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Patrick Galbraith

@patrickgalbraith.bsky.social

Author of Uncommon Ground, 2025, William Collins Columnist for The Critic & Country Life Environment Correspondent for The Telegraph

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The cheesemaker down the road From 'Binham blue' to 'Wells Alpine': How a Norfolk farming family, who were up against it with their dairy herd, decided to think differently

Over on Substack, I wrote about going to visit a cheese maker who lives down the road open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

09.09.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When a political radical released capercaillie in Norfolk From abolitionism to capercaillie reintroduction, the very busy life of an 18th century brewer

Over on Substack I wrote about a tireless political radical who tried to introduce capercaillie to Norfolk open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

29.08.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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reviewed @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social's excellent Uncommon Ground for the latest Resurgence & Ecologist. I had too much to say about this book to squeeze into 600 words, so ended up a bit incoherent. But suffice to say: highly recommended.

28.08.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha me too - minus the wild swimming. Enjoy

23.08.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another Rave Review Police in Helicopter

3. "Another Rave Review" @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social

"The rules of the UK’s outdoor rave scene are simple: Keep the secret. Arrive in darkness. Don’t post on socials. Leave before the police arrive."

www.the-fence.com/another-rave...

22.08.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Make a toilet seat from a walnut tree A very involved celebration of the beauty of the wood

Over on substack I wrote about making toilet seats out of English walnut

A worthy end for beautiful timber open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

21.08.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m massively into β€œwilding” - but I don’t thinks it’s a walk away thing

21.08.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. Generally the latter - red legs are imported and released in places where farming practices and a lack of predator management means a self-sustaining population of partridges isn’t viable

I guess that in Europe you’d get tough wild red legs but the birds we get here are a reared strain

19.08.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The beloved English partridge People need to do much more to save one of our most iconic farmland species

Over on substack I wrote about the need to do so much more the grey partridge, and why it matters open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

18.08.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also featuring writing from Clive Martin, Jade Angeles Fitton, @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, @williamasclarke.bsky.social, @henrywismayer.bsky.social, Tom Parker Bowles, @bronmaher.bsky.social, @franciscogarciadf.bsky.social, William Hanson and Katy Hessel.

14.08.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Pub Is Finally Open!

With writing from @seamas.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @anakinsella.bsky.social, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, @charlotteivers.bsky.social, John Banville and @vizcomic.bsky.social.

Available at all bookstores & the link below 🍺

www.penguin.co.uk/books/462310...

14.08.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6
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The joy of restoring old ponds In the past 70 years, Norfolk has lost thousands of ponds but it doesn't take all that much to bring them back to life

β€œIn the past 70 years, Norfolk has lost some 8000 ponds”

Over on substack, I wrote about the joy or restoring centuries old ponds

open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

13.08.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lots to say 😦

12.08.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Over on substack, I wrote about the best fish I ever caught

β€œThere is something about fishing that makes you move slowly and look properly β€” even if it’s only later that you come to really appreciate what you saw”

open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

12.08.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Scribehound

β€œThey lived on the edge – they are part of that rural underclass that urban Britain cannot see.”

Over on Scribehound, I wrote about the madness of Sycamore Gap

www.scribehound.com/countryside/...

12.08.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Becoming a meat man It all started by chance but selling venison to local customers is possibly the best thing I've ever done

β€œBut which field was it shot in?”

Over on substack, I wrote about the immense joy of selling venison locally open.substack.com/pub/ducktown...

07.08.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Roebuck worship and the strangeness of putting animals' heads on the wall Why trophy hunters might just be hippies in a roundabout way

Why do people put deer heads up on the wall and are they just hippies, in a roundabout way?

Head over to substack for my thoughts

open.substack.com/pub/patrickg...

30.07.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I finished this book today and I strongly recommend that everyone with even a fraction of an interest in the countryside should either read it or listen to it as an audio book.
Patrick Galbraith has covered the subject of countryside access from every conceivable angle. 🧡

09.07.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Issue 24 is here πŸ›οΈ

www.the-fence.com/shop

With writing from @bronmaher.bsky.social, @evawiseman.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social, @emmafmagnus.bsky.social, Sophie Wilkinson, John Phipps, Ray Philip, Clare Considine & many more. Cover by Nishant Choksi.

11.07.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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Looking forward to @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social at FORUM Books talking #UncommonGround - vital, engaging & highly relevant to our Northumberland community πŸ’š we’d love to see you there!

πŸ—“οΈ Mon 9 June
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks/f...

04.06.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Had time of my life.

Big party atmosphere in diner carriage on sleeper train down. Slept for all of two hours

Great bowl of mussels. Nice pubs. A lot to like

24.05.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No no but a little romantic too

The romance of a horse’s neck

22.05.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🏺 I always find @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social 's perspectives on things challenging and refreshing, in the best way.
There's a lot in this review for anyone interested in human relations to & engagement with land, including the archaeological (in its many senses)

21.05.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last summer I reviewed 'Wild Service', an anthology/manifesto from the Right to Roam camp (who have not, let's say, responded positively to Galbraith's book). engelsbergideas.com/reviews/walk...

21.05.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Unbelievable that a tenant farmer would be shooting. Next they’ll want the vote

21.05.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hope you enjoy Annie. Thanks

21.05.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Tim. Really appreciate it

Was down in Cornwall last week, Fowey

Did I ever send you a proper copy? Not just proof

21.05.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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21.05.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting Deep into Land Access Issues with @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social.

➑️ Full episode pinned in my profile. 🎧

21.05.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Countryside writing's rebirth In the writing of Patrick Galbraith, country life has won the observer and interpreter it needs.

I reviewed @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social's magnificent new book, UNCOMMON GROUND. "No-one that I know of matches Galbraith’s rangy, restless, itinerant curiosity about what’s over that fence, who lives here, what this or that fellow thinks about things." engelsbergideas.com/reviews/coun...

20.05.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

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