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The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ... Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...

Oh dear. It seems like the publishers & film-makers truly had the wool pulled over their eyes. Thank goodness for good journalism - well done Chloe Hadjimatheou & @theobserveruk.bsky.social and for exposing The #PorkiePath!
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Not the first fires in this area, perhaps the estates should stop draining the moors and return them to their boggy state (although I realise that'sno good for grouse!)

Roast dinner or fish and chips🤔

Thoughts on the recent local wildfires www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2025/07/the-...

It's that time of year again... making jammy magic from the haul of blackcurrants 🥰

This year it's a week early, and two weeks earlier than in 2023!

#naturesbounty #fruitsoftheearth
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Except nobody could be bothered to turn up at the recent grouse shooting debate

View across a lake to smoke sweeping across low hills under a cloudy sky.

View across a lake to smoke sweeping across low hills under a cloudy sky.

View across a lake to smoke sweeping across low hills under a cloudy sky.

The ground still smouldering above Lochindorb today after the four-day wildfire. Watched a helicopter dropping water. More rain is forecast. It's needed. #wildfire #scottishhighlands

NEWS: Big Win for Highland Phone Mast Campaign Campaigners against the mass roll-out of new telecoms masts in remote parts of Highland Scotland have declared a 'major success', as it emerged that the taxpayer-funded programme has been...

UKH News - Big Win for Highland Phone Mast Campaign www.ukhillwalking.com/news/2025/07...

Excellent piece from @christownsend.bsky.social on burning uplands and moorland (muirburn, here in Scotland). "Where royals lead others follow."
There must be action - on the loss of soils, wildlife, habitats, ecosystems; the release of carbon into the atmosphere; & the increased risk of flooding.

King Charles, the politics of muirburn and wildfires - parkswatchscotland Following my post on King Charles and the muirburn which took place on his estate at Delnadamph on 27th February, a very windy day (see here),  I submitted a Freedom of Information request to the Scot...

parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/07/01/k...

I'm sorry but with that sort of mentality it's difficult to take the party seriously

"Plant based potatoes" .... this is why aliens fly straight past us ASDA PLANT BASED MASHED POTATO

No doubt 👽

Surprised that nobody from your party was at the grouse shooting debate, I thought better of you than that

Needed to do some work on the train home so shelled out for a first class ticket. Where I’m sitting on the floor! Honestly, I travel the world by train and so many countries get it so right. Why can’t we? 😢

Lovers of Wordsworth, Dorothy & William & of the Romantic Poets, please tell everyone! @saverydalmount.bsky.social @taylorswift.com.br @wildhaweswater.bsky.social @pollyrowena.bsky.social @karenlloyd.bsky.social @annieworsley.bsky.social @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social @keswicktheatre.bsky.social

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror... I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. ... Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.

The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.

This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

When the moment is good; breathe, pause and enjoy 😍

Scottish firefighters tackle wildfires for third day as risk to life grows Dealing with very serious blazes means fire and rescue service has limited ability to respond to other emergencies

Scottish firefighters tackle wildfires for third day as risk to life grows | Scotland | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Word of the day is ‘forwallowed’ (15th century): extremely weary from tossing and turning all night.

View down the via di Mercurio towards the arch of Caligula and the forum beyond. The sky above the Lattari hills glows a soft hazy yellowy orangey

View down an empty street with warm evening sunshine illuminating the walls. Mountains form the backdrop with a soft blue sky

Late evening of work in Pompeii yesterday but the reward of an empty site bathed in glorious warm light was a privilege.

A Fenland field full of pink, lilac, purple & white larkspur

There’s a field near here where flowers are farmed to sell to London florists & make confetti. It’s breathtaking. If you’re new to my posts maybe pause & take this image in, it will hack your brain slightly-trigger dopamine release & relax you a little to help with stress you might encounter today 🌿

Update:the crossed out bottles/kits in the photo have been reserved👇🏼. If you have your eye on one & would like to reserve a tiny posy kit containing it drop me a message on Etsy by clicking ‘contact’ under my name on my shopfront & I’ll make you a custom listing
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A collection of Victorian ink bottles-the exact ones that will be in my tiny posy kits in my Etsy shop soon

I’ve 25 Victorian ink bottles for a new batch of tiny posy kits designed to improve mental health. Each kit=booklet about the neuroscience of how it alters brain biochemistry,tiny dried flower posy, Victorian ink bottle & extras (kits=£46-£60 ea.).
If you’d like a kit pls ❤️ this post if poss, ty x🌿

I'm always very pleased to see any diver in summer plumage. Fab!

Why aren't Scottish residents bombarding their MSP's about Naturescot which seems to be acting against government rather than for?

Scottish Government & NatureScot delays start date for new muirburn licence In March 2024, the Scottish Parliament voted for the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, which introduced, amongst other things, a requirement for all muirburn to be licensed (see her…

'What a shocker', said no-one ever.

Stand by for extensive & intensive muirburn on peat-rich moorland this autumn as grouse moor owners take advantage of opportunity to burn as much as possible as regulations delayed.

Climate emergency? Nah.

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/25/s...

A clear stream winds through lush, green woodland, flanked by mossy tree trunks and overhanging branches. The kind of precious habitat that could be lost without strong environmental protections.

This afternoon, the Planning Bill enters the House of Lords.

Within it is a proposal that would make it easier to destroy the woods, rivers and wildlife we all love - by weakening the laws that keep them safe.

If Part 3 isn’t changed or scrapped, nature will pay the price. ⚠️

Some herbaria/pressed flower collections I've made.
I'm basically an Edwardian lady botanist.
Take a moment to look at the botanical details in my photos-research shows that looking at eg. my cowslips means you'll recover from stress more quickly today due to the positive effect on your brain...🌿

Summer Solstice on Roseberry I had not expected the summit to be empty, but the quiet that met me was unexpected. A small crowd sat scattered on the rocks, all facing east, waiting for the sun. They were silent, respectful, ma…

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