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Kate Blincoe
@kateblincoe.bsky.social
Writer and author. Nature, sustainability, ethical economics, literature, horses. Guardian Country Diarist. Resurgence & Ecologist contributor. Curae Fiction prize winner 2023. Loves researching and writing on diverse topics!
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Confronting the barriers that stand between mothers and walking the land. My review of the inspirational Pathfinding: On Walking, Motherhood and Freedom, by @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social in @resurgencetrust.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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A bat in trouble and how to help them in your garden in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @kateblincoe.bsky.social.

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Country diary: Some bats need a little help to get through the night | Kate Blincoe
Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: My week of nursing a long-eared bat back to health ends with me planting evening primrose in my garden
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July 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Is it a Wordsworthian moment or not? Daffs, orchids & bluebells in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @kateblincoe.bsky.social.

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Country diary: A Wordsworthian moment, golden and dancing | Kate Blincoe
Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: Among bee orchids and incipient bluebells, I see a host of daffodils, and wonder if they’re wild
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March 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Lovely, I was inspired by the tradfolk directory to start a wassail locally where there was none. More seasonal rituals I say, they help us connect with our environment, our food and our community tradfolk.co/customs/wass...
January 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
You’re too kind Anna ☺️x
May I offer a plug for @kateblincoe.bsky.social here? She won the fiction prize in the inauugural #Curae award for writer-carers and she is ALSO an exceptional nonfiction writer, short and longform, and a fine journalist. We are lucky to have her.
Wassailing is such a quaint tradition, but this is why it matters to me: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #naturewriting
January 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Time to go a-wassailing in @kateblincoe.bsky.social's @theguardian.com country diary celebrating this centuries-old pagan tradition of shared thanks and love.

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Country diary: Beating pots and pans, it’s time to go a-wassailing
Saxlingham Nethergate, Norfolk: With Venus shining down on us in the cold, we perform a ceremony that today has more to do with connecting to our roots than ensuring a good apple harvest
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January 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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December 13, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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Well I never! You learn something everyday, especially if you read @theguardian.com country diary. Today, @kateblincoe.bsky.social on Sweet Violet flowers that will never open... #naturewriting
Country diary: Sweet violet grows flowers that will never open | Kate Blincoe
Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: I happen upon a large patch of these winter specialists, which have an unusual method of survival
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December 12, 2024 at 8:29 AM
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November 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM
My first Bluesky post … a nighttime safari with my Dad! Slugs, deer, podcast fear and a warty star guest
A 350-word interlude of joy from Kate Blincoe in @theguardian.com country diary this morning. Anyone else identify with Kate's experience? Love it! #naturewriting

'My dad wants to look for mating slugs, as you do on a Friday night...'
Country diary: The night-time farm is alive with unseen wildlife | Kate Blincoe
Caister St Edmund, Norfolk: Dozens of deer and hares are out in the fields, grazing in relative safety, and Dad is especially excited to see mating slugs
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November 18, 2024 at 11:24 AM