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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.
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fasgadh.bsky.social
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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harrywallop.co.uk
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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philplait.bsky.social
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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iacastrofisica.bsky.social
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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rami.spaceaustralia.com
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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iacastrofisica.bsky.social Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) @iacastrofisica.bsky.social · 4d
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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walkhighlands.co.uk
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.
Ice-encrusted rocks with view to snowy slopes, clad with wispy clouds beneath blue skies View from snowy plateau looking across at fluffy clouds beneath a blue sky Hiker on summit above steep drop View over deep glen, from one snowy mountain to a higher one.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
fasgadh.bsky.social
Titterstone Clee Hill 1984. 1980s Harlequins maps had a very distinctive look. Fast grassland with mining and quarrying heritage. #Orienteering #OldOrienteeringMaps #Maps #Shropshire #Harlequins
Orienteering map of a quarried open area rising to 533m. Yellow screen used for the open grassland. No green screen used, nor needed. An overprinted M19/M35 course.
November 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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davejorgenson.bsky.social
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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bjennings90.bsky.social
Latest @theguardian.com cartoon

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
fasgadh.bsky.social
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
A large five colour 1:10000 orienteering map of the north side of Eskdale, Cumberland. Mostly open and a pale yellow is used for this. There are extensive marshes and I had to pull myself out of one. A M19 course is marked up, finishing in a garden at the west end of the map. A very steep slope runs the length of the southern edge with a gently sloping marshy plateau above,
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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christownsend.bsky.social
A fiery sky after heavy rain in Grantown-on-Spey today. #Cairngorms #Strathspey
Orange clouds above a dark street in a town.
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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astroroyalscot.bsky.social
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 🔭🧪
A star-studded image. in the middle is a red puff in the shape of a heart (or Pacman depending on your view). Text reads Seestar S50, NGC 281, 42mins
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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jonathanmackie.bsky.social
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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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
Print featuring a forest slope in snow with trees trunks causing long shadows in the low winter light
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
fasgadh.bsky.social
Heading north - Cargo ship in the fjords of Patagonia, a few hours out from Puerto Natales
Calm sea with a Scottish sized hill in the background, mostly rocky with snow on a rounded summit. A large and obviously not fully laden cargo vessel with high slab sides is moving away from the camera. White and lower down blue hull with GLOVIS in large letters. There is a vehicle ramp at the squared off stern suggesting it may be a lorry ferry
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
fasgadh.bsky.social
How many years will Authoritarian Labour demand for this "illegal" demonstration?
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
fasgadh.bsky.social
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
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spokes.org.uk
🌲 If buying a #ChristmasTree
get it delivered by #CyclingGardeners 🚲 #CargoBike

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Picture of xmas tree in Cycling Gardeners of Edinburgh Local Bike delivery £5.00 Description This service cost £5 and is available to anyone within 10 minutes cycle from our yard in Tollcross (Cycle time taken from google maps)
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
fasgadh.bsky.social
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
A 1:15000 scribed orienteering map of the forest behind Pluscarden Abbey, Morayshire. The forest is runnable with a lot of clear felled coupes. The clear fell symbol used is a yellow and white diagonal striping screen which was used a fair bit at this time. A small sheet and a very attractive map. M19 - M35 course overprint.
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
fasgadh.bsky.social
Blackford Hill event today on a 1:5000 map. Nearly 50 years ago the maps had smaller scales - 1:15,000
#OldOrienteeringMaps #Map #ESOC
1:15000 drawn five colour map of a campus and three parks in the suburbs of southern Edinburgh, Most of the yellow was grazed by dairy cattle then.
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
fasgadh.bsky.social
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.
Snow covered heather. There is a burn with a shallow descent into the picture and lots of small spruce trees scattered over the moor. Everywhere into the distant view is snow covered.
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
fasgadh.bsky.social
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.
A forest road running through larch woods, now almost without needles. Sunshine with a dusting of snow on the road which curves gently down the centre, first left and then right. There are two red tyre tracks coloured by fallen needles. Background sky is cloudy.
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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helenrambler.bsky.social
Blue skies but a very cold wind in the Pentlands today. Enjoyed the snow! A taste of winter in mid-autumn. ❄️☀️🥾
Woman on an icy path running through moorland beside a wall, all covered in snow. Views of snowy mountains in the far distance A snowy path heading up to hills A view from the Pentlands hills across snowy ground to Bonaly reservoir and beyond to Edinburgh A man in hiking gear on a snowy hill in the Pentlands
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
fasgadh.bsky.social
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