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Keith Harrison
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Charity CEO. Songwriter. Hill-walker (flat-landscapes also good!)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · Mar 7
In between completing some grant claims and planning for our next #generationrestoration project at @thebaytrust.bsky.social, I took a photo of some old bottles embedded in one of the #PinesGarden walls this afternoon. A little space :-)
Image shows four bands of pale recycled bricks (part of a wall) in a slightly wavy line, running from left to right (or vice-versa); between each layer, embedded in the mortar, are the bases of old glass bottles. The top layer of bottle bases are brown, mid are clear and the bottom set are all green. All three glass bottle layers are informally wavy too.
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Did you know? The Pines Garden is owned and cared for by The Bay Trust, a local environmental education charity, and that so much of what we do is possible thanks to our wonderful volunteers! 💚
If you’d like to get your hands in the soil and join our friendly team, we’d love to hear from you! 🌱
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Attended the London part of #Communicate2025, for @thebaytrust.bsky.social, today. Fascinating insight on research and/or in stories shared by @climateoutreach.bsky.social @greensolitaire.bsky.social @green-alliance.org.uk & @89up.org among the highlights. Time spent well.
curlewaction.bsky.social Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 16d
The Natural History Consortium have just released the final programme with an incredible 60 sessions across three cities, and we are so excited to be a part of this annual conference for environmental communicators to come together to connect, collaborate and learn.

#Communicate2025
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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At this @outdoor-learning.bsky.social conference for @thebaytrust.bsky.social today. Excellent session from @drpatmaher.bsky.social on outdoor learning research, including a nice nod to the work of @ltlnews.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Hugely helpful to chat with Rhys Furlong, from @uninorthampton.bsky.social, earlier today on his #allotments #research. It triggered a few ideas for possible future work by @thebaytrust.bsky.social that may just make it to our 2026-29 plans :-)
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Really sad news that @mrmarchant.bsky.social has passed away. ‘Parallel Lines’ remains one of the most entertaining books I’ve ever read. I wrote to Ian, out of the blue, to say how good it was and had a tremendous reply about three days later. Rest in peace. #railwaybooksnotliterature IYKYK ;-)
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Some promo! @danthompson33.bsky.social was in with us at @thebaytrust.bsky.social yesterday, working on our #PinesGardensIn30Objects project. He’ll be in #Margate on Thursday, hosting a conversation with @holsmith.bsky.social on her ‘Up In The Air’ book. You’d never guess I studied town planning…
grindrod.bsky.social John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · Oct 18
Well this looks great
Book: Up in the Air: A History of High-Rise Britain by Holly Smith
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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November’s musical diversion is the @tansleyjames.bsky.social enabled #90sTop30. My choices will be in the thread 🧵 below. One song per artiste and, this time, in alphabetical order by composition. As with #80sTop30, feel free to comment…
Part of the front sleeve of Cocteau Twins’ album ‘Heaven or Las Vegas.’ The image features a largely pink/red background in the lower 60% of the image with a blue above this. Arcing across those backgrounds are a series of illuminated lights, akin to firework trails, in various hues of yellow, gold, pink, purple and white.
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Good praise for my gardening and #volunteer colleagues at @thebaytrust.bsky.social here. The dead hedge in our #GenerationRestoration area is coming along nicely, whilst the #PinesCalyx roof mowing reminds me I have a case study to send to @asbpuk.bsky.social soon! @unep.org
thebaytrust.bsky.social The Bay Trust @thebaytrust.bsky.social · Oct 29
Where would we be without our garden staff and volunteers?! Every week they come to #ThePinesGarden with the skills, energy and enthusiasm that makes all the difference.

And the best part? They're really fun to work with! 🌱
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Possibly my first suggestion for a @richards7370.bsky.social poll (though I’ve voted on some past ones)… for #5DebutAlbums1014 here is ‘Total Strife Forever’ by East India Youth. Under his real name, William Doyle, he went on to make a record with #JonathanMeades.
Image of a CD in its jewel case. The CD is largely a dark grey, with eight white lines of varying lengths scattered across its surface (though all aligned in exactly the same direction.) There is some white text circling the edge of the CD, stating ‘(c) 2014 East India Youth’ and then repeating that further round, followed by ‘/ Stolen Recordings’. The backdrop to the jewel case is card printed as though a light grey pencil has been scrawled across paper - though it looks light brown in this picture.
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Good praise for my gardening and #volunteer colleagues at @thebaytrust.bsky.social here. The dead hedge in our #GenerationRestoration area is coming along nicely, whilst the #PinesCalyx roof mowing reminds me I have a case study to send to @asbpuk.bsky.social soon! @unep.org
thebaytrust.bsky.social The Bay Trust @thebaytrust.bsky.social · Oct 29
Where would we be without our garden staff and volunteers?! Every week they come to #ThePinesGarden with the skills, energy and enthusiasm that makes all the difference.

