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Carol Kubicki

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Campervan owner & travel writer in northwest England and beyond. Hiker & cyclist. Reading more books than might be healthy! Long-time environmentalist. Support 🇺🇦. Blog at https://backontheroadagainblog.com/

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 14d

From near the source to Melrose, we follow the River Tweed on foot and in our #campervan. #Scotland Following the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders – Back on the road again share.google/B4Le29ufUG5x...

Following the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders

Looking back to the River Tweed near Peebles Looking below me and taking in the view in to the steep-sided hollow of The Devil’s Beef Tub I was aware we weren’t far from the source of t…

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 4h

#Manchester Oxford Rd station is due to be refurbished soon. I do hope this dented and battered wooden bench survives the refit. It has bathed in stories of railways, separations and reunions for so long and deserves to stay. @tfgmbeenetwork.bsky.social

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 4h

Morning Jim (I guess it's still morning with you) 😊👋

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 4h

Hi Clare 😊👋. A lovely view.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 4h

Hi Yaroslava from northwest England. A calm night and workout sounds good 🥰. I've just come in from cycling to the library in the grey chill, so I'm glowing and need #warcoffee too. These old steps⏬️ caught my eye, the farming stories they could tell.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 7h

🇬🇧 The UK has delivered over 85,000 military drones to Ukraine in just six months, investing £600 million this year alone. The funding supports production and supply, including new Octopus interceptors designed to take down Russian Shaheds. Thousands of these will soon be entering service monthly.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 8h

First bird of my day was a juvenile herring gull. It is still quite needy and squeaks constantly to get the attention of the adult, bobbing its head up and down with the effort of calling. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

Hi Clare. I was watching the swan family on the canal today and thought of you 😊

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

Afternoon Jim and well said 👋 😊

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

Hi Yaroslava from northwest England. Life is never boring 🥰. My life probably also seems boring. We've walked along the canal today. Spotted geese and a kingfisher and enjoyed some sunshine.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

There are tree photographs, then there is this ⏬️

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a close-up of a large ancient living tree in a flat landscape with other trees in the distance, the tree has many branches forming a rounded flat canopy viewed from underneath

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 in beautiful words. Thank you Anita.

Anita @anitapoet.bsky.social · 1d

Missiles fly
Drones strike
Leaves fall
Russia attacks
Infrastructure
And power lines

Each day
Each night
Fixing the infrastructure
Repairing the lines
Weaving
Stitching
An embroidery
Of power and light
💙💛

📷🎨 #Kusto Oleksiy Kustovsky

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

First bird of my day (I'm awake late) is a herring gull sitting on top of a telegraph pole. As usual, it is constantly vigilant, looking up, down and all around. Missing nothing. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

Tree down but not dead for #ThickTrunkTuesday Near Silverdale in north Lancashire.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

It is. I like how it makes me take notice.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

Hi Yaroslava from northwest England. Flowers from my garden for you 🥰 as I share #warcoffee.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 2d

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

First bird of my day. The pair of crows dancing along the apex of a roof in a complex twosome reel as I waited for my first brew to be ready. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly what Yaroslava from #Ukraine says ⏬️

Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 2d

This week’s Sunday Letter:

Key updates from Ukraine,
and the forgotten Ukrainian chapter of Franz Liszt’s life –
a love story between the composer and a woman from Podillia.

www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, Xenta, and I hope this shipment of modular houses isn't as stressful as last time 🥰

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

Hi Jim in beautiful Maine. It's grey here in Morecambe, but still.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

😂 thank you Clare!

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

Hi Yaroslava from northwest England. Looks a pleasant café for #warcoffee. I drank mine in a favourite cafe after walking along the coast. The sea was eerily calm even though it was approaching high tide⏬️.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

Such an abundance of fruit.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

These trees bring us so much colour as the nights lengthen and the chill arrives. Thank you for sharing and good morning 🥰. I keep taking photographs of the autumnal shades too.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

First bird of my day, the friendly chirruping of a member of our sparrow group. At least it sounded friendly, but they do squabble sometimes too. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 3d

First bird of my day: the robin again, singing in the mauve twilight, flitting in the high branches of the apple tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours