Ron Davies
@rondavies.bsky.social
Photographer, landscape, travel and nature. Loves books, reading and poetry. Well known for images of Iron Men Crosby.
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Ghost Town & Wild Twin, for the wanderers in your life...
Wild Twin: ‘This exceptional memoir…’ Adelle Stripe, Tribune
‘A surging heart-song.’ Iain Sinclair
Ghost Town: ‘A book of beauty and longing.’ Anthony Quinn, Observer
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Wild Twin: ‘This exceptional memoir…’ Adelle Stripe, Tribune
‘A surging heart-song.’ Iain Sinclair
Ghost Town: ‘A book of beauty and longing.’ Anthony Quinn, Observer
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ghost Town & Wild Twin, for the wanderers in your life...
Wild Twin: ‘This exceptional memoir…’ Adelle Stripe, Tribune
‘A surging heart-song.’ Iain Sinclair
Ghost Town: ‘A book of beauty and longing.’ Anthony Quinn, Observer
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...
Wild Twin: ‘This exceptional memoir…’ Adelle Stripe, Tribune
‘A surging heart-song.’ Iain Sinclair
Ghost Town: ‘A book of beauty and longing.’ Anthony Quinn, Observer
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...
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After a concert in Southport, outside the Atkinson arts & library centre, inside the seasonal Christmas 'tree' (watch to the end it's not really that long 😊)
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
After a concert in Southport, outside the Atkinson arts & library centre, inside the seasonal Christmas 'tree' (watch to the end it's not really that long 😊)
❄️ #IronMenCrosby Advent Day 7
So much blue sky today, only the thinnest wisp of cirrus cloud and a moving white pencil line drawn across the firmament by a passing aircraft. A beautiful afternoon with the iron men on Crosby beach.
So much blue sky today, only the thinnest wisp of cirrus cloud and a moving white pencil line drawn across the firmament by a passing aircraft. A beautiful afternoon with the iron men on Crosby beach.
December 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
❄️ #IronMenCrosby Advent Day 7
So much blue sky today, only the thinnest wisp of cirrus cloud and a moving white pencil line drawn across the firmament by a passing aircraft. A beautiful afternoon with the iron men on Crosby beach.
So much blue sky today, only the thinnest wisp of cirrus cloud and a moving white pencil line drawn across the firmament by a passing aircraft. A beautiful afternoon with the iron men on Crosby beach.
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"A quietness falling on my small house. And the fuchsia that keeps on well into winter. I wasn’t there to cut it back, or to watch the settling of things."
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
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'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
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December 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"A quietness falling on my small house. And the fuchsia that keeps on well into winter. I wasn’t there to cut it back, or to watch the settling of things."
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
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'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
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❄️ #IronMenCrosby Advent Day 6
The air is breathless, not a ripple on the water, the sea the colour of molten lead as a perfect spring day at Crosby beach draws to a close. Clouds streak the sky as the light starts to fade and gulls head seaward for the night.
The air is breathless, not a ripple on the water, the sea the colour of molten lead as a perfect spring day at Crosby beach draws to a close. Clouds streak the sky as the light starts to fade and gulls head seaward for the night.
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
❄️ #IronMenCrosby Advent Day 6
The air is breathless, not a ripple on the water, the sea the colour of molten lead as a perfect spring day at Crosby beach draws to a close. Clouds streak the sky as the light starts to fade and gulls head seaward for the night.
The air is breathless, not a ripple on the water, the sea the colour of molten lead as a perfect spring day at Crosby beach draws to a close. Clouds streak the sky as the light starts to fade and gulls head seaward for the night.
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"I said yes, it would be nice to have a space where people could sit and spend time with the books, to browse one book and then another, without an obligation to spend money, without a word spoken. We then realised that we were talking about a library."
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December 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"I said yes, it would be nice to have a space where people could sit and spend time with the books, to browse one book and then another, without an obligation to spend money, without a word spoken. We then realised that we were talking about a library."
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I think there is always something very atmospheric, a true winter scene, when the moon rises behind bare branches.
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I think there is always something very atmospheric, a true winter scene, when the moon rises behind bare branches.
❄️ #IronMenCrosby Advent Day 5
A golden sunset at the end of a fine spring-like day at Crosby beach. The rapidly cooling air echoes with the calls of oystercatchers and gulls as the light fades from the scene.
A golden sunset at the end of a fine spring-like day at Crosby beach. The rapidly cooling air echoes with the calls of oystercatchers and gulls as the light fades from the scene.