And the best part? They're really fun to work with! 🌱
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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What a difference a day makes! Yesterday was perfect weather for mowing and tidying up the green roof of our eco venue, The Pines Calyx. Thankfully that's done and dusted, so we can make the most of today's wind and rain to get to work on some indoor jobs! 🌱
October 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Fascinating project from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social. Certainly of day-job interest to me at @thebaytrust.bsky.social with our modest ecosystem restoration work, participation in the Transmanche (chalk) #Geopark bid & “cradle to cradle” designed #PinesCalyx built of rammed chalk.
guyshrubsole.bsky.social Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Sep 25
Very excited to share that I'm writing a new book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY - about the loss of England's chalk downland: a tale of flowers, fascism & freedom.

To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...

Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Quite an ornate one for #FingerpostFriday this week. Outside @brunelmuseum.bsky.social in Rotherhithe, London.
A finger post outside the Brunel Museum, Rotherhithe, London. The post is made of metal, featuring a ribbed appearance (with those ribs running in straight lines from the ground upwards) and ornate top section at the top (involving a rim at right angles to the ribs and then, after a few centimetres more, a cap with a parabolic curve all the way around.) The post is painted black and has three “fingers” pointing in differing directions - these are painted white and, from left to right in the image, state Rotherhithe Station, Thames Path (with an acorn motif to the left of this) and Thames Path (with no acorn motif.) In the background are tall trees, with green leaves, shrubs and a pale brown-bricked building (only parts of which are visible.) The building has a black door, open, with some posters attached (these are too small to read) and the left of the image shows a short section of a wooden wall, below some flowering foliage, painted in black, grey and various blue stripes.
October 17, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Good PM at @asbpuk.bsky.social Reuse Summit. One highlight was the phrase “possibilism is your friend” from Will Arnold of @istructe.bsky.social as it brought to my mind ideas for celebrating @thebaytrust.bsky.social #PinesCalyx (itself made of reused materials) 21st anniversary in 2027!
Electronic screen showing introductory slide of the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products 2025 Reuse Summit. Most of the display on the screen has an orange background with very pale blue text across it. The right of the screen has a blue background (abutting the orange with a slanted edge) involving an almost grey image of a multi-storeyed building with scaffolding and fabric sheeting over it; this has small black text at the top right giving WiFi Code instructions. The screen has a black outer edge and is fitted within a pale, grained wood wall. In front is a four seated speaker podium with three mics visible. To the right is an upright wooden podium with part of the Institution of Structural Engineers logo appearing. Parts of eight seats in the auditorium are in front of both podiums.
October 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Really nice exchange with @jonwoolcott.bsky.social last eve. I only knew of his upcoming #HillFigures book thanks to a @grindrod.bsky.social repost… his Monstrosities Mon Amour series features @danthompson33.bsky.social who was working with me at @thebaytrust.bsky.social today. Happy linkages :-)
jonwoolcott.bsky.social Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · Oct 14
Just sayin'.
A poster promoting The Tattooed Hills, 25% off the RRP at Waterstones.com until 17 October only.
October 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Whilst I was in London yesterday, at a public spaces expo no less, it didn’t include a visit to the Cleary Garden - these shots were taken by a @thebaytrust.bsky.social #volunteer recently, and are great to see! #FloweringFred #CityOfLondon #ClearyGarden #ThePinesGarden.
thebaytrust.bsky.social The Bay Trust @thebaytrust.bsky.social · Oct 8
How a trip up to London shines a light on our roots...
These photos are from Cleary Garden in the City of London - named after "Flowering" Fred Cleary, a pioneer in creating public green spaces and the founder of The Bay Trust, our environmental educational charity on the Kent Coast.
October 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Attended #Futurescape2025 for @thebaytrust.bsky.social at ExCel (London) today. A genuine highlight was the seminar from Marcellus Baz & @landscapepolymath.bsky.social on widening the pool of people who might work in landscape roles (and so much more besides.)
October 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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#FingerpostFriday. Quite a new looking sign at the junction of two lanes - seen a couple of weeks ago, just north of Grasmere. Features a Wainwright insignia too.
