importance of the work by the BHF. I am committing to walking 100 miles in February. Donate via https://t.co/2lq4jQMPQ7 1/2

Looking for new mouse, like the look of the Inphic INX and few others. Know can be used as a basic mouse on Mac, not seeing any app / customisation that is available for MacOS so assume it is just basic mouse. @InphicL any plans to release MacOS app?

Will be fundraising for a few charities. Will be starting in February with the 28, 50 or 100 miles walk challenge for @TheBHF ( https://t.co/AXMTyHiwIz). Will sign up next week when I know which target I am aiming for.

@jpwarchaeology Another excellent talk by @jpwarchaeology and nice way to finish the year (almost) off. Looking forward to the Medieval Traveller -

End of year history/archeology talk by @jpwarchaeology tonight (30 Dec '25), always a great watch and always learn so much from them.

.@AmazonUK can I suggest something revolutionary for your delivery drivers? (1) Teach them what a doorbell is (& how to use) (2) Failing that teach them how to knock (3) Failing that teach them what a porch is (4) Failing that not to leave items out in the pouring rain

The Mounts were also Lords of the manor of Henwick (and others), the Tulls (Crookham) - neither noted. Am I missing something? Am I wrong? When were Henwick & Crookham combined? A bit of my research on my blog at @nickbits https://t.co/TDoTM4qcN1 / https://t.co/mOSmLvpb8r (2/2)

Noting that the Lordship title of Crookham & Henwick has been sold (really???), (@TheGazetteUK ) https://t.co/nDAiIRIA2m. Issue(s): - historically Henwick was not confirmed as a separate manor until the Raymonds & they are not named on the document https://t.co/lMfVlJ7sst (1/2)

Hard to think on 22 years ago today (10 Dec 2003) I graduated, for a second time, from @UniofBath, this time with a PhD, something I never thought achievable!

One of our local, #Thatcham, buildings is known as the Court House, however this appears is a name adopted in the 1900s and to date have found no evidence it was ever a court house. Perhaps a court yard or used for marketing. It is a 16th century building.

I will be talking to Bucklebury History Group (see https://t.co/EZX9Toi7WW ) in February about some of the historic houses in #Thatcham including the Poplars ( see https://t.co/5ujExeSnZS ) and Dunston House (see https://t.co/mOSmLvoDiT).

Many still think #Thatcham is a village and I actually still say I am going to "The Village" (meaning the town centre / shops) but we have been a town since 1974. See my @nickbits blog for more details - https://t.co/Dub0h5I8Tf

Have tried a few pairs of bluetooth headphones for the macbook thinking since the last time I tried the codec/lag may have improved. Guess I was wrong, back to wired!