Annie Worsley
@annieworsley.bsky.social
Writer Crofter Grandmother
Red River Croft Wester Ross
Landscape Nature Environment
#WINDSWEPT: Life Nature & Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands (out now)
FRAGMENTS (2026)
#naturewriting #landscapephotography
https://www.annieworsley.co.uk/
Red River Croft Wester Ross
Landscape Nature Environment
#WINDSWEPT: Life Nature & Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands (out now)
FRAGMENTS (2026)
#naturewriting #landscapephotography
https://www.annieworsley.co.uk/
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Annie Worsley
@annieworsley.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Windswept: Life, Nature & Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands, my debut book pub'd @WmCollinsBooks, shortl'd Richard Jefferies Award for nature writing, longl'd Saltire Book Awards for non-fiction, is available in paperback. It's a love story to place & filled with wild things.
One big squall. Textbook structure and utterly fabulous. It skirted the peat bog and then chased a rainbow with thunder.
#stormhour @stormhour.com
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November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
One big squall. Textbook structure and utterly fabulous. It skirted the peat bog and then chased a rainbow with thunder.
#stormhour @stormhour.com
#stormhour @stormhour.com
The house and the mountain.
One was once a home with a hearth and a family, the other, a mountain with forests, scrub and wildlife.
One was once a home with a hearth and a family, the other, a mountain with forests, scrub and wildlife.
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The house and the mountain.
One was once a home with a hearth and a family, the other, a mountain with forests, scrub and wildlife.
One was once a home with a hearth and a family, the other, a mountain with forests, scrub and wildlife.
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An Arctic blast, a day of heavy snow, a long journey to the dentist. The round trip is 150 miles across wild mountainous country but oh! the compensations.
📷 A Bombay-gin-clear Loch a' Chroisg catching the early morning light.
📷 A Bombay-gin-clear Loch a' Chroisg catching the early morning light.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
An Arctic blast, a day of heavy snow, a long journey to the dentist. The round trip is 150 miles across wild mountainous country but oh! the compensations.
📷 A Bombay-gin-clear Loch a' Chroisg catching the early morning light.
📷 A Bombay-gin-clear Loch a' Chroisg catching the early morning light.
An Arctic blast, a day of heavy snow, a long journey to the dentist. The round trip is 150 miles across wild mountainous country but oh! the compensations.
📷 A Bombay-gin-clear Loch a' Chroisg catching the early morning light.
📷 A Bombay-gin-clear Loch a' Chroisg catching the early morning light.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
An Arctic blast, a day of heavy snow, a long journey to the dentist. The round trip is 150 miles across wild mountainous country but oh! the compensations.
📷 A Bombay-gin-clear Loch a' Chroisg catching the early morning light.
📷 A Bombay-gin-clear Loch a' Chroisg catching the early morning light.
Crofting comes to #TheArchers on @bbcsounds.bsky.social
I wonder if the writers read #Windswept. If not, they need to!!!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I wonder if the writers read #Windswept. If not, they need to!!!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Archers - 19/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
Henry gets the wrong end of the stick.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Crofting comes to #TheArchers on @bbcsounds.bsky.social
I wonder if the writers read #Windswept. If not, they need to!!!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I wonder if the writers read #Windswept. If not, they need to!!!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reposted by Annie Worsley
It's #BookWeekScotland a celebration of books & reading. #Windswept still roams the world, promoted mostly by word of mouth. This year's theme is friendship. My wee book is filled with my Highland friends - wildlife & wilderness!
So... happy Book Week and happy reading 😊
So... happy Book Week and happy reading 😊
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It's #BookWeekScotland a celebration of books & reading. #Windswept still roams the world, promoted mostly by word of mouth. This year's theme is friendship. My wee book is filled with my Highland friends - wildlife & wilderness!
So... happy Book Week and happy reading 😊
So... happy Book Week and happy reading 😊
Reposted by Annie Worsley
#Windswept is a must-read & not just for #BookWeekScotland!
I 'm fortunate to be in the area for a much needed break & I hear @annieworsley.bsky.social beautiful words as we explore.
If you love nature, weather, geology, history & anything 🏴 or to do with the Highlands, this is a book for you! ❤️
I 'm fortunate to be in the area for a much needed break & I hear @annieworsley.bsky.social beautiful words as we explore.
If you love nature, weather, geology, history & anything 🏴 or to do with the Highlands, this is a book for you! ❤️
It's #BookWeekScotland a celebration of books & reading. #Windswept still roams the world, promoted mostly by word of mouth. This year's theme is friendship. My wee book is filled with my Highland friends - wildlife & wilderness!
So... happy Book Week and happy reading 😊
So... happy Book Week and happy reading 😊
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#Windswept is a must-read & not just for #BookWeekScotland!
I 'm fortunate to be in the area for a much needed break & I hear @annieworsley.bsky.social beautiful words as we explore.
If you love nature, weather, geology, history & anything 🏴 or to do with the Highlands, this is a book for you! ❤️
I 'm fortunate to be in the area for a much needed break & I hear @annieworsley.bsky.social beautiful words as we explore.
If you love nature, weather, geology, history & anything 🏴 or to do with the Highlands, this is a book for you! ❤️
It's #BookWeekScotland a celebration of books & reading. #Windswept still roams the world, promoted mostly by word of mouth. This year's theme is friendship. My wee book is filled with my Highland friends - wildlife & wilderness!
So... happy Book Week and happy reading 😊
So... happy Book Week and happy reading 😊
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It's #BookWeekScotland a celebration of books & reading. #Windswept still roams the world, promoted mostly by word of mouth. This year's theme is friendship. My wee book is filled with my Highland friends - wildlife & wilderness!
So... happy Book Week and happy reading 😊
So... happy Book Week and happy reading 😊
Finding deep time stories. Flux, flow. A wee burn descending, a mountain towering. A partnership between rock & water. Prehistory remembered in place names & folklore.
📷 Allt Toll a' Mhadaidh pouring from Sgùrr Mòr (Beinn Alligin) into Abhainn Coire Mhic Nòbuil, Torridon mountains, Wester Ross
📷 Allt Toll a' Mhadaidh pouring from Sgùrr Mòr (Beinn Alligin) into Abhainn Coire Mhic Nòbuil, Torridon mountains, Wester Ross
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Finding deep time stories. Flux, flow. A wee burn descending, a mountain towering. A partnership between rock & water. Prehistory remembered in place names & folklore.
📷 Allt Toll a' Mhadaidh pouring from Sgùrr Mòr (Beinn Alligin) into Abhainn Coire Mhic Nòbuil, Torridon mountains, Wester Ross
📷 Allt Toll a' Mhadaidh pouring from Sgùrr Mòr (Beinn Alligin) into Abhainn Coire Mhic Nòbuil, Torridon mountains, Wester Ross
Reposted by Annie Worsley
"Something ancient and purposeful..."
Wonderful piece of writing.
Wonderful piece of writing.
On rock and time.
Latest blog post. Happy reading.
#naturewriting
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Latest blog post. Happy reading.
#naturewriting
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The comfort of rock
My attic office-cum-grandchildren’s bedroom looks out across a large peat bog to a small hill. Along the skyline, like a string of beads, is a line of boulders. This late afternoon, close to …
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November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Something ancient and purposeful..."
Wonderful piece of writing.
Wonderful piece of writing.
Mighty, misty Liathach (1055m) from Glen Torridon, Wester Ross
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Mighty, misty Liathach (1055m) from Glen Torridon, Wester Ross
A wee blog post for November... on rock and time, the standing stones at Calanais, some big boulders closer to home in Wester Ross and the beauty of geology.
Happy reading 😊
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Happy reading 😊
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November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
A wee blog post for November... on rock and time, the standing stones at Calanais, some big boulders closer to home in Wester Ross and the beauty of geology.
Happy reading 😊
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
Happy reading 😊
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
On rock and time.
Latest blog post. Happy reading.
#naturewriting
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
Latest blog post. Happy reading.
#naturewriting
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
The comfort of rock
My attic office-cum-grandchildren’s bedroom looks out across a large peat bog to a small hill. Along the skyline, like a string of beads, is a line of boulders. This late afternoon, close to …
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
On rock and time.
Latest blog post. Happy reading.
#naturewriting
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
Latest blog post. Happy reading.
#naturewriting
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
Reposted by Annie Worsley
It's a joy and a privilege to exchange letters with crofter/writer Kirsteen Bell. This month we chat about autumn in the Highlands, woodlands old and new, ghosts of the past and distant futures. Happy reading 😊
#naturewriting #writingcommunity
#naturewriting #writingcommunity
'The acorns underfoot have fallen in layers so thick it feels like walking on shingle.'
Croft, Coast and Hill: Untamed and gorgeous, autumn arrives on @annieworsley.bsky.social and Kirsteen Bell’s respective crofts — bringing with it ravens, comets & ghosts www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/crof...
Croft, Coast and Hill: Untamed and gorgeous, autumn arrives on @annieworsley.bsky.social and Kirsteen Bell’s respective crofts — bringing with it ravens, comets & ghosts www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/crof...
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's a joy and a privilege to exchange letters with crofter/writer Kirsteen Bell. This month we chat about autumn in the Highlands, woodlands old and new, ghosts of the past and distant futures. Happy reading 😊
#naturewriting #writingcommunity
#naturewriting #writingcommunity
It's a joy and a privilege to exchange letters with crofter/writer Kirsteen Bell. This month we chat about autumn in the Highlands, woodlands old and new, ghosts of the past and distant futures. Happy reading 😊
#naturewriting #writingcommunity
#naturewriting #writingcommunity
'The acorns underfoot have fallen in layers so thick it feels like walking on shingle.'
Croft, Coast and Hill: Untamed and gorgeous, autumn arrives on @annieworsley.bsky.social and Kirsteen Bell’s respective crofts — bringing with it ravens, comets & ghosts www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/crof...
Croft, Coast and Hill: Untamed and gorgeous, autumn arrives on @annieworsley.bsky.social and Kirsteen Bell’s respective crofts — bringing with it ravens, comets & ghosts www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/crof...
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's a joy and a privilege to exchange letters with crofter/writer Kirsteen Bell. This month we chat about autumn in the Highlands, woodlands old and new, ghosts of the past and distant futures. Happy reading 😊
#naturewriting #writingcommunity
#naturewriting #writingcommunity
A squall after sunset.
November 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A squall after sunset.
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“We visited a museum with written accounts by people whose grandparents lived and worked here, in Finsbay, Quidinish, Manish, Geocrab and other townships. The way of life with all the hardships and traumas remembered. History within living memory. Their ghost voices were profoundly moving.”
A ghost post for Samhain.
Happy Halloween 😊
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Happy Halloween 😊
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/f...
Finding Ghosts
Early in October, after a big storm, we crossed the Minch to the Outer Hebrides. The ferry sailed across a peppermint ice-cream sea, rising and falling in great stomach-churning swoops, as waves sw…
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October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“We visited a museum with written accounts by people whose grandparents lived and worked here, in Finsbay, Quidinish, Manish, Geocrab and other townships. The way of life with all the hardships and traumas remembered. History within living memory. Their ghost voices were profoundly moving.”
A ghost post for Samhain.
Happy Halloween 😊
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/f...
Happy Halloween 😊
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/f...
Finding Ghosts
Early in October, after a big storm, we crossed the Minch to the Outer Hebrides. The ferry sailed across a peppermint ice-cream sea, rising and falling in great stomach-churning swoops, as waves sw…
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A ghost post for Samhain.
Happy Halloween 😊
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/f...
Happy Halloween 😊
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/f...
Good morning.
Red sky warning.
Praying for peace everywhere.
View from home to the Torridon mountains, Wester Ross.
Red sky warning.
Praying for peace everywhere.
View from home to the Torridon mountains, Wester Ross.
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Good morning.
Red sky warning.
Praying for peace everywhere.
View from home to the Torridon mountains, Wester Ross.
Red sky warning.
Praying for peace everywhere.
View from home to the Torridon mountains, Wester Ross.
"The North wind doth blow
And we shall have snow..."
First glimpse of winter on Beinn Alligin (Torridon mountains).
View from South Erradale ❄️
And we shall have snow..."
First glimpse of winter on Beinn Alligin (Torridon mountains).
