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Rachel Burch

@rachelburch.bsky.social

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Deeply unwell, deeply mossy, wheelchair user, Dartmoor photographer, old book lover and hedgehog whisperer. 🦔🦼📖 have been a photographer for 35 years. https://thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 3h

Cows and fields near Peter Tavy last Autumn, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography

Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 19h

Definitely winding down, moving more slowly, only feeding briefly overnight, invisible in the hibernaculum he’s built in my hog box. I think he may well hibernate in my garden.

Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 1d

Oak tree, Burrator woods, #Dartmoor, #Devon last Autumn. #landscape #moss #photography

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 1d

Falling leaf in ancient trackway, Lydford, last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #holloway #nature

A blurre falling leaf in ancient pathway

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 1d

One of Steve’s paintings, this was large scale, and took ten years or so to finish, with his health condition. His arms don’t work very well. Painted and collaged from his wheelchair he did sell it to a very rich person for several hundred quid 🙂. Came across this photo a few days ago. #art

A square abstract painting with trees and boxes

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 2d

River Meavy near Norsworthy bridge a couple of weeks ago. #Dartmoor #Devon #Autumn #photography #river

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I’m sorry x

Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 2d

Pictures taken this week at Lydford, #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘It would be wonderful’: the team hoping to unearth ‘Cornwall’s Stonehenge’

Experts and volunteers working at Castilly Henge have been trying determine if it is the county’s lost great stone circle

www.theguardian.com

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 3d

Stone barn and old track at Lydford this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon #footpaths #nature #photography

A beautiful stone barn and an ancient footpath

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 3d

Just a quick post to say my calendars are here, £16 each all profits to Tavistock food bank. They are selling fast, so link in my profile or here, thanks. US shipping back on #Dartmoor #Devon #landscape #photography #calendar #charity
thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com/listing/4382...

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 4d

Beeches behind Lydford castle this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #trees

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 4d

Fragments of medieval stained glass in St Petroc’s church at Lydford this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #medieval #history

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 5d

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 5d

Lydford’s ancient castle this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #castle #photography #history

Lydford castle with red berries in front

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 5d

Door to a stone barn, Lyford yesterday, #Dartmoor, #Devon…. Is it a wonderful secret garden behind 🙂? #photography #doors #secretgarden

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 6d

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 6d

Old trackway, Holloway at Lydford yesterday. #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #paths #holloways

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 6d

Wheelwright’s stone and Lydford castle (medieval prison) behind it today. The wheel stone was used to fit a metal tyre onto a wooden wheel. The wheel hub fitted into the central socket while the work was being done, the stone was in use locally in the 1920’s. #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography #history

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 7d

I'm giving away this signed 1st edition h/b of my new novel (it has a tiny jacket rip which means I wouldn't sell it) to one person who reposts this.

You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time

All shares much-appreciated.

Joe McLaren's fabulous cover for Everything Will Swallow You

A close up of the small tear on this first edition of Everything Will Swallow You

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks ☺️ x

Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 7d

River Meavy near Norsworthy bridge last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 8d

Rooty path in Burrator woods, not one for my wheelchair but pretty all the same, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 8d

And also nhs wheelchairs probably won’t be suitable anyway. This is simply unacceptable in a country that has the wealth the UK has.

Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 8d

I think it’s brilliant there’s money being raised for rugby mnd sufferers ( yes I’m a rugby fan bizarrely). I just wish there was that support for non sports people . Some people with MND wil die before they get an nhs wheelchair with the current wheelchair wait times.

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