Sam Acres
@samacres.bsky.social
Retired to the Scottish Highlands, walks just the one dog now.
Finding Blue Sky to be full of the support I've needed to re start my writing.
Finding Blue Sky to be full of the support I've needed to re start my writing.
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Stormy day in the Scottish Highlands so staying indoors with the wee man and doing a bit of scriblin'
Stormy day in the Scottish Highlands so staying indoors with the wee man and doing a bit of scriblin'
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Stormy day in the Scottish Highlands so staying indoors with the wee man and doing a bit of scriblin'
Stormy day in the Scottish Highlands so staying indoors with the wee man and doing a bit of scriblin'
December 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#wipsnips
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Long before we had WhatsApp video, or even email, we had airmail letters.
#full
#SnowOnTheBen
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Long before we had WhatsApp video, or even email, we had airmail letters.
#full
#SnowOnTheBen
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
#wipsnips
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Long before we had WhatsApp video, or even email, we had airmail letters.
#full
#SnowOnTheBen
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Long before we had WhatsApp video, or even email, we had airmail letters.
#full
#SnowOnTheBen
#wipsnips
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Just one #pipe in a story set in the oil biz. James and Kate are discussing the early days of fracking.
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Just one #pipe in a story set in the oil biz. James and Kate are discussing the early days of fracking.
December 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Just one #pipe in a story set in the oil biz. James and Kate are discussing the early days of fracking.
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Just one #pipe in a story set in the oil biz. James and Kate are discussing the early days of fracking.
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Sorry, no #fourth in #SnowOnTheBen not even a quarter, so I've come up short with a #third.
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Sorry, no #fourth in #SnowOnTheBen not even a quarter, so I've come up short with a #third.
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Sorry, no #fourth in #SnowOnTheBen not even a quarter, so I've come up short with a #third.
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Sorry, no #fourth in #SnowOnTheBen not even a quarter, so I've come up short with a #third.
#wipsnips
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I have found the joy, in writing, when your characters tell you stuff, like this secret!
#empty
#SnowOnTheBen
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I have found the joy, in writing, when your characters tell you stuff, like this secret!
#empty
#SnowOnTheBen
December 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#wipsnips
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I have found the joy, in writing, when your characters tell you stuff, like this secret!
#empty
#SnowOnTheBen
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I have found the joy, in writing, when your characters tell you stuff, like this secret!
#empty
#SnowOnTheBen
December 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Looks like Kate and James's orbits are lining up again.
Could this be 'the' time?
#screen
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Looks like Kate and James's orbits are lining up again.
Could this be 'the' time?
#screen
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Looks like Kate and James's orbits are lining up again.
Could this be 'the' time?
#screen
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Looks like Kate and James's orbits are lining up again.
Could this be 'the' time?
#screen
#wipsnips
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A universal longing for young Kate and James, foreshadowing their long relationship-to-come
#city
#SnowOnTheBen
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A universal longing for young Kate and James, foreshadowing their long relationship-to-come
#city
#SnowOnTheBen
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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A universal longing for young Kate and James, foreshadowing their long relationship-to-come
#city
#SnowOnTheBen
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A universal longing for young Kate and James, foreshadowing their long relationship-to-come
#city
#SnowOnTheBen
#wipsnips
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Rather than #percent I can offer #ratio.
Not sure I've dropped this snip before. It's when Kate and James meet on a dusty Texas drilling site. #SnowOnTheBen
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Rather than #percent I can offer #ratio.
Not sure I've dropped this snip before. It's when Kate and James meet on a dusty Texas drilling site. #SnowOnTheBen
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Rather than #percent I can offer #ratio.
Not sure I've dropped this snip before. It's when Kate and James meet on a dusty Texas drilling site. #SnowOnTheBen
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Rather than #percent I can offer #ratio.
Not sure I've dropped this snip before. It's when Kate and James meet on a dusty Texas drilling site. #SnowOnTheBen
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Funny, there is no #belong in #SnowOnTheBen despite it being about find a place to belong. Have #part_of instead.
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Funny, there is no #belong in #SnowOnTheBen despite it being about find a place to belong. Have #part_of instead.
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Funny, there is no #belong in #SnowOnTheBen despite it being about find a place to belong. Have #part_of instead.
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Funny, there is no #belong in #SnowOnTheBen despite it being about find a place to belong. Have #part_of instead.
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There's a number of #number to choose from in #SnowOnTheBen and I've selected the first.
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There's a number of #number to choose from in #SnowOnTheBen and I've selected the first.
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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There's a number of #number to choose from in #SnowOnTheBen and I've selected the first.
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There's a number of #number to choose from in #SnowOnTheBen and I've selected the first.
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Plenty of #dedicate but all a bit spoilery. So here's a very short snip with #commit
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Plenty of #dedicate but all a bit spoilery. So here's a very short snip with #commit
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Plenty of #dedicate but all a bit spoilery. So here's a very short snip with #commit
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Plenty of #dedicate but all a bit spoilery. So here's a very short snip with #commit
This is what it looks like, but as you say, pictures never capture the awe of the place.
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is what it looks like, but as you say, pictures never capture the awe of the place.
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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#SnowOnTheBen doesn't have a #disorganise but it does have a #disarangement
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#SnowOnTheBen doesn't have a #disorganise but it does have a #disarangement
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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#SnowOnTheBen doesn't have a #disorganise but it does have a #disarangement
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#SnowOnTheBen doesn't have a #disorganise but it does have a #disarangement
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Part of the delight of pantsing is discovery. It took quite a while to see this scene setter in #SnowOnTheBen subtly forshadows the ending.
One of 3 #third
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Part of the delight of pantsing is discovery. It took quite a while to see this scene setter in #SnowOnTheBen subtly forshadows the ending.
One of 3 #third
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Part of the delight of pantsing is discovery. It took quite a while to see this scene setter in #SnowOnTheBen subtly forshadows the ending.
One of 3 #third
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Part of the delight of pantsing is discovery. It took quite a while to see this scene setter in #SnowOnTheBen subtly forshadows the ending.
One of 3 #third
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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