Vagabond Vicky

This time next year when I'm a millionaire I'm going back for the massive platter of crab that they do. In the meantime they're safe* in their tanks.
*from me, but still available for sale

An array of shellfish on display in the fishmarket

Gravlaks and knekkebrød with a glass of white wine

A bowl of crab claws and salad

Took myself out for a fancy dinner in the Bergen Fishmarket. A bowl of crab claws, some gravlaks with sweet mustard sauce, and fresh bread smeared in seaweed garlic butter. Yum

The sign opposite the airport which says "Bergen?" in large yellow letters, surrounded by trees in autumn colours. Like the iconic Hollywood sign but designed for drizzlier weather.

The view from my window of the edge of the fishmarket and the fjord ferry terminal in the driech.

And the view of the picturesque city port, though the upper parts of the mountains and the funicular are obscured by rain clouds.

The old wooden buildings of Bryggen world heritage site in the rain.

A driech day in one of my favourite cities, Bergen. Just passing through on a wee autumn adventure in Norway.

Just another outstanding day at work #PolarGuide #Greenland #NorthWestPassage
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I don't believe you know Greenland 🤔

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

‘We found that the tipping point where the shutdown becomes inevitable is probably in the next 10 to 20 years or so.’
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A stunning approach to the landing at Nuuk airport in Greenland. I'm on the way to join the @aurora_expeditions Sylvia Earle for an epic adventure through the Northwest Passage. #NorthWestPassage #PolarGuide
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A small cardboard box containing a dessert that is part of an airline meal. The box reads "carrot cake. Made with upcycled bananas and carrots"

Does that actually mean bin bananas? Didn't matter, the cake was lovely and squishy

Screenshot of a news article headline about the suspension of international passenger screening at Nuuk, Greenland

Well, today's plans have been dynamic. Now on the way to somewhere else instead #Greenland

That's a wee bit of a cheat. My best group was from prone, then kneeling. It was less tight standing up as the rifle was a bit too heavy for me

A rifle pointing down a shooting range in the hills

A target plate on the range

A layout showing me holding the rifle for an aimed shot, a paper target with a close grouping in the centre, and a metal target shaped like a roe deer

A button with Line of Sight 500 yards on it.

A great day of skills development training on the Line of Sight full-bore shooting range in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire. Not a bad result either #PolarGuide

In the Shadow of the Mountain The soundscape of falling ice.

Yesterday marked 30 years since British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves died in a storm on K2. My story on the Hargreaves-Ballard climbing dynasty in @thefence.bsky.social from last year about risk, control, blame, why people climb and how we tell their stories: www.the-fence.com/in-the-shado...

I had buckfast pulled pork at a place called Smokey Trotters in Glasgow. And scampi fries loaded fries, which is one of the only things that I've had out, said I'd recreate the recipe at home, and actually followed through with it

Ah, I'd just call it a coke float. Even though it would have any kind of fizzy juice, it would still be a coke float

Spider?

Irn bru affogato is probably the most Glasgow thing after tikka masala.

Screenshot of a post on X by Michael Rosen: A poem he wrote a few months ago as a tribute to the six Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza.

Poem @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social wrote a few months ago & posted on X as a tribute to the six Al Jazeera journalists killed. 💔

Started watching #DestinationX and feel that this is the one thing in life that all my skills and experience have prepared me for.

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

“There is a problematic underlying approach in how UNEP operates, which is to consider that the people who created the problems, benefited from the problem, have lied about the problem and their responsibility about it for years and decades, are trustworthy partners to solve those problems.”

a group of knights sitting in a cave with the words that 's no ordinary rabbit on the bottom ALT: a group of knights sitting in a cave with the words that 's no ordinary rabbit on the bottom

... that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide!

I got charged at by one while I was on bear sentry at Beechey Island last year.

I don't get a mobile phone signal at home, so just went out in my pyjamas to stand by the harbour to phone the mechanic about repairs to my van and got caught by the Google Street view car.

Polar bears in shopping malls, fibreglass mountains, indoor rainforests: how humans got addicted to faking the natural world In his new book, The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson reflects on the surreal environments created as people destroy nature, yet crave connection to it

What do we really want to see? How realistic are our expectations of the natural world, and how authentic are our experiences? #anthropocene #nature #wildlife
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Ancient bone-eating worms ate mosasaur, ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons | Natural History Museum Bone-eating worms have been cleaning up the ocean floor for over 100 million years.

Did you know you can get fossils inside other fossils? 🤯

Tiny holes in some of our marine reptile fossils are actually burrows of bone-eating worms which are up to 100 million years old!

They've now been named as new species - find out more about them 👇
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"High" and "not high"

You are just a spring chicken 🐣

Particularly the apparent ageism they experienced. Having been a participant in the TGO Challenge on several occasions, I'm still in awe of the older participants (the majority) that do this and other similar things on a regular basis.

Fascinated by revalations that have come out around the author of the book/film The Salt Path. I wondered about the progress of Moth's illness after finishing the book, and there just seemed a few other odd things that I couldn't quite put my finger on about the story.
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A graphic for the Tall Ships Races event in Aberdeen held between 19th and 22nd July 2025, with the text "I'm a tall ships volunteer" and "sea you there!"

I'm leading a team of Ship Liaison Officers at the Aberdeen Tall Ships Festival at the end of July. Getting stuck in to the event training from this week onwards. #tallshipsaberdeen #sailing

Wildfires shut roads in Highlands and Moray Firefighters are dealing with incidents near Forres and Carrbridge.

BBC News - Flood alert for Highland and Moray areas affected by wildfires - BBC News
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