sorry about my This Town rant it’s just….. y know when you encounter something that you completely vibe with and it encapsulates all your beliefs and vibes but also gives you a new perspective…. yeah This Town does exactly that for me
i NEED other characters to be more expanded upon tho this is why we need a season two I need to learn more about jeannie and Fiona STAT. I am convinced I would be absolutely obsessed w them if we got more focus on them and their backstories in a second season
this is your reminder to go watch This Town on the bbc
part of what makes Bardon so compelling and tragic as a character is that he’s so good at looking fucking miserable. my boy just wants to do his exams stop putting him in situations
this is your reminder to go watch This Town on the bbc
just wanted to finish my fucking cider but my mum already thinks I’m a fucking drunk or something (IM NOT I SWEAR she just overreacts) in other news I want Bardon’s style so so much but idk if I’d be able to pull it off though,,,, I love his style so fucking much though a aughhghh he’s so cool
this is your reminder to go watch This Town on the bbc
🪹Nestling Phase: You start with a casual interest, peeking out of your cozy comfort zone to notice the birds around you.
🐤Fledgling Feats: You spread your wings, equipped with binoculars and guidebooks, ready to explore new habitats and spot diverse species.
🐦⬛Perching Proficiency: Your skills sharpen as you learn to identify birds by their calls, habits, and plumage, and feel a sense of accomplishment with each new sighting.
🦅Masterful Migration: Finally, you soar confidently, traversing landscapes near and far, sharing your passion with others. In the end, the true joy of birding lies in the journey itself—every chirp, flutter, and waddle along the way.
Today @jeremys-come-to-bed-eyes and I went on something that I might have been classified as a "research trip" for The Beekeepers Picnic, if it had happened a few years ago! As it is, there's no hiding that it was just a geeky fan trip.
I didn't invent the idea of Holmes retiring to keep bees in a village called Fulworth - it gets alluded to a few times in the stories, and there is one story set there, 'The Lion's Mane'.
We know Holmes' retirement home is either a 'cottage' or a 'villa', it's a few miles out of Eastbourne, and it's clearly somewhere where it's possible to walk to the sea for a swim. Sherlockian tradition is that the real-life place fitting this description is the village of East Dean.
So, that's where we went - walking from Eastbourne.
This area is famous for it's white chalk cliffs, which are eroding away very quickly. Here is a path to nowhere!
These cliffs are known as the Seven Sisters. They all have names but the only two I remember are Short Bottom and Rough Bottom.
The beach there is all pebbles - I knew that when creating my game, but I felt like a pebble beach just wouldn't look right all in pixels, so I made it sandy instead.
East Dean is absolutely gorgeous, basically everything I could have hoped for.
Here is the village green - flying a Ukrainian flag in solidarity!
And here is Mr Holmes' official cottage. As far as we could tell its now an office of the local estate rather than someone's house, so we didn't feel too weird taking lots of pictures! The Lions Mane implies his cottage is a little way out of the village, but I'll forgive them for putting it in the centre instead.
(I think that the dates are obviously the dates he lived there as recorded by his biographer - our last information on Holmes is from 1917. I think they made the right call not to try to invent a date for his death.)
A lot of the cottages in the area have this really distinctive mixture of pebbles and brick which I think must be a hallmark of the local area, but I was pleased to see a few whitewashed buildings like the ones I put in the game:
Thank you for reading, please enjoy this adorable foal.
The Great Outdoors! I can imagine Chang and Tintin going on camping or hiking trips for dates. While they love exploring museums and flea markets, in the woods they can avoid public scrutiny.
I've just been in the mood for drawing in ink and also doing long walks outside. These are inked traditionally and coloured digitally.