@timeonfeet.bsky.social
Journalist and author, runner and walker, writing about movement, mind and place. Cairngorms, Scotland. The Guardian | BBC Countryfile | Runner's World. Formerly @SamMurphyRuns Website: www.sampyrah.com Substack: https://timeonfeet.substack.com/
A brief February newsletter, contemplating the view from the bedroom window while in bed with a cold...
I've written about how RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch helped rekindle my childhood love of birdwatching for my latest Substack timeonfeet.substack.com/p/coming-hom...
My latest Substack is a hygge-free relishing of the winter.
Love this! Just got mine out after a year in storage. Have put up the CD shelves and begun to re-acquaint myself with them, beginning at A, for Aliens, Air, Arcade Fire….
A wee frozen snowman somehow sculpted itself out of the water in the bird bath 🥶☃️❄️🦄
Wow, this is exciting! My piece in Hinterland has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. #naturewriting substack.com/@hinterlandm...
They may look like landscape paintings but these are photos taken in the half-light of dusk with my phone… from the garden of my new home. What a view, huh? 🏴
Read this and weep. Then donate! #theecologist theecologist.org/2025/nov/04/...
Thanks for sharing, Carol 👍
Proud to see my piece, Being Heard, on the effects of human noise on birdsong in the latest issue of Paperboats zine. #naturewriting paperboats.org/category/zin...
In the chaos of moving, I forgot to share a link on here to my latest Substack piece, which is about... moving! open.substack.com/pub/timeonfe... #naturewriting
Runner's World has just made my piece on running and menopause available online... www.runnersworld.com/uk/health/a4...
My new local hill - Sgor Gaoithe (the windy peak) - the most southerly of the Cromdale Hills.
Sometimes, I only want half a slice of bread. I can’t understand why my husband finds this annoying 😂
In this month's Substack, I've written about the strange compulsion to pick up and pocket nature finds when I'm out walking...
Vibrant rowan berries. The trees seem very early to fruit this year…. #wildflowerhour
Sneezewort 🤧 in Irvine, on recent visit to the Nature Library #wildflowerhour #daisyfamily
Morning from the Cairngorms. Mist on the hills today and a hint of autumn in the blustery wind…
Green Veined White on Devil’s Bit Scabious. Plus photo-bomber! Cairngorms. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Just as the birds fall quiet, my latest Substack on birdsong... open.substack.com/pub/timeonfe... #naturewriting
A Scottish toad enjoying the sunshine in Glen Tromie today. #cairngorms
Glorious Glen Feshie today. Walking, watching and learning. Sightings of Golden Eagle, Crossbill, Common Lizard and Pygmy Shrew.#scotlandbigpicture #rewilding
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social No helleborines but a lovely couple of Heath Spotted Orchids, along the boardwalk across the bog at Forsinard Flows in the far north of Scotland. #wildflowers
Kudos. This is the coffin I made for my resident spider
It was like nightfall here earlier this evening. Smoke-filled yellow air… such devastation. 😞
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social Not an aquatic plant I’m afraid but this week’s exciting spot was a patch of twinflower - within walking distance of home - in the Cairngorms. Beautiful, but smaller than I’d imagined. #wildflowerhour
@ukrunchat.bsky.social I'm writing about getting older and slower and how we can still find joy and meaning in running in the absence of improvement/PBs. I'd love to hear any of your thoughts, runners. What motivates you once you're past your peak? #running
Yes, it worked really well.
