My new local hill - Sgor Gaoithe (the windy peak) - the most southerly of the Cromdale Hills.
My new local hill - Sgor Gaoithe (the windy peak) - the most southerly of the Cromdale Hills.
06.10.2025 21:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@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/
My new local hill - Sgor Gaoithe (the windy peak) - the most southerly of the Cromdale Hills.
My new local hill - Sgor Gaoithe (the windy peak) - the most southerly of the Cromdale Hills.
06.10.2025 21:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sometimes, I only want half a slice of bread. I canβt understand why my husband finds this annoying π
06.09.2025 13:22 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In this month's Substack, I've written about the strange compulsion to pick up and pocket nature finds when I'm out walking...
02.09.2025 17:00 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Vibrant rowan berries. The trees seem very early to fruit this yearβ¦. #wildflowerhour
31.08.2025 20:01 β π 41 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Sneezewort π€§ in Irvine, on recent visit to the Nature Library #wildflowerhour #daisyfamily
17.08.2025 20:00 β π 87 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Morning from the Cairngorms. Mist on the hills today and a hint of autumn in the blustery windβ¦
11.08.2025 08:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Green Veined White on Devilβs Bit Scabious. Plus photo-bomber! Cairngorms. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
10.08.2025 19:39 β π 32 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Just as the birds fall quiet, my latest Substack on birdsong... open.substack.com/pub/timeonfe... #naturewriting
04.08.2025 15:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A Scottish toad enjoying the sunshine in Glen Tromie today. #cairngorms
16.07.2025 21:01 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Glorious Glen Feshie today. Walking, watching and learning. Sightings of Golden Eagle, Crossbill, Common Lizard and Pygmy Shrew.#scotlandbigpicture #rewilding
13.07.2025 21:37 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A pair of Heath Spotted Orchids
@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
06.07.2025 18:11 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Kudos. This is the coffin I made for my resident spider
03.07.2025 18:54 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0View over Abernethy Forest, in smoke filled air
It was like nightfall here earlier this evening. Smoke-filled yellow airβ¦ such devastation. π
30.06.2025 21:01 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0@wildflowerhour.bsky.social Not an aquatic plant Iβm afraid but this weekβs exciting spot was a patch of twinflower - within walking distance of home - in the Cairngorms. Beautiful, but smaller than Iβd imagined. #wildflowerhour
22.06.2025 19:55 β π 37 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0@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
19.06.2025 15:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yes, it worked really well.
19.06.2025 15:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So many easy wins here... great piece www.theguardian.com/environment/...
19.06.2025 14:27 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Feverfew in a pavement gap on a walk in Blackheath, where I was walking down memory lane (my old route to school) #wildflowerhour
15.06.2025 19:47 β π 31 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0My piece on dog (and cat) empathy for @theguardian.com heavily features my terrier Morrisβ¦ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
15.06.2025 18:35 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My first mountain bumblebee (Bombus monticola) seen today on Cairngorm plateau. On birdβs foot trefoil.
08.06.2025 18:44 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In my latest Substack, I wrote about trees as individuals, rather than as a speciesβ¦ #naturewriting #trees Find the link in my bio. Free to read!
04.06.2025 07:33 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yesβ¦ and chilly, despite looking tropical!
18.05.2025 16:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Loch Garten, Scotland. Yes, reallyβ¦
18.05.2025 09:16 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0These twoβ¦ friends for life
13.05.2025 20:29 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It was announced today by the European Commission that Coca-Cola will change some of its labelling practices to remove misleading recycling claims, after BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation and its members lodged a greenwashing complaint to the Commission in 2023 which we supported. (1/5)
06.05.2025 15:57 β π 94 π 96 π¬ 3 π 8Just published this month's Substack. It was Gilbert White, 18th-century naturalist, who coined the phrase 'watching narrowly'. I think he watched a lot more narrowly than me, but the zooming in on detail is what matters... #naturewriting timeonfeet.substack.com/p/watching-n...
01.05.2025 16:59 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0One moment itβs bare twigs scratching the sky, the next, everything is coming into leaf. It canβt happen overnight, but it feels that wayβ¦ #naturewriting
25.04.2025 09:51 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So the emotional tone isβ¦ controlling?!
18.04.2025 17:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Weβve got a pair nesting in an old steading right opposite the kitchen window. They are so industriousβ¦ and positive!
18.04.2025 17:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is my dog-nephew, Dexter. Heβs definitely trying to tell us something, but what? Iβm writing a feature for the Guardian on to what extent we can read our dogsβ emotions. And what about cats? Thoughts appreciated πΆ π±
17.04.2025 18:48 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0