#Isle of May

[kylebonallo]

The Isle of May, by Kyle Bonallo (ig: @kylebonallo)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Razorbill, Isle of May by Tobias Verfuss

[cubephotos]

Isle of May 08.2023

📷 Nikon D810

[mothmiso]

Scotland (2) (3) (4) (5) by Tobias Verfuss

Via Flickr:

(1) Basalt columns at a cliff near Elie (2) Eilean Donan Castle (3) Sligachan Old Bridge (4) The Western cliffs of the Isle of May are composed of volcanic rock (5) Atlantic puffin with a mouthful of sandeels    

[maypoleman1]

4th March

St Adrian of May’s Day

Isle of May Chapel, St Adrian’s Priory. Source: Britain Express website

Today is St Adrian of May’s Day. Adrian was an Irish missionary allegedly killed by Viking raiders on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth on this day in 875. A priory was built on the island and dedicated to the canonised martyr. During the Middle Ages, the island became a centre of pilgrimage as the faithful flocked to May to obtain St Adrian’s blessing: the surviving place names of long gone settlements on the island such as Pilgrim’s Haven, Holyman’s Road and Angel Stack, testify to May’s medieval piety. Unfortunately, the evidence was that the construction of the priory on such a remote location probably had as much to do with the church avoiding having to obtain the local lords’ permission to build, as it did with honouring the unfortunate Adrian himself. The priory is now in ruins but remains impressive enough and continues to attract hundreds of visitors a year, although it has been overtaken in tourists’ estimation by the abundant bird life on the island.

[doomsday-dj]

Did not expect seeing Jodie Foster get awkwardly railed by a man to be a part of my 2024.

[patricksteelebodger]

This is the only day you can reblog this.

On this day, May 21st, Philip Wittebane started recording his journey through the Boiling Isles.

"My journey through the Demon Realm is far from over. But today I humbly donate my journal to the ages. Entry One: May 21…I think. My Name is Philip Wittebane."

[angelbitezzz]

Goofy nerd in slutty white tank top save me...save me goofy nerd in slutty white tank top

[orb-the-watchman]

I hope we all invoke death of the author and all agree even though Chandlo ate the Cheddaboardle Rex that it’s still Triffany’s boss snak in spirit

[kylebonallo]

The Isle of May, by Kyle Bonallo (ig: @kylebonallo)

[mutantmayhems]

dumping these gifs because i may or may not be making a set about raph and his relationship with anger and this is how i hold myself accountable skksjdkdafj

[hzdtrees]

First Impressions

[itsalwaysforyou]

just remembered a wip i had which was jay at uni meeting normal people and desperately trying to act cool and normal whilst internally screaming about being in a whole new place with all new people and not having his gang with him

[weepingfoxfury]

The Sunday easy listening man on the radio starts with Elton John and 'Daniel' before the next singer declares 'The Sun Has Got His Hat On.' Adverts, adverts, adverts insist you have a need for car insurance, care in the home and getting yourself to your local garden centre as the BBQ stuff is on sale. The Emerald Isle, being as wet as it is, no doubt there's rust treatment free with every BBQ purchase.

Astonishingly, there is indeed sunshine, so 'The umbrella' will not be fought over today. No Mow May is being encouraged and yet my friend (who has quite some mower collection) insists on giving all his roaring monsters an outing. I am updated hourly with scenes of grassy carnage.

'The Garden of Eden' sung by Frankie Vaughan queries whether a beautiful woman could simply be left there. Could you leave her? In that Garden of Eden? Only if she has no mower to hand!

The Emerald Isle has sit on mowers like you wouldn't believe. No matter the size of the garden ... postage stamp or park ... round and round they go. I've watched people drive them along the road. One particular gentleman had a bright yellow one (most here are orange or green) ... he tortoised his way past me as I walked my dog one day ... gaily waving to all and sundry ... who knows where he was headed? Maybe he's still out there on the road somewhere.

Ach well ... time for more coffee ... and maybe I'll pull out my old stripey deckchair. The dogs may even let me have it to myself. Sunday, Sunday, Sunday ... crows, bees and a multitude of birds and currently (phew!) not a mower to be heard ...

[lonelysa1lor]

I think Philip's death was not what be deserved.

I don't mean this as in "he shouldn't of died" because i think we all knew that's how his story would always end,My actual issue is HOW he died.

He didn't die feeling bad, maybe he was a bit scared but he didn't have to face the consequences of his actions (atleast not all of them). He had no realisation that everything he'd done was wrong. He didn't see hunter, or caleb, or anyone else on the boiling isles who's he caused lasting damage to. He didn't suffer, instead he gets stomped on, barely painful.

During the entirety of Season (and the last couple eps of season 2), its been shown that Philip knows deep down that he's guilty, and its shown even more with the Hallucinations of Caleb and the Grimwalkers. But he's too stubborn and too far ahead to admit he was wrong. I thought that was what WAD was going to be, Philips 'realisation' and ending.

All in all it was anticlimactic.

[thewales-family]

The Duke of Cornwall spent some time with the Duchy of Cornwall community in Cornwall and on The Isles of Scilly, meeting farmers, fishermen, teachers, tenants and many more on May 9th and May 10th 2024 -May 11th 2024.

📷 : Kensington Palace.