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Writing tagged: ‘coronavirus’

Keeping in touch

Who would have thought video-calls would become such an important way of keeping in touch?

Published 05-Feb-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: connecting, coronavirus
Moel Famau, Christmas Eve 2018
Moel Famau, Christmas Eve 2018

End of a streak

My 32-year streak climbing the same hill in North Wales on Christmas Eve has come to an end. 😕

Published 24-Dec-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Carolyn, coronavirus, Mike D, Stense, Wales
Autumn in the upper Calder Valley

Late autumn

Under self-imposed semi-house-arrest. Phase two of the Squirrel Wars. Binge reading. A brace of anniversaries.

Published 24-Nov-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: autumn, Calder Valley, Charles Darwin, coronavirus, Darwin book, grey squirrels, Hebden Bridge, mammals, reading
Heading home through the woods

25 September 2020

In which I find an excuse to treat myself to a new rucksack.

Published 25-Sep-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, coronavirus, Hebden Bridge
Reading

Newsletter No. 19: ‘Comfort Reading’

Melissa Harrison · Tim Dee · Horatio Clare · John Mitchinson · Ronald Blythe · Mary Beard · Benjamin Myers · Zack Arias · Eric Newby · greenland sharks · Maunsell forts · England rugby · Charles Darwin (obviously)

Published 10-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Ben Myers, coronavirus, Darwin book, Horatio Clare, John Mitchinson, Mary Beard, Melissa Harrison, Ronald Blythe, Tim Dee
Roe buck

27 April 2020

A wonderful day’s wildlife.

Published 27-Apr-2020
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: archaeology, barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, coronavirus, curlews, garden, goat willows, Hebden Bridge, insects, kestrels, lapwings, mammals, meadow pipits, mistle thrushes, red grouse, roe deer, skylarks, stonechats, swallows, the Moor, trig point 4144, videos, wheatears
Sunset behind Heptonstall

14 April 2020

A walk in the woods, and a glorious sunset.

Published 14-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, bluebells, Calder Valley, coronavirus, Hebden Bridge, wild garlic
The temporary office.

23 March 2020

Office move.

Published 23-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blue tits, Calder Valley, chaffinches, common pheasants, coronavirus, curlews, dunnocks, goldfinches, great tits, greenfinches, Hebden Bridge, house sparrows, magpies

18 March 2020

A generous gift.

Published 18-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Charles Darwin, coronavirus, great white egrets, grey herons, Wirral
Carrion crows

17 March 2020

A de-stressing circuit.

Published 17-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, carrion crows, coronavirus, Hebden Bridge, meadow pipits, rooks, wrens

15 March 2020

A sinister portent.

Published 15-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alice Roberts, birds, Calder Valley, coronavirus, Hebden Bridge, ravens

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