Roger Ratcliffe

Goatfell soaring above Brodick Bay on the Isle of Arran.

The small island of Pladda, seen from the road down to Kildonan on the Isle of Arran.

Wordsworth and Coleridge at the Coldplay gig

Male blackbird in the garden with a beak full of food. Still feeding young. Perhaps third brood.

Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).

What happens when councils don’t cut grass like before? Nature takes over with colourful results, feeding bees and butterflies.

Bit of a breezy day, probably explaining why this red admiral wasn’t in a hurry and allowed me this photo.

Views from and of the Nidd Viaduct, built in 1846-7 to carry the Leeds-Thirsk railway line over the River Nidd to the north of Harrogate. Its last train ran in 1969.

It’s always a wow moment when Wray Castle hoves into view on my walk up the west shore of #Windermere in the #LakeDistrict

Harvest mice return to Breary Marsh in Leeds after 50 years The tiny mice are found at Breary Marsh in Leeds for the first time since 1975.

Harvest mice return to Leeds marsh after 50 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A wee peep at Windermere #LakeDistrict

Great Langdale from my high level route back to Elterwater. #Lakes #LDNP

RIP Brian Wilson, without whom the 60s wouldn’t have been the 60s 😢

A July heatwave in May followed by sharp April showers in June #drenched

Isle of Arran from Dunagoil Bay on the Island of Bute.

Terrifying 😱

We need a law holding parties to election promises. Three strikes and they have to call another election.

A deserted Ettrick Bay on the Island of Bute

Toward Lighthouse, seen today from the CalMac ferry from Wemyss Bay to Rothesay on the Island of Bute. The lighthouse was built in 1812 by Robert Stephenson, grandfather of the author Robert Louis Stephenson.

Are we heading for a serious drought? The lack of rain is graphically illustrated by the River #Wharfe reduced to a trickle at Hubberholme Upper #Wharfedale in the #YorkshireDales

May Day on the Leeds Liverpool Canal at Saltaire.

The annual bluefest in Middleton Woods, Ilkley

Built in the 1790s and restored by the National Trust in 2015, Claife Viewing Station provides an eye-popping perspective on Windermere from the western shore.

Thank you, Jo.l 😊

Spring comes to Great Langdale

Blossom bursting out at Ripon Cathedral, one of Yorkshire’s architectural jewels.

Wild garlic’s in season. Foraged leaves in Gill Beck Valley today and used some of them in this pesto along with extra virgin olive oil, grana padano and pecan nuts.

By my calculations Leeds United need seven points from remaining four games to return to the Premiership.

The Trump Slump has a terrifyingly likely ring to it.

Blue sky at Linton Falls below Grassington, Upper Wharfedale, Yorkshire Dales National Park.