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
❄️ #IronMenCrosby Advent Day 5
A golden sunset at the end of a fine spring-like day at Crosby beach. The rapidly cooling air echoes with the calls of oystercatchers and gulls as the light fades from the scene.
A golden sunset at the end of a fine spring-like day at Crosby beach. The rapidly cooling air echoes with the calls of oystercatchers and gulls as the light fades from the scene.
❄️ #IronMenCrosby Advent Day 4
The glowing ball of the sun had just lowered into the sea off Crosby beach as, in the opposite direction, the orange coloured disc of a full moon was rising over the red cranes of the docks.
The glowing ball of the sun had just lowered into the sea off Crosby beach as, in the opposite direction, the orange coloured disc of a full moon was rising over the red cranes of the docks.
December 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
❄️ #IronMenCrosby Advent Day 4
The glowing ball of the sun had just lowered into the sea off Crosby beach as, in the opposite direction, the orange coloured disc of a full moon was rising over the red cranes of the docks.
The glowing ball of the sun had just lowered into the sea off Crosby beach as, in the opposite direction, the orange coloured disc of a full moon was rising over the red cranes of the docks.
Bare winter silhouettes. I love the way the structure of trees shows up against a clear winter sky, especially at dusk.
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Bare winter silhouettes. I love the way the structure of trees shows up against a clear winter sky, especially at dusk.
❄️ #IronMenCrosby Advent Day 3
Winter’s breath strikes from the north. A brisk wind chills the already cold air on this clear afternoon with the Iron Men on Crosby beach.
Winter’s breath strikes from the north. A brisk wind chills the already cold air on this clear afternoon with the Iron Men on Crosby beach.
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
❄️ #IronMenCrosby Advent Day 3
Winter’s breath strikes from the north. A brisk wind chills the already cold air on this clear afternoon with the Iron Men on Crosby beach.
Winter’s breath strikes from the north. A brisk wind chills the already cold air on this clear afternoon with the Iron Men on Crosby beach.
❄️#IronMenCrosby Advent Day 2
Winter Evening, Crosby beach. An intense afterglow after sunset, all of Eryri, Snowdonia, clear and sharp against the orange sky and such a stillness as to take the breath away with the silence and beauty of this stunning evening.
Winter Evening, Crosby beach. An intense afterglow after sunset, all of Eryri, Snowdonia, clear and sharp against the orange sky and such a stillness as to take the breath away with the silence and beauty of this stunning evening.
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
❄️#IronMenCrosby Advent Day 2
Winter Evening, Crosby beach. An intense afterglow after sunset, all of Eryri, Snowdonia, clear and sharp against the orange sky and such a stillness as to take the breath away with the silence and beauty of this stunning evening.
Winter Evening, Crosby beach. An intense afterglow after sunset, all of Eryri, Snowdonia, clear and sharp against the orange sky and such a stillness as to take the breath away with the silence and beauty of this stunning evening.
#IronMenCrosby Advent Calendar Day 1
A brilliant afternoon to enrich the senses down at Crosby beach. The roar of the sea, the call of gulls and the ever changing light as the sun played hide and seek in the fast moving clouds, rays of golden light spreading out across the water.
A brilliant afternoon to enrich the senses down at Crosby beach. The roar of the sea, the call of gulls and the ever changing light as the sun played hide and seek in the fast moving clouds, rays of golden light spreading out across the water.
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#IronMenCrosby Advent Calendar Day 1
A brilliant afternoon to enrich the senses down at Crosby beach. The roar of the sea, the call of gulls and the ever changing light as the sun played hide and seek in the fast moving clouds, rays of golden light spreading out across the water.
A brilliant afternoon to enrich the senses down at Crosby beach. The roar of the sea, the call of gulls and the ever changing light as the sun played hide and seek in the fast moving clouds, rays of golden light spreading out across the water.
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Congratulations Norwich City Council for recognising the rights of the River Wensum – the lifeblood of the fine city of Norwich and the reason the city is here in the first place. www.edp24.co.uk/news/2565056...
'I flow, therefore I am?' Councillors get philosophical over bid to give river rights
A bid to better protect the River Wensum through supporting a movement to grant it legal rights has been approved unanimously by Norwich City…
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December 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Congratulations Norwich City Council for recognising the rights of the River Wensum – the lifeblood of the fine city of Norwich and the reason the city is here in the first place. www.edp24.co.uk/news/2565056...
