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Writing tagged: ‘Yorkshire’

Red grouse

Grouse in winter

How red grouse change their habits in cold weather.

Published 22-Jan-2015
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, favourite places, Hebden Bridge, proto-sidelines, red grouse, the Moor, winter, Yorkshire
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
Kitchen tap shadow

Autumn alignments

Our kitchen might not be of World Heritage Site calibre just yet, but each autumn there comes a reminder that our house sits on the same spinning rock as Stonehenge and Newgrange.

Published 09-Oct-2014
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, autumn, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, photography, proto-sidelines, Yorkshire
Coming down from the Moor
Coming down from the Moor.

The best camera

My point-and-shoot camera turned out to be the best camera in the world yesterday.

Published 08-Sep-2014
Filed under: Articles, Writing Tags: Calder Valley, favourite places, Hebden Bridge, photography, the Moor, Yorkshire
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

Glorious melancholy

My photos from an out-of-season weekend at the seaside.

Published 28-Nov-2013
Filed under: Writing Tags: photography, proto-sidelines, Yorkshire

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
Bottle garden
Milk bottle garden.

Finding new ways

How plants can end up in the strangest of places.

Published 11-Jul-2013
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, expeditions, favourite places, Hebden Bridge, On the Moor (book), proto-sidelines, the Moor, Yorkshire

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