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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 · 13d

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 · 13h

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 · 13h

Afternoon Jim and well said 👋 😊

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 19h

There are tree photographs, then there is this ⏬️

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22h

'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 · 19h

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

Anita @anitapoet.bsky.social · 21h

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 · 19h

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 · 19h

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 · 1d

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

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

So good to see the support for #Ukraine Veronique 🥰

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

How lovely. I am so interested in seeing these houses in vernacular styles. Thank you, Yaroslava.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

The best neighbours 😊

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

Morning Clare. The 🌞 is shining here. Hope it is with you 😊.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

Hi Yaroslava from northwest England. I've just had an afternoon #warcoffee then I'll be cooking. This morning we were painting the outside of the house. Yesterday was an autumn walk to strengthen my ankle and leg. Lots of fungi around ⏬️ to interest me.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

Hello to you Jim. The 🌞 is out here. Hope your Saturday is good.

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