Whats a distaff?

Whats a distaff?

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7 Jan 2024Great Staple Tor, Dartmoor National Park
7 Jan 2025Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
7 Jan 2026Old Rock Day

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4 May 2026Star Wars Day
17 Feb 2024Jorvik Viking Festival
An ocean of stars above the desert
A beach of many colours
12 Apr 2026International Day of Human Space Flight
17 Oct 2024Kochia, Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Dad on duty
The sun sets on British Summer Time
Shining city on the hill
14 Mar 2025Celebrating Pi Day
Time to make an impression
3 Aug 2024Three Natural Bridges, Wulong National Park, China
22 Sep 2023Hobbit Day
Chilling out on an ice floe
29 Apr 2026Belém Tower, Lisbon, Portugal
13 Feb 2026Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge connecting Laos and Thailand
18 Apr 2024International Day for Monuments and Sites
5 May 2026Field of blue agave near Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico
22 Sep 2025Autumn equinox
9 Jul 2025Independence Day of the Argentine Republic
22 Feb 2024Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Australia
1 Sep 2025Rock layers in Zumaia, Basque Country, Spain
A rock giant
Lighting up the Badlands
26 Apr 2025Bruce Peninsula National Park, Ontario, Canada
14 May 2025Porto Flavia, Sulcis-Iglesiente, Sardinia, Italy
13 Nov 2023Serra de Tramuntana, Balearic Islands, Majorca, Spain
29 Sep 2024West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut, USA
9 Aug 2024Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
4 Jul 2026Pride in London