Author @bradtguides #OuterHebrides #Orkney #IsleofWight. Journalist with Royal Geographical Society
An island, usually
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The kind of comment that makes all those dark nights of the soul involved in writing a book - & the long dark nights spent writing the thing -.worth it. Thanks so much @SallyHolding1 @BradtGuides @OuterHebs
I've written a feature on food production in the Outer Hebrides & what lessons it offers for sustainable food use on a wider scale
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Five star reviews all the way for my new edition of the Bradt guide to Orkney, and with lovely comments that genuinely make the whole project worthwhile. Thanks to all of you who have bought it.
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Seven seconds of Luskentyre, looking across towards the Hushinish road
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I'm researching the 3rd edition of my guidebook to the #OuterHebrides & the weather is being incredibly cooperative!
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Halloween on South Uist in 1932... 😱 The island's children made homemade costumes from sheepskins, haystack wigs, sheep ears and even scraped-out skulls!
📸 Canna House Photographic Collection
#ForTheLoveOfScotland
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A lot of people have said that @tonyhusband1's work could be as poignent & cutting as his others could be witty & fun
This is an extremely powerful example
As long as you're not some slopbrained, hate-goblin who supports the likes of Farage cause he points at easy targets for you
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@HI_Voices community....I'm writing about the Abhainn a’ Lòin in Uig in/on Lewis (near Morsgail). I was once told the river's name translates as 'River of the Pond'. Anyone know why, or what pond it refers to? All rivers begin with a puddle but is there something specific?!
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Is THIS the most spectacular location in #Orkney? 🤩
St John's Head in Hoy is the UK's tallest vertical sea cliff and an incredible place for a coastal walk (but always remember, NEVER get too close to the edge 😱).
#VisitOrkney #ScotlandIsCalling
Not sure anyone sees my tweets anymore thanks to Musk's algorithms. Just in case this passes your way I've written a piece on Northumberland national park.
Some of the BTL comments are unhinged (& wrong) & very much in line with toxic twitter! telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti…
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Mesa: The US' first autism-friendly city bbc.com/travel/article/20230… via @bbc_travel
Another book review by me for @geographicalmag
This time of a book that looks at the overlooked kingdoms of Africa
'It was never enough for Europeans to exploit the peoples of Africa; we also decided that Africans had little history of their own worth studying.' @thamesandhudson
Illustrated with fantastic images of artefacts and landscapes, Great Kingdoms of Africa enlightens readers on the rich history of the continent before the brief period of European colonisation geographical.co.uk/book-revi…
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So lovely to meet Tom, Woody & Simon who are cycling the Hebridean Way to raise money for the Stroke Association. Tom is cycling the route on a Penny Farthing! 😊 Enjoy the rest of your Hebridean adventure, good luck on those Harris hills 🚵♂️ #OuterHebrides
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Why is it Orkney but not Orkadians?
If it's Orcadians, why not Orcney?
I've often wondered this myself & even people I thought wld know aren't sure.
Apols for blurry pic but I'd had 2 pints of Scapa Special! Doesn't take much nowadays.
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45mph winds at Grobust, Westray
The South: "STAY AT HOME, DANGER TO LIFE & LIMB"
The North "Time to get the big coat out."
Orkney, interisland ferries & flights running as normal: 'Was expecting more than a wee breeze'
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The 2 ways in & out of North Ronaldsay. Want to swim? It's 34 miles to Kirkwall
The weekly ferry to North Ronaldsay arrives. I'd have nightmares about the hire car insurance, Takes 2 hrs 30 mins.
The inter-island flight - just 16 minutes (needs a click)
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Sheepscape
North Ronaldsay #Orkney
My guidebook to the islands gives this fascinating island a whole chapter.
Not just where to stay, but social history, environment, the future for a lightly populated island.
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#Sunset tonight on St John's hill, Stronsay. Is there a better viewpoint in all Orkney? Not sure.
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