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#December arrived. #Dark, #dank & #gloomy. The #usual #vibrant #blues, #greens & #yellows of southern #Spain drained from the #landscape & #everyone hunkered #down...
#andulcia #malaga #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #photography #tree #treeoftheday #hills
#andulcia #malaga #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #photography #tree #treeoftheday #hills
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#December arrived. #Dark, #dank & #gloomy. The #usual #vibrant #blues, #greens & #yellows of southern #Spain drained from the #landscape & #everyone hunkered #down...
#andulcia #malaga #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #photography #tree #treeoftheday #hills
#andulcia #malaga #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #photography #tree #treeoftheday #hills
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#MorningObservations
3 birds rise from the valley;their feathers lit golden by the morning sun. A workman impatiently toots the horn of his truck;curtains twitch in the house opposite. Ripened passion fruits hang like stringlights from creeping vines. A grasshopper jumps to the safety of long grass.
3 birds rise from the valley;their feathers lit golden by the morning sun. A workman impatiently toots the horn of his truck;curtains twitch in the house opposite. Ripened passion fruits hang like stringlights from creeping vines. A grasshopper jumps to the safety of long grass.
November 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#MorningObservations
3 birds rise from the valley;their feathers lit golden by the morning sun. A workman impatiently toots the horn of his truck;curtains twitch in the house opposite. Ripened passion fruits hang like stringlights from creeping vines. A grasshopper jumps to the safety of long grass.
3 birds rise from the valley;their feathers lit golden by the morning sun. A workman impatiently toots the horn of his truck;curtains twitch in the house opposite. Ripened passion fruits hang like stringlights from creeping vines. A grasshopper jumps to the safety of long grass.
The last leaves of autumn catch the sunlight on a glorious late November afternoon.
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The last leaves of autumn catch the sunlight on a glorious late November afternoon.
Flying home. Sunset over the River Dee Estuary viewed from Parkgate this evening.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Flying home. Sunset over the River Dee Estuary viewed from Parkgate this evening.
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'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
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Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
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November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Out to the west of Crosby beach, over Wales, the sky is ever changing with rays of crepuscular light painting streaks of gold across the gathering clouds. Towards sunset the clouds build, shimmering at their edges but blocking the last of the light. #IronMenCrosby
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Out to the west of Crosby beach, over Wales, the sky is ever changing with rays of crepuscular light painting streaks of gold across the gathering clouds. Towards sunset the clouds build, shimmering at their edges but blocking the last of the light. #IronMenCrosby
Pools of golden late afternoon sunlight race along Crosby beach. Flocks of knot take flight, twisting and turning, skimming low over the outgoing sea. The sky is full of drama, rays of crepuscular light beaming down through gaps in the gathering clouds. #IronMenCrosby
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Pools of golden late afternoon sunlight race along Crosby beach. Flocks of knot take flight, twisting and turning, skimming low over the outgoing sea. The sky is full of drama, rays of crepuscular light beaming down through gaps in the gathering clouds. #IronMenCrosby
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Past the cutlers, halfway over the Don
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
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I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
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November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Past the cutlers, halfway over the Don
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
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I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
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And another! Stories and interviews with the team behind one of the BBC's greatest ever TV dramas – "a revenge thriller, a mystical nuclear-and-environmental-apocalypse fable, a clear-eyed political document of the mid-1980s, a ghost story" – by me for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Why Edge Of Darkness makes so much sense in 2025 | The Quietus
Judge Rogers speaks to several key members of the team who made the ecologically-minded thriller for the BBC
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November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
And another! Stories and interviews with the team behind one of the BBC's greatest ever TV dramas – "a revenge thriller, a mystical nuclear-and-environmental-apocalypse fable, a clear-eyed political document of the mid-1980s, a ghost story" – by me for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Wonderful to finally meet up with Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social at the Kendal Mountain Festival yesterday where he was interviewed by local author Kate Rawles, and gave an inspiring talk about his latest book ‘Lifelines’. Thanks Julian.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Wonderful to finally meet up with Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social at the Kendal Mountain Festival yesterday where he was interviewed by local author Kate Rawles, and gave an inspiring talk about his latest book ‘Lifelines’. Thanks Julian.
The last sunlight of a beautiful cold crisp winter day is snuffed out as clouds gather over the distant Welsh hills to the west of Crosby beach.
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The last sunlight of a beautiful cold crisp winter day is snuffed out as clouds gather over the distant Welsh hills to the west of Crosby beach.