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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 2m

Did you see the venerable yew in Johnny Wood which featured in our podcast of last Friday?

Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 4m

I gather the DNA of the rootstock has revealed they are from a single original tree... Oh ye fraternal one!

Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 9m

You might contact me for a business conversation via [email protected]

Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 2h

Up Along, Down Along with your camera a gift of the landscape. I explored the North Cornwall coastal footpath and illustrated a guide in pen & ink back in 1974.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 7h

My wife had one when we met fifty-one years ago!

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 7h

Luing cow backed by Simmerson Fell in Geltsdale.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 8h

Alec Isigonis would be proud to see his creation still dancing along the dusty roads of Cumbria sixty years after his Mini first hit the highway.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 10h

I remember once ringing the bells at Kingham parish church and in my enthusiasm rotating the bell too high so that it got stuck! I had to clamber into the belfry to push it down... it was deafening!

Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 1d

Waterfall in the Gelt at dusk.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 2d

Independent bookshop in Colne passed (well we went in too) during my walk with Nick Burton on his Two Toms Trail.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve a soft spot for Pennine soggy.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 3d

You’ll be jealous of me as I’ll be treading on the hallowed Pennine Way turf tomorrow on Pinhaw Beacon (or almost depends how the day goes).

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 4d

Castlerigg Stone Circle looking south-west.

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stevetrotter1.bsky.social @stevetrotter1.bsky.social · 4d

What a fantastic exhibition by #andygoldsworthy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social in Edinburgh until 2 November

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 6d

Linescape for Countrystride episode #153 which goes live tomorrow, focused upon the history of upper Borrowdale as told by Seatoller resident Steve Uglow.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 6d

Bessyboot and Rosthwaite Cam rising above Seatoller.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 6d

Steve Uglow in Seatoller House discussing the famous Trevelyan and Exeter annual (human) hare & hounds race during our podcast recording this afternoon.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 7d

Ancient yew perhaps 500 years old in Johnny Wood close to Seatoller. Discussed during the recording of our Countrystride podcast this afternoon, set to go live on Friday.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 8d

Enlightened. Silly typo clearly I’m not with it today.

Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 8d

Unlightened. Creativity boosts the economy and comes in all mannerof forms and most certainly is not all digital or AI. Can we have it elsewhere in the British Isles?

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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South Devon Green Party @southdevongreens.bsky.social · 9d

Bringing back hope.

Leader Zack Polanski makes a powerful case for taxing wealth not work in the Green Party's new party political broadcast.

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

youtu.be

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 9d

The Rollright Stones on the Cotswold ridgeway near Chipping Norton. If you would like an authentic signed print @ £40 (like the one attached), please email me on [email protected]

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 9d

Typo... I meant Beakcareful.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 9d

Peakcareful.

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Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social · 9d

Boiling cold water.

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