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Sorry cross posting sometimes catches me out! Here’s where you can find the brilliant @icysedgwick.bsky.social on Bluesky 😊

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Continuing my theme of everyday wild flowers. As we approach June it's poppy season. A flower steeped in folklore being symbols of sleep, war, remembrance, and love. Photos all from Biggleswade at different times. @Icysedgwick has a great poppy post here: www.icysedgwick.com/poppy-folklo...

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Good news about the Harris Hawk that had been causing trouble in Hertfordshire. He has found his forever home.

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Exciting tunnel news from London! A new spy museum and bar. Personally I think they should keep the 1980s bar! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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The Biggleswade Library fairy stump today.

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To celebrate 80 years since VE Day Biggleswade History Society and the Bigg Theatre are putting on a spectacular show on 6/7 at 4pm. The show is about the "Forces Sweethearts" and includes their war time songs. You can get tickets online here: www.biggleswadehistory.org.uk

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Have you heard the latest Weird in the Wade episode yet? It's out now (link below.) A curious carving in Royston Cave is of a man standing in a pulpit (other interpretations are available) Is he a mediaeval dude who forced the devil into a boot? 1/3 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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The latest episode of Weird in the Wade is about Royston Cave, but I do chat with the wonderful @emmabutler.bsky.social of the Rue Papers about Mother Shipton's Cave. But did you know that the equally fabulous bell witch podcast has an episode out all about Mother Shipton as well? pod.fo/e/2d794d

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Don't forget to check out the show blog for the Secrets of Royston Cave episode. There's so many links there to further listening, viewing and reading: weirdinthewade.blog/2025/05/26/s...

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Well this is spooky, not planned I promise, but After Dark have released “The Truth About The Knights Templar” today on @BBCSounds It’s the perfect partner episode to The Secrets of Royston Cave from Weird in the Wade! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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It's here! A brand new episode of Weird in the Wade, wherever you listen! The Secrets of Royston Cave. Will they reveal themselves to us, or are some of it's secrets lost in the fog of time? Find out wherever you get your podcasts including BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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30 The Secret’s of Royston Cave Beneath the pretty market town of Royston in Hertfordshire, lies a cave that was carved out of the chalk by hand, in the distant past. After being dramatically rediscovered in the mid 18th century, Royston cave has spawned competing theories about its use and…

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The latest exclusive Patreon episode is out for Team Weird (those who support the podcast through Patreon.) This exclusive episode takes a deep dive into the ghost hunt at the former Poundstretcher and considers paranormal sound and EVPs www.patreon.com/posts/9-deep...

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Don't forget that tomorrow there's a new episode of Weird in the Wade all about The Secrets of Royston Cave. This is the rather unassuming entrance into the cave just off one of Royston's main roads.

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In ancient tales, thunderstorms were seen as moments when the world blurred. Scholar Duan Shuo, known for slicing fish so finely it was like art, once cut during a storm. With a crack of thunder, the slices turned into butterflies and flew off. 1/2 #folklore

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I’m so excited to see an article about Weird in the Wade in the fabulous “We Belong Dead” classic age of horror magazine. It was great chatting to Ian Talbot Taylor for it. Horror fans can get a copy here:

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Royston Cave, the subject of Monday's new episode, is just chock full of carvings both medieval and more modern. This is a medieval carving of St Christopher carrying Christ on this shoulder. And the legend of St Christopher can be read here: www.belmontabbey.org.uk/the-true-sto...

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+BBC CLOCK COMPETITION+ We won't be making a run of these but this Bank Holiday weekend you can win a one-off 90s inspired BBC ident clock. Follow, Like & RP to enter. Winner announced Mon AM. We've also restocked our 'Radiophonic' inspired signs & other items. hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com

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Not sure how I feel about this. An Elden Ring could be great but it could easily be a sprawling, incomprehensible mess! Will Elden Ring film be 'awesome' or 'meh'? Fans have thoughts www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Back in the Wade after galivanting around London always feels good!

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📢 New Episode Klaxon!!! On Monday 26th May the next episode of Weird in the Wade is released! It's about the secrets and mysteries of Royston Cave. Expect controversy, curious history, unsettling experiences and a brief trip to see Mother Shipton.

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We have big cat sightings in the UK but over in New Zealand it’s Moose on the loose. 🫎 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Bumped into Emma from the Bell Witch Podcast today at the Podcast Show!!

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Such a great start to the day! ❤️

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As I’m in north London for the Podcast Show I took an excursion to see this stone cat which is placed where Dick Whittington is supposed to have heard the Bow Bells prophesying he would be Mayor of London 3 times, and so he turned back.

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I woke at 3:00am and couldn’t get back to sleep. So I researched corpse roads for half an hour. Then wondered why I had nightmares when I fell back asleep.

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Continuing my exploration of “weeds” and wild plants I pass on the street. This is I think purple toadflax, growing on the edge of a car park. Steeped in lore, in Scotland toadflax was thought to protect you from spells, and in Greek myth it was linked to the underworld.

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I’ve completed next Monday’s episode and I’m now on my way to London, ready for The Podcast Show tomorrow!

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Next Monday’s episode is about the mysterious Royston Cave. Here I am before recording at the cave last month with some of my kit. Don’t forget to follow or subscribe to weird in the wade wherever you listen.

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Friend of the show and guest on weird in the wade, Amy has such a brilliant website. Do check out her revamped witches of Shropshire page.

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📣 NEW POST 📣 I have completely rewritten my witchcraft article to reflect new research. Read all about Shropshire's complex relationship with witchcraft and some notable Shropshire witches below. nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2024/01/witc... #Folklore #Shropshire #Witches #History

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Did you know #UncannyCommunity that I held a ghost hunt at the old haunted poundstretcher in Biggleswade last month? Yes that one, that was mentioned at the first Uncanny Con! The ghost hunt is on the latest episode of Weird in the Wade. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Any fellow podcasters going to the podcast show next week in London?

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