Chris Townsend
@christownsend.bsky.social
Outdoor writer & photographer, passionate about wild places, long distance walking, & rewilding. https://www.christownsendoutdoors.com
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Chris Townsend
@christownsend.bsky.social
· Oct 18
High Summer new edition - available November 1st!
I'm very pleased to announce that High Summer , the story of my walk the length of the Canadian Rockies in 1988, will be published in a new ...
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Blog post about the new edition of my book High Summer #hiking www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2024/10/high...
A fiery sky after heavy rain in Grantown-on-Spey today. #Cairngorms #Strathspey
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A fiery sky after heavy rain in Grantown-on-Spey today. #Cairngorms #Strathspey
Before the thaw, Nov 25. Yesterday, the 26th, a big thaw began. #Cairngorms #snow
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Before the thaw, Nov 25. Yesterday, the 26th, a big thaw began. #Cairngorms #snow
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"Should the US government release all of its files from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein?"
Yes: 81%
No: 5%
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
Yes: 81%
No: 5%
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Should the US government release all of its files from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein?"
Yes: 81%
No: 5%
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
Yes: 81%
No: 5%
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
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BREAKING: 2 National Guardsmen shot and killed near the White House in Washington, DC; One suspect is in custody - NBC NEWS
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Live updates: 2 National Guardsmen shot and killed near White House; suspect is in custody
Washington, D.C., police say there has been a shooting at 17th and I Street.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
BREAKING: 2 National Guardsmen shot and killed near the White House in Washington, DC; One suspect is in custody - NBC NEWS
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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T'neet reading material @tgomagazine.bsky.social 👌
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
T'neet reading material @tgomagazine.bsky.social 👌
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Cairn Toul and the Lairig Ghru today. #Cairngorms #snow
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cairn Toul and the Lairig Ghru today. #Cairngorms #snow
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
Nigel Farage's 'Project 2029': The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage's meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agen...
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
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62 years ago today... I was five years old, and watching the 1st episode of something I couldn't know would be still be captivating me 62 years later... Happy Birthday, Doctor.
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
62 years ago today... I was five years old, and watching the 1st episode of something I couldn't know would be still be captivating me 62 years later... Happy Birthday, Doctor.
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I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
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The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
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LESS! than average
"Per 100,000 people in 2024, the UK came fifth for most applicants (156) after Spain (340), Germany (275), Italy (256) and France (191). The EU average last year was 203 per 100,000 people."
#RefugeesWelcome
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
"Per 100,000 people in 2024, the UK came fifth for most applicants (156) after Spain (340), Germany (275), Italy (256) and France (191). The EU average last year was 203 per 100,000 people."
#RefugeesWelcome
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
As UK imposes radical asylum rules, how do the numbers really compare to Europe?
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood is carrying out one of the largest reforms to the asylum system the UK has ever seen. But is the overhaul really proportionate to the numbers arriving on UK shores? Alex...
www.independent.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
LESS! than average
"Per 100,000 people in 2024, the UK came fifth for most applicants (156) after Spain (340), Germany (275), Italy (256) and France (191). The EU average last year was 203 per 100,000 people."
#RefugeesWelcome
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
"Per 100,000 people in 2024, the UK came fifth for most applicants (156) after Spain (340), Germany (275), Italy (256) and France (191). The EU average last year was 203 per 100,000 people."
#RefugeesWelcome
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
BBC News - Castle wall 'ripped down' for use as stepping stones in puddle
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ardvrek Castle wall 'ripped down' for use as stepping stones
Ardvrek Castle in Assynt is a 500-year-old former clan seat, and reputed to be haunted.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
BBC News - Castle wall 'ripped down' for use as stepping stones in puddle
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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After a slight thaw to high levels I can't say I was enamoured of the idea of trudging for miles over an icy crust, so I instead opted for a couple of hours milling about on the summit of Carn na Drochaide, watching the cloud come and go, and snapping the bursts of fleeting sunset 🙂
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
After a slight thaw to high levels I can't say I was enamoured of the idea of trudging for miles over an icy crust, so I instead opted for a couple of hours milling about on the summit of Carn na Drochaide, watching the cloud come and go, and snapping the bursts of fleeting sunset 🙂
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
A little blog post www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2025/11/the-...
The First (Mini) Ski Tour Of The Winter
Good to be on skis again Another night and day of snow showers and the mid-November snow looked deep enough for the skis. It's been a few ye...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A little blog post www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2025/11/the-...
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Nature Scot, can you help ? after all, they are non native species in our largest National Park. @naturescot.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Nature Scot, can you help ? after all, they are non native species in our largest National Park. @naturescot.bsky.social
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I suppose it shouldn't come as a surprise that this utterly despicable, wholly incompetent, untrustworthy, bone idle con man is still lying his way through life.
What I will never understand is why so many long for the return of good ol' Boris... 🤮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What I will never understand is why so many long for the return of good ol' Boris... 🤮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I suppose it shouldn't come as a surprise that this utterly despicable, wholly incompetent, untrustworthy, bone idle con man is still lying his way through life.
What I will never understand is why so many long for the return of good ol' Boris... 🤮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What I will never understand is why so many long for the return of good ol' Boris... 🤮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...