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Writing tagged: ‘expeditions’

Articles about walks/journeys I have made.

High tides and volant voles

An unplanned visit to the flooded Dee Marshes is rewarded with a wildlife spectacle.

Published 04-Jan-2018
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, Dee Marshes, expeditions, favourite places, gulls, proto-sidelines, voles, water rails, Wirral

The Welsh side

In all my years visiting the Dee Marshes, I had never looked across them from the Welsh side.

Published 03-Mar-2017
Filed under: Articles, Writing Tags: Dee Marshes, expeditions, photography, Wales, Wirral
Fossil barnacles
Darwin's (and others people's) fossil barnacles. Natural History Museum.

The great Darwin fossil hunt

For my 50th birthday, a friend beyond compare organised a very special birthday present for the only self-confessed ‘Darwin groupie’ in her life.

Published 17-Jun-2015
Filed under: Articles, Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, evolution, expeditions, fossils, history, history of science, pilgrimages, science, Stense
Julian Hoffman on the Moor

Prize-winning author lost on Moor

When your instincts and your compass disagree, trust your instincts. I mean your compass.

Published 08-Jan-2015
Filed under: Articles, Featured Writing, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Caught by the River, expeditions, favourite places, fog, Hebden Bridge, Julian Hoffman, On the Moor (book), the Moor, weather, Yorkshire
Humphrey Head

A new favourite place

A walk with an old friend on the Cumbrian coast.

Published 17-Oct-2014
Filed under: Writing Tags: Cumbria, expeditions, favourite places, Mike D, proto-sidelines
The Moor in heather

Seeing purple

The Moor is at peak-purple at this time of year, with the heather in full bloom.

Published 22-Aug-2014
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, expeditions, favourite places, heather, Hebden Bridge, materialism, photography, proto-sidelines, red grouse, spirituality, the Moor, Yorkshire
The nearly-dead tree.

The nearly dead tree

Each spring, I visit a particular corner of the Moor to check if an old friend has managed to survive another winter.

Published 18-Apr-2014
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: beetles, birds, Calder Valley, expeditions, favourite places, Hebden Bridge, Johnny Turner, lapwings, proto-sidelines, rooks, the Moor, trees, willows, Yorkshire

In the wilderness of Wirral

An unwelcome modern intrusion into one of my favourite wildernesses takes me on an unplanned medieval journey in reverse.

Published 28-Feb-2014
Filed under: Articles, Featured Writing, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: Caught by the River, Dee Marshes, expeditions, favourite places, Wirral

Wild Cat Island

Three and a half decades after I first became enchanted by the place, I finally set foot on the island that inspired Arthur Ransome's ‘Swallows and Amazons’.

Published 17-Nov-2013
Filed under: Articles, Featured Writing, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: Arthur Ransome, Caught by the River, Cumbria, expeditions, favourite places, Lake District, Mike D, pilgrimages

The return of the delicate flapwort

On a second expedition I made in search of a rare plant. This time, I accompanied someone who knew what he was doing.

Published 28-Oct-2013
Filed under: Articles, Featured Writing, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: bryology, Calder Valley, expeditions, favourite places, fungi, GrrlScientist, Guardian, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, Johnny Turner, science, Yorkshire

In search of the delicate flapwort—and why we need tricorders

On an expedition I made in search for a rare plant, and the need for DNA-assisted species identification devices.

Published 28-Aug-2013
Filed under: Articles, Featured Writing, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: bryology, Calder Valley, expeditions, favourite places, GrrlScientist, Guardian, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, science, Yorkshire
Stoodley Pike Monument from Trig Point 4144

Exploring my damp patch

For many years, I've sought in vain for a particular wild flower on my local patch—a plant that inspired Charles Darwin to write an entire book on insectivorous plants.

Published 07-Aug-2013
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: amphibians, Calder Valley, Drosera rotundifolia, expeditions, favourite places, flowers, Hebden Bridge, newts, proto-sidelines, Richard Mabey, sundews, the Moor, Yorkshire

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