BSc (hons) Forestry | PGCert conservation biology | cycling | fell running | coffee and cake addict | Ingest work with pinch of salt to taste.
Scotland
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Over engineered? From a foundation of working with my hands on tools I appreciate the attention of others in their work.
Taxi driver KILLS cyclist and fined £35 and 3 points on license, peace protest for the future of your childrens health: inprisonment. I despair for humanity. road.cc/content/news/73826-t…
"Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25." 5 years for attending a meeting.
Meanwhile WCs have rob us of £85bn in dividends, loaded WCs with £64 bn in debt, dumped 4.6m hours of sewage in 2023 and what happened?
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Todays trip down to Lochgilphead made special by calling into Crinan canal mouth to see the last working puffer. m.youtube.com/watch?v=vXKCn_…
Waiting patiently for my Oban fishfood special takeaway pizza to be served a Norwegian walks in, orders, and to sum it up in one line he says "I drive through Scotland and see lots of trees, but none of the houses are built with timber". Nuff said.
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Loads of raspberry jam (boiled for as short a time as possible to maintain colour) from just 2 punnets picked yesterday. #jam : the smell of my childhood, and memories of wasps buzzing round the saucer used to test if it was set…
Normally one to pass through books without great digestion, but starting this journey physically and spiritually from 'the house by the stream' with gentle pedal strokes.
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My grandpa who is 85 started making this rock map of Scotland in 1992.He collected rocks during amateur geology trips over 30 years. He says it had to be geologically correct and also aesthetically pleasing.He asked if I could share online as He wants to go viral so please share
25th December 2023 No.1, if only mainstream media would play it.... m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fbmdf…
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Perth and Kinross Council approves 100% tax rise for second homes - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-t…
Excellent from @theSNP led council 👏👏
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The more I read the news, the more I retreat to the woods. Nature is undemanding, quietly performing complex, beautiful, daily miracles, whether or not we notice. Out here with the trees, there’s an odd reassurance that comes from feeling how insignificant we are, how fleeting.
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What's holding back woodland creation in the UK?
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