Wooden fingerpost sign, in a rich mid-brown (partly thanks to rain), upright but leaning slightly towards the right edge of the photo. The “pointing” part of the sign contains an icon showing an acorn and the text “Coast to Coast Path” on one line with “Grisedale Tarn 2 1/2 miles” underneath. There is also a pointing part angled towards the camera, but its content is not legible. At the top of the central pillar of wood is inscribed an “aw” insignia, representing Alf Wainwright. The background features a field of green grass, wood post & wire fence and woodland. A fell is visible, though partially shrouded in fine mist, in the distance.
October 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Into October at @thebaytrust.bsky.social now. This month includes some schools’ workshops, a wedding, announcement of the opening of some new accommodation and launch of a modest community initiative… I’ll be out and about, on the Trust’s behalf, in a few places too. #GenerationRestoration
thebaytrust.bsky.social The Bay Trust @thebaytrust.bsky.social · Sep 29
Getting ready for October in The Pines Garden. Step one: a lovely pumpkin harvest with our volunteers! 🎃🍂
October 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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A further musical diversion. Throughout October I will be taking part in the @tansleyjames.bsky.social enabled #80sTop30. My choices will appear in the thread below and listed in alphabetical order by artiste. Feel free to comment…
Detail from the front sleeve of New Order’s ‘Brotherhood’ LP, depicting steel with its grains running from the foot to the top of the image. The graining of the steel runs in thin straight lines, involving hues of black, purple, grey (with some pinks to the right-hand side, thanks to sunlight) and specks of white. There is sans serif, capitalised text, running bottom to top (in two lines) three quarters of the way across the image, from the left; this says TON TITAANZINK 0 and 7065 KOMO 31898
September 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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It’s been great to rediscover #fingerpostfriday here on #BlueSky. I used to post to it, on another platform, and will start again next Friday here. In the meantime here’s a post from today, by @lougulltull.bsky.social, featuring some bridges I’ve a few happy memories of.
September 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Away (2): Great to see colleagues work at @thebaytrust.bsky.social depicted here - some of this is around the holiday cottage (yes, you can stay at #ThePinesGarden.) The grape 🍇 harvest looks lovely. We’re recruiting for a new cook too - see the Trust’s socials for more info :-)
thebaytrust.bsky.social The Bay Trust @thebaytrust.bsky.social · Sep 19
What have we been up to in the Pines Garden this week?
A little hedge-trimming, and enjoying our grape harvest! 😋🍇
Great work team! 🌱
September 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Away (1): En route to @samreadbookseller.bsky.social this week(I did buy a book there!) I came across this, on a table at #TheYan. Had the joy of working with Geoff some years ago, albeit not on an #Herdwick agenda. A nice reminder. RIP.
Front cover of a paperback edition of ‘Herdwicks’ by Geoff Brown, on a mid-to-dark brown wooden table top. The book cover features a photo of two Herdwick sheep, to the left of the image, in the high Fells across its middle. The upper and lower sections of the book cover are of pale brown; the lower has the author’s name in white sans serif capitalised font whilst the upper has a short (same font but in dark brown) text stating ‘A CUMBRIA GUIDE’ above a line, then (in larger font) ‘HERDWICKS’ with (beneath that) a usual font (slightly smaller) stating ‘Herdwick Sheep and the English Lake District’
September 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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There was a yoga class on the #Calyx terrace this AM, a wedding here last Saturday, chats on our next #biodiversity surveys & #permaculture training, customers aplenty in the tea room (including some from France today) etc. across this week. @thebaytrust.bsky.social #PinesGarden open as per below…
thebaytrust.bsky.social The Bay Trust @thebaytrust.bsky.social · Sep 5
We don't want to get too excited, but the forecast is looking promising for the weekend. We're all for embracing the seasons in all their glory at The Bay Trust, but that doesn't mean we won't welcome a bit of September sunshine! ☀
The Pines Garden, Open: Weds-Sun, 10am-4pm
September 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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A few happy things from @thebaytrust.bsky.social as September starts.
thebaytrust.bsky.social The Bay Trust @thebaytrust.bsky.social · Sep 1
As we step into a new month, we're getting ready for a new set of tasks in the garden.
September is the perfect time to:
🌼 Collect seeds
🍏 Harvest and share fruit & veg
🍂 Leave some summer growth for wildlife
🐝 Plant late-flowering pollinator-friendly plants to support bees before winter
September 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM