The Arthur Ransome Society
@tarsociety.bsky.social
Arthur was born in 1884 in Leeds. The Society was set up to popularise his many books (not just for children) and encourage research into his life and work.
https://arthur-ransome.org/
https://arthur-ransome.org/
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Our junior school had a pool. 10 x 5 yards, above ground. If you swam all the way round it was 25 yards!
I bought a new cossie when I went to secondary. I showed Pa and he immediately knew - proper Swallows & Amazons savage outfit (regulation black what's now known as boy leg).
I bought a new cossie when I went to secondary. I showed Pa and he immediately knew - proper Swallows & Amazons savage outfit (regulation black what's now known as boy leg).
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Our junior school had a pool. 10 x 5 yards, above ground. If you swam all the way round it was 25 yards!
I bought a new cossie when I went to secondary. I showed Pa and he immediately knew - proper Swallows & Amazons savage outfit (regulation black what's now known as boy leg).
I bought a new cossie when I went to secondary. I showed Pa and he immediately knew - proper Swallows & Amazons savage outfit (regulation black what's now known as boy leg).
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A large arrival of Blackbirds and thrushes across the headland also Dusky Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff, Northern Bullfinch, Ring Ouzel and 5 Snow Bunting with a Pallas’s Warbler at RSPB Bempton and Jack Snipe at Buckton.
Full details here
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/7t...
Full details here
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/7t...
7th November 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory
Light southerly winds, occasionally from the south-east; overcast with misty spells and a high of 13 degrees C. An arrival of 2450 Blackbirds created the day’s main spectacle, while a Dusky Warbler (S...
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A large arrival of Blackbirds and thrushes across the headland also Dusky Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff, Northern Bullfinch, Ring Ouzel and 5 Snow Bunting with a Pallas’s Warbler at RSPB Bempton and Jack Snipe at Buckton.
Full details here
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/7t...
Full details here
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/7t...
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KIDNAPPED, by Robert Louis Stevenson
For @lrb.co.uk’s NOVEL APPROACHES, Clare Bucknell, Andrew O’Hagan & Tom Crewe explore Stevenson’s startlingly modern handling of perspective & pacing, his approach to the art of fiction, & the value of being ‘betwixt & between’
💙📚
www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
For @lrb.co.uk’s NOVEL APPROACHES, Clare Bucknell, Andrew O’Hagan & Tom Crewe explore Stevenson’s startlingly modern handling of perspective & pacing, his approach to the art of fiction, & the value of being ‘betwixt & between’
💙📚
www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
Podcast: Andrew O’Hagan, Tom Crewe and Clare Bucknell · Novel Approaches: ‘Kidnapped’ by Robert Louis Stevenson
www.lrb.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
KIDNAPPED, by Robert Louis Stevenson
For @lrb.co.uk’s NOVEL APPROACHES, Clare Bucknell, Andrew O’Hagan & Tom Crewe explore Stevenson’s startlingly modern handling of perspective & pacing, his approach to the art of fiction, & the value of being ‘betwixt & between’
💙📚
www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
For @lrb.co.uk’s NOVEL APPROACHES, Clare Bucknell, Andrew O’Hagan & Tom Crewe explore Stevenson’s startlingly modern handling of perspective & pacing, his approach to the art of fiction, & the value of being ‘betwixt & between’
💙📚
www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
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#Bookvember Day 3
Arthur Ransome was an author I loved at an early age. I loved boats and his books really captured their magic.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Arthur Ransome was an author I loved at an early age. I loved boats and his books really captured their magic.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 3!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#Bookvember Day 3
Arthur Ransome was an author I loved at an early age. I loved boats and his books really captured their magic.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Arthur Ransome was an author I loved at an early age. I loved boats and his books really captured their magic.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
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November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Good morning from Nuuk, Greenland 🇬🇱
November 6, 2025 (8:45am)
Temp: +1°C.
November 6, 2025 (8:45am)
Temp: +1°C.
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Good morning from Nuuk, Greenland 🇬🇱
November 6, 2025 (8:45am)
Temp: +1°C.
November 6, 2025 (8:45am)
Temp: +1°C.
Yew Tree Farm, known to us as Tyson's Farm.
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Yew Tree Farm, known to us as Tyson's Farm.
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The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan review – shipwreck songs from a master storyteller
The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan review – shipwreck songs from a master storyteller
The latest themed album from John Darnielle’s band – with some help from Lin-Manuel Miranda – takes them on a sumptuously crafted and surprisingly upbeat voyage to a desert island
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan review – shipwreck songs from a master storyteller
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I'm printing up some maps tonight – add yours to my queue by placing an order now! I'll get out in the mail tomorrow.
transitmap.net/store/prints...
transitmap.net/store/prints...
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I'm printing up some maps tonight – add yours to my queue by placing an order now! I'll get out in the mail tomorrow.
transitmap.net/store/prints...
transitmap.net/store/prints...
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@janjonesauthor.bsky.social said, fenders, floats, bouts, and she's spent lots of time in boats (imagining her as Titty 😳 in Swallows & Amazons)
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
@janjonesauthor.bsky.social said, fenders, floats, bouts, and she's spent lots of time in boats (imagining her as Titty 😳 in Swallows & Amazons)
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I love tha series Swallows and Amazons. I read them all but first was Great Northern! Which pushed me towards birding.
