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Author & Editor, Guardian Country Diarist, BBC Gardeners' World Mag. Rep: Cathryn Summerhayes, Curtis Brown. #Nature #Place #ChronicIllness Nature memoir: LAND BENEATH THE WAVES out now Order LBTW: https://shorturl.at/LOt7x linktr.ee/nicwilsonauthor

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 5d

I'm very excited about the @cprecountryside.bsky.social Countryside Day @knebworthhouse.bsky.social next weekend. The chance to catch up with lots of fab local countryside and conservation charities. And I've never been a keynote speaker before!! 😊💚

#booksky @summersdalebooks.bsky.social

Introducing our Countryside Day keynote speaker, local author Nic Wilson

CPRE Hertfordshire is working to enhance, promote and protect our countryside. Love Hertfordshire's beautiful rural areas? Find out more and get involved.

www.cpreherts.org.uk

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 3h

So hard to finish me tea and biscuits by the sea and head home. But needs must and I feel lucky to have had a few days working here.

Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 4h

Everyone busy at the 181st Wormside Annual Ploughing Match in today's @theguardian.com country diary by the Rev Simon Lockett.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Country diary: A wild morning at the ploughing match | Rev Simon Lockett

Wye Valley, Herefordshire: There’s a sense of deep history to events like this, where mesmerising horses and precision ploughing fall under the judges’ eye

www.theguardian.com

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I spy a robber on my salvias...

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Country diary: Pirates of the patio have found their treasure | Nic Wilson

Hitchin, Hertfordshire: Some insects have evolved a long proboscis to reach the nectar of salvias and fuschias. Some take a cheeky shortcut

www.theguardian.com

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 4h

Although it occurs, if I crocheted a sock and got pants, that would be a bit weird and suggest I wasn't too good at following a pattern! 😂

Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks, that's kind. I reckon, even if the first few are pants, it's fun and they can only get better! 😁

Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 13h

I reckon if the first one's naff, the second will be much better!! 😆

Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 14h

I've possibly crocheted the ugliest sock in the world. Not very comfy either. But you have to start somewhere! 😂

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 16h

It was very discerning of the hawk-moth and bees to visit such an interestingly named plant! 😊

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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 16h

Fascinating & delightful stuff from @nicwilson.bsky.social!

Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I spy a robber on my salvias...

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Country diary: Pirates of the patio have found their treasure | Nic Wilson

Hitchin, Hertfordshire: Some insects have evolved a long proboscis to reach the nectar of salvias and fuschias. Some take a cheeky shortcut

www.theguardian.com

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry - this one's in person only.

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I spy a robber on my salvias...

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Country diary: Pirates of the patio have found their treasure | Nic Wilson

Hitchin, Hertfordshire: Some insects have evolved a long proboscis to reach the nectar of salvias and fuschias. Some take a cheeky shortcut

www.theguardian.com

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. Yes I'll be talking about nearby nature.

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

How true. Sending hugs xx

Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Aye, isn't it always the way? Arrogance of the highest order.

Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Sending all the hugs xx

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Took the slow train to #Holt Bookshop to say hello and sign some copies of Land Beneath the Waves. Turned into a beautiful Bluesky afternoon. 💙

A photo of a brick building with big windows and lots of books.

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Lyme, ME/CFS, endometriosis, long COVID, coeliac disease, adenomyosis, fibromyalgia & all the other conditions where there's actually nothing wrong with us, but we just enjoy pretending to be ill. For fuck's sake. It's like we've regressed to the 1960s when my mum was accused of being a malingerer.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

Just as we are beginning to understand the biochemical basis of this horrendous condition, the government appoints the man perhaps most responsible for the mischaracterisation of ME/CFS – Simon Wesseley - to its *overdiagnosis* commission. www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, it's cruel and horrifying - as I argue in my book - and set to get worse thanks to Government attitudes and a certain 'scientist'. It's shit and it makes me so angry. 😡

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 1d

This #overdiagnosis discourse is dangerous and will be deadly to many - not just those with ME who have been at the mercy of quacks like Wesseley and O'Sullivan for years -
but everyone who the govt wishes to remove support from and has to find a way to claim are not actually disabled to do so.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Do come along to the @cprecountryside.bsky.social Countryside Day @knebworthhouse.bsky.social on Saturday for nature, fun, local conservation charities and a guided tour of Knebworth House Estate gardens. Plus I'm giving the keynote speech on nearby nature and local landscape. #Herts #Hertfordshire

CPRE Hertfordshire Countryside Day 2025

CPRE Hertfordshire is working to enhance, promote and protect our countryside. Love Hertfordshire's beautiful rural areas? Find out more and get involved.

www.cpreherts.org.uk

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Glossy visitors to Anglesey's wetlands in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Nigel Brown.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Country diary: The marshes are graced with a little catwalk glamour | Nigel Brown

Ynys Môn (Anglesey): What a pleasure it is to watch a pair of glossy ibis – true head-turners, and an increasingly common sight

www.theguardian.com

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Aye, nature is always in my mind and my heart, even when I'm busy or ill. But a little time with just me, words and quieter surroundings is always precious.

Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Haha! No poltergeists here. I hope!

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Is there anything more evocative than the sea at night and a Hunter's Moon beckoning you walk into the light?

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