Cornish and annoyingly proud of it, currently landlocked in rural Gloucestershire. Photographer, artist, poet, senior marketing professional, dog walker!
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Most people in Britain carry DNA that traces back over four thousand years.๐ฌ๐งโ๏ธ
Before the Romans. Before the Anglo-Saxons. Before the Vikings.
Your ancestors were already here. And scientists just proved what they built.
In 1999, two men pulled something from a German hilltop. The oldest map of the night sky ever found. Anywhere.
The Nebra Sky Disc. 3,600 years old. Found in Germany.
But scientists traced the gold. Atom by atom. It came from Cornwall.
The tin? Also Cornwall.
Your ancestors mined it from this ground. It travelled 4,000km. Across the sea, through Europe, to the Mediterranean.
Without tin, you cannot make bronze. No tools. No weapons. No civilisation as we know it.
Egypt. Greece. None of them could function without what came from these islands.
Near Stonehenge, they found a chieftain with a gold lozenge on his chest and a dagger with 140,000 gold studs. Each thinner than a human hair.
They tested the gold. Cornwall. Again.
Stonehenge was 500 years old when the first pyramid was built.
They taught you these islands were at the edge of the world. They were at the centre of it.
The miners. The traders. The builders. They never left. Their DNA is still here. In you.
Be proud of that.
They taught you Rome brought civilisation to Britain.
They didn't teach you Britain supplied the metal that built it.
We will.
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Upcoming Home Fixtures ๐ฎโ๐จ๐
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White smoke! The 133 Cardinal electors gathered in the Vaticanโs Sistine Chapel have elected the new Pope. He will appear soon at the central window of St. Peterโs Basilica.
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For one last time, inspirational Head Coach, Sean Lynn, takes the reins for Gloucester Hartpury tomorrow afternoon. ๐ช
Thank you for everything, Lynnie! ๐ซก
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On the 43 year anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat disaster, we remember the brave crew of the โSolomon Browneโ who were lost attempting to rescue the crew and passengers on board, including former Pirate John Blewett.
Pause, reflect and remember those indefinably courageous men who tragically lost their lives in the Penlee Lifeboat disaster.
Their courage, sacrifice and selflessness will always be remembered.
Let us also pay tribute to all who risk everything to save others at sea.
@RNLI