But at the end I thought… „why isn‘t my life like this“ and realised what the class divide was in the UK
But at the end I thought… „why isn‘t my life like this“ and realised what the class divide was in the UK
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I love tha series Swallows and Amazons. I read them all but first was Great Northern! Which pushed me towards birding.
But at the end I thought… „why isn‘t my life like this“ and realised what the class divide was in the UK
But at the end I thought… „why isn‘t my life like this“ and realised what the class divide was in the UK
Two publications that members get sent during their year's subscription.
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Two publications that members get sent during their year's subscription.
The yearly publication for TARS members.
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The yearly publication for TARS members.
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Norfolk Broads this morning
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Norfolk Broads this morning
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Crummock Water, Lake District, 1929.
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Crummock Water, Lake District, 1929.
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My name is Jim (this may be a lie.) First book I remember reading and really getting into was something called Swallows and Amazons. I was young.
First thing I ever wrote - a Star Trek fan fic when I was maybe 12. Just a fountain pen and some paper my mum tore out of her notebook for me.
First thing I ever wrote - a Star Trek fan fic when I was maybe 12. Just a fountain pen and some paper my mum tore out of her notebook for me.
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 1!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My name is Jim (this may be a lie.) First book I remember reading and really getting into was something called Swallows and Amazons. I was young.
First thing I ever wrote - a Star Trek fan fic when I was maybe 12. Just a fountain pen and some paper my mum tore out of her notebook for me.
First thing I ever wrote - a Star Trek fan fic when I was maybe 12. Just a fountain pen and some paper my mum tore out of her notebook for me.
Windermere hit by toxic spills once a week as bathers warned of harmful algae.
Data also revealed that the Environment Agency was failing to attend around a third of pollution incidents.
inews.co.uk/news/winderm...?
Data also revealed that the Environment Agency was failing to attend around a third of pollution incidents.
inews.co.uk/news/winderm...?
Windermere hit by toxic spills once a week as bathers warned of harmful algae
Data also revealed that the Environment Agency was failing to attend around a third of pollution incidents in person
inews.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Windermere hit by toxic spills once a week as bathers warned of harmful algae.
Data also revealed that the Environment Agency was failing to attend around a third of pollution incidents.
inews.co.uk/news/winderm...?
Data also revealed that the Environment Agency was failing to attend around a third of pollution incidents.
inews.co.uk/news/winderm...?
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October 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Owl claw. Unlike humans, in a relaxed state an owl’s claws are clenched.
Thanks to Dr. Brenna Frasier Curator of Zoology for these posts.
#halloween #spooky #nsmstrange #novascotia
Thanks to Dr. Brenna Frasier Curator of Zoology for these posts.
#halloween #spooky #nsmstrange #novascotia
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Owl claw. Unlike humans, in a relaxed state an owl’s claws are clenched.
Thanks to Dr. Brenna Frasier Curator of Zoology for these posts.
#halloween #spooky #nsmstrange #novascotia
Thanks to Dr. Brenna Frasier Curator of Zoology for these posts.
#halloween #spooky #nsmstrange #novascotia
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#BirdOfTheDay for Tuesday, 28 October 2025.
Theme: #PairsOfTheSameBirds #twosday
A pair of Tundra Swans in early morning light.
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #photography #NikonZ9 #PhotographersUnited #AlbertaBirds #CanadaBirds
Theme: #PairsOfTheSameBirds #twosday
A pair of Tundra Swans in early morning light.
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #photography #NikonZ9 #PhotographersUnited #AlbertaBirds #CanadaBirds
October 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#BirdOfTheDay for Tuesday, 28 October 2025.
Theme: #PairsOfTheSameBirds #twosday
A pair of Tundra Swans in early morning light.
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #photography #NikonZ9 #PhotographersUnited #AlbertaBirds #CanadaBirds
Theme: #PairsOfTheSameBirds #twosday
A pair of Tundra Swans in early morning light.
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #photography #NikonZ9 #PhotographersUnited #AlbertaBirds #CanadaBirds
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Requiem for a hillfort
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
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#HillfortsWednesday
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
📷 © 2022 HE Archive 27618_002
#HillfortsWednesday
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Requiem for a hillfort
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
📷 © 2022 HE Archive 27618_002
#HillfortsWednesday
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
📷 © 2022 HE Archive 27618_002
#HillfortsWednesday
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Am just picking myself off the floor after a weekend of Glasgow, Hadrians wall and more time on coaches than should be allowed
but despite all the Roman stuff the real motivation to go was to see the @govanstones.bsky.social & esp their hogbacks
& thats going to need a short #TombTuesday thread 🧵👇
but despite all the Roman stuff the real motivation to go was to see the @govanstones.bsky.social & esp their hogbacks
& thats going to need a short #TombTuesday thread 🧵👇
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Am just picking myself off the floor after a weekend of Glasgow, Hadrians wall and more time on coaches than should be allowed
but despite all the Roman stuff the real motivation to go was to see the @govanstones.bsky.social & esp their hogbacks
& thats going to need a short #TombTuesday thread 🧵👇
but despite all the Roman stuff the real motivation to go was to see the @govanstones.bsky.social & esp their hogbacks
& thats going to need a short #TombTuesday thread 🧵👇
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October 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM