Chris Townsend
@christownsend.bsky.social
Outdoor writer & photographer, passionate about wild places, long distance walking, & rewilding. https://www.christownsendoutdoors.com
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Chris Townsend
@christownsend.bsky.social
· Oct 18
High Summer new edition - available November 1st!
I'm very pleased to announce that High Summer , the story of my walk the length of the Canadian Rockies in 1988, will be published in a new ...
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Blog post about the new edition of my book High Summer #hiking www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2024/10/high...
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Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.
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BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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It also impacts the wellbeing - if not survival - of millions of other species. Let's keep them in mind too. Our anthropocentrism is a key part of the root issues!
WELLBEING
'Climate change is not only about emissions and temperature limits. It affects how people live, work, eat, breathe, learn and feel. When models ignore wellbeing, they underestimate the benefits of climate action and overlook the true costs of inaction.'
theconversation.com/climate-acti...
'Climate change is not only about emissions and temperature limits. It affects how people live, work, eat, breathe, learn and feel. When models ignore wellbeing, they underestimate the benefits of climate action and overlook the true costs of inaction.'
theconversation.com/climate-acti...
Climate action saves lives. So why do climate models ignore wellbeing?
Why climate models miss what matters most: our wellbeing.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It also impacts the wellbeing - if not survival - of millions of other species. Let's keep them in mind too. Our anthropocentrism is a key part of the root issues!
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Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
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When your past finally catches up, what do you do? What do you do?
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
When your past finally catches up, what do you do? What do you do?
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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Old photo: if Maggie Thatcher had got her way, this would have been - at best - an unused monument to our industrial past, and to those who died in the construction of the Settle and Carlisle railway.
Happily, Ribblehead Viaduct remains an important part of our working transport infrastructure...
Happily, Ribblehead Viaduct remains an important part of our working transport infrastructure...
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Old photo: if Maggie Thatcher had got her way, this would have been - at best - an unused monument to our industrial past, and to those who died in the construction of the Settle and Carlisle railway.
Happily, Ribblehead Viaduct remains an important part of our working transport infrastructure...
Happily, Ribblehead Viaduct remains an important part of our working transport infrastructure...
A fiery sky after heavy rain in Grantown-on-Spey today. #Cairngorms #Strathspey
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A fiery sky after heavy rain in Grantown-on-Spey today. #Cairngorms #Strathspey
Before the thaw, Nov 25. Yesterday, the 26th, a big thaw began. #Cairngorms #snow
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Before the thaw, Nov 25. Yesterday, the 26th, a big thaw began. #Cairngorms #snow
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"Should the US government release all of its files from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein?"
Yes: 81%
No: 5%
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
Yes: 81%
No: 5%
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Should the US government release all of its files from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein?"
Yes: 81%
No: 5%
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
Yes: 81%
No: 5%
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
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BREAKING: 2 National Guardsmen shot and killed near the White House in Washington, DC; One suspect is in custody - NBC NEWS
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Live updates: 2 National Guardsmen shot and killed near White House; suspect is in custody
Washington, D.C., police say there has been a shooting at 17th and I Street.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
BREAKING: 2 National Guardsmen shot and killed near the White House in Washington, DC; One suspect is in custody - NBC NEWS
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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T'neet reading material @tgomagazine.bsky.social 👌
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
T'neet reading material @tgomagazine.bsky.social 👌
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Cairn Toul and the Lairig Ghru today. #Cairngorms #snow
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cairn Toul and the Lairig Ghru today. #Cairngorms #snow
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
Nigel Farage's 'Project 2029': The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage's meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agen...
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain