Brendan Paddy
@bjpaddy.bsky.social
Looking to make the outdoors for everyone as director of Ramblers Scotland but these are personal views. Expect pics of walks, posts on politics/world news, risidual overseas aid and guest appearances by a small hairy murderer named Pixie.
I did not have 'Trump sentences himself to death' on my bingo card
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I did not have 'Trump sentences himself to death' on my bingo card
Didn't manage to get you a pic of the snowy/icy Pentlands yesterday at dawn, so here's what we have today
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Didn't manage to get you a pic of the snowy/icy Pentlands yesterday at dawn, so here's what we have today
Fantastic walk to work this morning from Elephant & Castle to the Foundling Museum across London, ending near the old offices of Horizon Magazine
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Fantastic walk to work this morning from Elephant & Castle to the Foundling Museum across London, ending near the old offices of Horizon Magazine
Further evidence, as though it were needed, that my understanding of the simple phrase 'it's not a race' remains extremely limited - my first #Parkrun
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Further evidence, as though it were needed, that my understanding of the simple phrase 'it's not a race' remains extremely limited - my first #Parkrun
Pentland Hills in the haze
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Pentland Hills in the haze
Blackford Hill in Edinburgh at dawn this morning
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Blackford Hill in Edinburgh at dawn this morning
It'll be a good deal lighter than this at the same time tomorrow morning but the dark is rising
October 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
It'll be a good deal lighter than this at the same time tomorrow morning but the dark is rising
Yes, I miss the warmth of the sun on my skin & the light but even here, even now, there is this
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Yes, I miss the warmth of the sun on my skin & the light but even here, even now, there is this
Actual street food, Leather Lane, London
October 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Actual street food, Leather Lane, London
Enjoying as always having a destination, no firm route & time to explore random back streets on a journey across central London
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Enjoying as always having a destination, no firm route & time to explore random back streets on a journey across central London
Lovely autumn walk around Loch Faskally from Pitlochry
October 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Lovely autumn walk around Loch Faskally from Pitlochry
Thinking about an autumn walk with some woodland tomorrow, Perthshire maybe, while idly flicking through @ramblers.org.uk Walk magazine and it turns out @helenrambler.bsky.social is three steps ahead of me, as usual...
October 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Thinking about an autumn walk with some woodland tomorrow, Perthshire maybe, while idly flicking through @ramblers.org.uk Walk magazine and it turns out @helenrambler.bsky.social is three steps ahead of me, as usual...
The Shell album launch - experimental electronic jazz
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Shell album launch - experimental electronic jazz
The MWIS forecast this weekend has broken out my favourite pictogram - head for the pub, not the hills
October 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The MWIS forecast this weekend has broken out my favourite pictogram - head for the pub, not the hills
Nine years today since I left our London house for the last time and arrived to our temporary home in a little first floor tenement flat in Edinburgh
October 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Nine years today since I left our London house for the last time and arrived to our temporary home in a little first floor tenement flat in Edinburgh
Two extremely fine ridges for the price of one - the Ladhar Bheinn circuit (let's just agree to gloss over the largely trackless, boggy and tussocky walks in and out)
September 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Two extremely fine ridges for the price of one - the Ladhar Bheinn circuit (let's just agree to gloss over the largely trackless, boggy and tussocky walks in and out)
Skye from Knoydart
September 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Skye from Knoydart
Views from Sunday in Knoydart up Luinne Bheinn & Meall Buidhe
September 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Views from Sunday in Knoydart up Luinne Bheinn & Meall Buidhe
The walk in to Barrisdale along Loch Hourn (no photos of the walk out because I was too busy swearing & wailing after what had already felt like a long day climbing Ladhar Bheinn)
September 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The walk in to Barrisdale along Loch Hourn (no photos of the walk out because I was too busy swearing & wailing after what had already felt like a long day climbing Ladhar Bheinn)
Barclay Viewforth church & Edinburgh Castle in the morning light
September 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Barclay Viewforth church & Edinburgh Castle in the morning light
Not the @spokes.org.uk ride - views from Calton Hill
September 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Not the @spokes.org.uk ride - views from Calton Hill
Very Scottish out there this evening
September 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Very Scottish out there this evening
Friday night special - blueberry, honeyberry and limoncello sorbet sour beer - 'collaboration' with Scottish comedian Kim Blythe. It's definitely funny but in a good way.
September 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Friday night special - blueberry, honeyberry and limoncello sorbet sour beer - 'collaboration' with Scottish comedian Kim Blythe. It's definitely funny but in a good way.