View from South Erradale ❄️
October 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"The North wind doth blow
And we shall have snow..."
First glimpse of winter on Beinn Alligin (Torridon mountains).
View from South Erradale ❄️
And we shall have snow..."
First glimpse of winter on Beinn Alligin (Torridon mountains).
View from South Erradale ❄️
Late afternoon, yesterday.
I followed the sun. Oystercatchers called, a salted cold breeze riddled the meadows. From the top field I saw a swoop of starlings, a turquoise sea, a mother-of-pearl sky, islands of gauze.
My heart was full.
View across Red River Croft and Inner Sound to Skye
I followed the sun. Oystercatchers called, a salted cold breeze riddled the meadows. From the top field I saw a swoop of starlings, a turquoise sea, a mother-of-pearl sky, islands of gauze.
My heart was full.
View across Red River Croft and Inner Sound to Skye
October 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Late afternoon, yesterday.
I followed the sun. Oystercatchers called, a salted cold breeze riddled the meadows. From the top field I saw a swoop of starlings, a turquoise sea, a mother-of-pearl sky, islands of gauze.
My heart was full.
View across Red River Croft and Inner Sound to Skye
I followed the sun. Oystercatchers called, a salted cold breeze riddled the meadows. From the top field I saw a swoop of starlings, a turquoise sea, a mother-of-pearl sky, islands of gauze.
My heart was full.
View across Red River Croft and Inner Sound to Skye
A quiet weather day the forecaster said.
Ha! I was blown about and blasted with salt and grit and drenched in rainbows.
But my shadow-self looks long and lithe 😉
Ha! I was blown about and blasted with salt and grit and drenched in rainbows.
But my shadow-self looks long and lithe 😉
October 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A quiet weather day the forecaster said.
Ha! I was blown about and blasted with salt and grit and drenched in rainbows.
But my shadow-self looks long and lithe 😉
Ha! I was blown about and blasted with salt and grit and drenched in rainbows.
But my shadow-self looks long and lithe 😉
Hello nature chums. Does anyone have any idea what this is?
It is a white jelly substance so perhaps a fungus or mould of some sort? There are also smaller dollops of black goo with white nodules alongside the jellies and a few nodules in the white jelly.
Thank you 😊
It is a white jelly substance so perhaps a fungus or mould of some sort? There are also smaller dollops of black goo with white nodules alongside the jellies and a few nodules in the white jelly.
Thank you 😊
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hello nature chums. Does anyone have any idea what this is?
It is a white jelly substance so perhaps a fungus or mould of some sort? There are also smaller dollops of black goo with white nodules alongside the jellies and a few nodules in the white jelly.
Thank you 😊
It is a white jelly substance so perhaps a fungus or mould of some sort? There are also smaller dollops of black goo with white nodules alongside the jellies and a few nodules in the white jelly.
Thank you 😊
This is a lovely wee film from @clareshaw.bsky.social & Anna Chilvers. It captures the magic and profound beauty of bogs & moors really well.
Enjoy!
#TheBookofBogs ed by Clare & Anna, pub by @littletollerbooks.bsky.social is out now
#naturewriting #peatbogs
Enjoy!
#TheBookofBogs ed by Clare & Anna, pub by @littletollerbooks.bsky.social is out now
#naturewriting #peatbogs
"From the quagmires of Dartmoor to the moors of Wuthering Heights, bogs are bewitching places."
Watch @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers talking about their anthology Give Peat A Chance: a book of bogs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM41... 2/3
Watch @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers talking about their anthology Give Peat A Chance: a book of bogs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM41... 2/3
Clare Shaw and Anna Chilvers talk about the anthology
YouTube video by Anna Chilvers
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October 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This is a lovely wee film from @clareshaw.bsky.social & Anna Chilvers. It captures the magic and profound beauty of bogs & moors really well.
Enjoy!
#TheBookofBogs ed by Clare & Anna, pub by @littletollerbooks.bsky.social is out now
#naturewriting #peatbogs
Enjoy!
#TheBookofBogs ed by Clare & Anna, pub by @littletollerbooks.bsky.social is out now
#naturewriting #peatbogs