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I walk, and draw and write badly. My hiking journals aren’t very interesting, but they’re very me.

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 18d

And for more details, here is my #TGOC25 #journal

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · Aug 9

I don’t know why but I just couldn’t get going on my TGOC log until now. I’m finally getting going though. #hiking #journalling #TGOC25

Drawing of the side of a hill with a handwritten journal.

8th May 2025- TGOC25 Day 1: Shiel Bridge > Altbeithe
Distance: 22 Km
Walkers: Solo Weather: Cloudy. then Sunny.

Today's the day- the start of the Great Outdoors Challenge 2025.
I began by walking out of the Glen Shiel campsite towards Kintail hodge.
Here I met other Challengers having breakfast and signing before the start.

I carried on under a cloudy sky until I came to a woman sitting by the path. I needed a drink so I stopped beside her and she explained that she had walked the Affric Kintail Way but her boots were giving her grief so she was taking them off. She then walked away in her socks!

I walked to the private bothy and stopped for another drink before crossing the footbridge and beginning the walk uphill. As it got hotter I slowed down and the other Challengers passed me by.
It seemed to take hours to get to the plateux, where I stopped for a bite to eat before walking to the Camban bothy. I was tempted to stay but I still had a few kid to Alltbeithe, so I rested a while before continuing down really rough tracks to get to a burn about 1 Km from the hostel. I decided this was enough so pitched by Dave and had my first meal of the TGOC, then bed.

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walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 9h

Scotland really desperately needs a Scottish Paths Fund like this.

Ramblers Scotland @ramblersscotland.bsky.social · 3d

🌳Scotland needs Paths Into Nature!🚶

We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.

Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!

ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 4h

This one’s for you @gingertotty.bsky.social

Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 4h

Spring peepers battling! Teeny tiny froglets! A great froggie soundtrack! Because frogs seem to be having a moment here in the US.

#herps 🌿 #frogs

My Favorite Frog and Toad Encounters

YouTube video by Get To Know Nature

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 1d

It's also not "just another" extinction, it's the first from mainland Europe in centuries. CENTURIES.

And there will be others within our lifetime.

That's biodiversity loss.

We'll never hear this sound, ever again xeno-canto.org/398794

XC398794 Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)

Awful wind noise in the original! See sonogram and notes of the recording circumstances on p12 of Gretton A. (1991) The ecology and conservation of the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris). ...

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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d

And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to...

...not Trump.

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Nick Fitzsimons @nickfitz.bsky.social · 1d

Questions to which the answer is "No, because they're a bunch of fucking idiots."

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 1d

That made I larf!

Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 1d

And you can bet your sweet patootie that there’ll be no AI ports in there.

Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 1d

*is not

Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 1d

This has not related. At. All.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 2d

Note when the host’s hilarity/horror ratio switches.

Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 2d

You want weird Nick? Have a listen to go beyond weird.

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 5d

There’s weird and then there’s …this. If you want to know how AI, Silicon Valley, Harry Potter and Ricky Gervais (?? Not something he imagined when he made The Office) are entangled have a listen. And you need the 4 episodes to have a run at it.

Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 8d

See also the Behind the Bastards 4-parter about the Zizians. There ars some very very broken people in Silicon Valley and they unfortunately have the power to fuck it up for the rest of us too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mJA...

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Nick Fitzsimons @nickfitz.bsky.social · 2d

All these billionaires will have their consciousnesses uploaded before death. Then the upload company will go bust and be broken up for parts. They'll end up being sold like fairground rides: "🤡 Inhabit Elon Musk's consciousness for five minutes, only $20! You'll laugh at how dumb it is in there! 🤡"

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Amelia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 2d

It’s the Spooktacular season and Dippyfishcards has a few Scream Queen cards and a bit of Pumpkin Spice for October lovers… Fenella Fuktoff the witch and Teeny, Bitey Mina are ready to send your best wishes. Or a hex. Whatevs…

Dippyfishcards.etsy.com #spooky #cards #halloween #goth #bsnm #mhhsbd

Three spooktacular cards, tiny Bitey vampire mina, hello wine pumpkin andFUCKING WANK Fenella Fucktoff The witch

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 2d

Gotham

Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 2d

Is it ‘Wooster’ or ‘Wor-cester “?

Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 2d

And then add juveniles to the mix. We might not have bears in the UK but NEVER be in the same field as cows with young calves. You just can’t run as fast as them.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 3d

oh thank you lord and baby jesus

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 3d

What She Said Tracey Matney GIF

Alt: What She Said Tracey Matney GIF

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 3d

Like when people wish they lived in Roman times. As Romans, obvs, not as slaves.

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 3d

Someone obviously missed the Good Samaritan sermon that Sunday…

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 3d

me, a non-religious person (closes eyes): I am praying for Dolly Parton. I would like to put in a prayer for Dolly Parton. Make that lots of prayers. I would like infinity prayers for Dolly Parton. Give Dolly Parton unlimited prayers. All the prayers that have ever existed should go to Dolly Parton.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 3d

Until Cromwell died, then we asked Charles II back because we decided that we liked Christmas and generally being happy. Bread and circuses always wins.

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve got to do some digging. I was SURE that I ko-fi subscribed to Podyssey but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Sigh.

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 4d

“partiserrecioeno”?? What the feck is that when it’s at home?