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Richard Webb
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Knackered ex orienteer and map collector- now on a bike much of the time. Hill bagger.
East Lothian.

Unfortunately due to some authoritarian overreach from our neighbours and overlords and over enthusiastic compliance, I am unable to easily access DMs.
Made it all the way the last two years - mind hiding in Tierra del Fuego was probably taking it too far. However I was taken out today in Fatface Peebles. 2nd of soddin December!
#Whamageddon
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This is a staggering cool JWST image of one of the most terrifying star systems I have ever seen. Apep is a monster… *three* monsters, actually, and blasting out radiation and dust and junk at speeds to freeze the soul.

Read all about it!

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-ridiculo...

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A ridiculously jaw-dropping JWST image of a fantastically terrifying star system
Apep consists of three immense and immensely powerful stars blasting out a fierce dusty wind
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.

En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).

Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Look at this image (and thread - use the translate service).

This one reads along the lines of:

"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.

In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).

Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."

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3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.

En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).

Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Simply glorious conditions on Sgòr Gaoith in the Cairngorms today. A favourite hill, but seldom more beautiful than this. Hope you had time to get out and enjoy the conditions, wherever you went - whether up high, down in the glens, out on the coast or deep in the woods.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Titterstone Clee Hill 1984. 1980s Harlequins maps had a very distinctive look. Fast grassland with mining and quarrying heritage. #Orienteering #OldOrienteeringMaps #Maps #Shropshire #Harlequins
November 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Blea Tarn 1980. Northern Championships. I was lucky enough to run on this map again, many years later. A superb area with runnable grassland and lovely scenery. Finish was in a big garden. #OldOrienteeringMaps #LakeDistrict #Maps #Orienteering #WCOC
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3618732
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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A fiery sky after heavy rain in Grantown-on-Spey today. #Cairngorms #Strathspey
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Wishing all my American chums a very happy thanksgiving with this absolutely awesome image of the ❤️👾 Pacman Nebula! It was captured by the fab Gilmerton Primary School P7s on their recent residential visit to Benmore, which is part of our Scottish Youth Telescope Network. #SYTN 🔭🧪
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Very sorry to hear that Dave Hewitt died earlier this week, the man behind The Angry Corrie hillwalkers fanzine and a great account of walking the Scottish watershed, a nice bit of writing which you can read (and other of his work) here web.archive.org/web/20060923...
TACit Press Home Page
web.archive.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Heading north - Cargo ship in the fjords of Patagonia, a few hours out from Puerto Natales
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
How many years will Authoritarian Labour demand for this "illegal" demonstration?
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This morning felt similar, but a definite feeling of being even more lightweight and trivia oriented than usual. At least no "music" yet.
#BBCScotland

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New dawn as Radio Scotland breakfast programme goes on air
Radio Scotland Breakfast is presented by Laura Maciver and Martin Geissler and replaces Good Morning Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
East Monaughty 1980. Clearfelling soon took this forest off the fixture list. I would have spent a lot of time on an EUOC bus to get there. Premarked maps were a well loved luxury at this time.
#OldOrienteeringMaps #Maps #Orienteering #Moray #MoravianOrienteers

www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3249538
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Blackford Hill event today on a 1:5000 map. Nearly 50 years ago the maps had smaller scales - 1:15,000
#OldOrienteeringMaps #Map #ESOC
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Moorland near Selkirk. Looking east from the edge of Elibank Forest with self seeded Sitka everywhere. Grazed by sheep and their tracks made walking here unbelievably easy.
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Autumn turns to Winter - a handover shot with the last of the colour on the larches vrs the first of the snow. Elibank Forest, Tweeddale today.
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Blue skies but a very cold wind in the Pentlands today. Enjoyed the snow! A taste of winter in mid-autumn. ❄️☀️🥾
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Out in #Berwickshire today - snow fell wet unfortunately and the roads were skating rinks. Kept to the fields when possible. Descent from this modest hill (Haliburton Hill) through the snow was rather fun. #Fatbike #Lammermuirs
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM