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Ana McKellar

@anamca.bsky.social

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Always curious. On a narrowboat, hoping for a passivhaus one day. Landscape history, nature and biodiversity. Partially-sighted. Please use descriptive alt-text to help screen-readers and include all. DMs not available.

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 11h

I enjoyed that, thanks to you both. I followed Es’s mammoth Twitter thread at the time and was fascinated. Good to revisit his experience.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 13h

The Great Tower of Warkworth Castle, Northumberland. The great tower stands on top of the motte, was commissioned by Henry Percy after he was made 1st Earl of Northumberland in 1377. It is in the shape of a Greek cross, with four polygonal wings radiating from a central block.

#pen #drawing

Pen sketch of a castle tower in the shape of a cross with the ruins of other structures in the foreground.

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The Mindful Narrowboat @themindfulnb.bsky.social · 16h

youtu.be/KcFzEzvsJCM As I take a gentle cruise in this week's vlog, I am reminded about the incredible, unique waterway system we have and I discover stories and lives along the canal that have shaped it all. I also meet an old friend! Take care 🦋🌻

Utterly Humbled by What's around me on my Narrowboat Home #259

YouTube video by The Mindful Narrowboat

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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 17h

It’s October 24th and my rose bush apparently had a fit. Clusters of roses all at once! ✨

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 13h

Stilson to me

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 16h

myshetland.co.uk/the-north-wi...

Weather foul.

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandponies #icelandichorses #storm

The North Wind Doth Blow

As I write, the wind is gaining strength but my plan is go day-by-day through this storm. Like the train in Dumbo, “I think I can, I think I can”. My only priority is that Iacs gets hi…

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 15h

Stunning autumn colours looking up towards Cnicht ('Knight') mountain near Croesor in Eryri/Snowdonia this afternoon ⛰️🍂

A river in autumn woodland looking towards a distant mountain peak

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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 15h

When October is odd with roses blooming and no water in the taps..so you draw comfort mice. ✍️🐭✨

A drawing of a mouse in a cape and pointed hat. Two pens and a pencil lie nearby, also an eraser with a smiling pumpkin on it.

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 14h

Interesting, I’d no idea how this is done.

Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 14h

What a stunning shop front

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 1d

The paved way into Borrowdale from Rosthwaite
#FootpathFriday #LakeDistrict #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Photography

A misty, black-and-white landscape featuring a muddy path flanked by stone walls and trees, leading towards distant hills shrouded in mist.

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Grant Bulloch @bulloch.photography · 23h

It’s a crisp and breezy autumn morning here in Edinburgh, but earlier in the week it was looking very different.

#photography #landscapephotography #photographers #nikon #scotland

Salisbury crags, photographed from the edge of the cliffs in a thick mist with the hazy sun shining through in the background.

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Ian Lance Richardson @ricojosh.bsky.social · 22h

A little controversy for a Friday morning, which is the best English county to live in? I've lived in Lancshire, West Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester & East Yorkshire & spent a fair amount of time in every county. My answer is North Yorkshire, yours?

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 18h

North Yorkshire too but I admit a bias 😉. Herefordshire-Worcs close second except for no coast. Living in Essex, London, Northants and Leics meant lots of journeys ‘getting away’…

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Paul G Photography 📷 @paulgsphotos.bsky.social · 1d

Sunrise at Roker 📷

Taken yesterday morning, with the pier now open (weather permitting) I decided to venture down towards the lighthouse.

#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin

A couple walk along the pier towards the lighthouse as the sunrise casts golden light across the scene.

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Shadowed Eyes @shadowedeyes.bsky.social · 1d

Grand Union at Daventry, just before Braunston Tunnel. Very pretty, but all those leaves in the canal meant constant anxious blipping of reverse to clear them from the prop while going through the tunnel 🥵
#boatlife
#ukcanals #canal #narrowboat
#KeepCanalsAlive #FundBritainsWaterways

Photo of a canal lined with colourful trees in autumn.

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 1d

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 1d

Plaid Cymru won the Caerffili by-election. 🥳
There is still hope against fascism (Reform).🙏
#PlaidCymru #Election

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 1d

Screams with delight and relief!

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly 40% of electricity produced by Scottish wind farms was unusable last year because of failure to invest in the grid to get it to people or in storage.
Keeping UK fixed in the past and to #FossilFuel.
theconversation.com/why-electric...

Why electricity costs so much in the UK (it’s not all about the weather)

Many countries in Europe pay much less for their energy.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 1d

The Grey Mare's Tail Tower at Warkworth Castle, Northumberland. Built as a defensive tower on the eastern curtain wall, 1249-1310 the tower has some medieval graffiti on one of arrow loops. It is thought to show Christ on the cross, with some heads alongside.

#illustration #PenArt
#drawing

Pen sketch of a ruined castle tower with an open rear. In front of it is the grassed over remnant of an unfinished building which formed an undercroft or basement. To the left is a tower in the shape of a cross.

Pen sketch of a medieval graffiti thought to be a depiction of Christ on the cross. To the right is a line of faces or skulls.

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve done what you can. 🤞 it’s not too bad.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

The great British energy rip-off is now killing our green energy hopes – and the chance of cheaper electricity www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

The great British energy rip-off is now killing our green energy hopes – and the chance of cheaper electricity

As the Guardian reported last night: Ministers are considering dropping one of their central green pledges in an effort to keep energy bills down, sources have told the Guardian. Government insiders say Keir Starmer is prepared to miss his own target of removing almost all fossil fuels from the UK’s electricity supply...

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent, you survived Braunston tunnel then 👍

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