Phoebe Taplin
@phoebetaplin.bsky.social
freelance writer - currently mostly walking and car-free UK travel
spring flowers and even blue skies in the Beth Chatto garden in Essex...
February 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
spring flowers and even blue skies in the Beth Chatto garden in Essex...
my latest theatre review www.thereviewshub.com/cable-street...
Cable Street – Marylebone Theatre, London - The Reviews Hub
Music and Lyrics: Tim Gilvin Book: Alex Kanefsky Director: Adam Lenson Far-right fascists blame immigrants for the country’s woes. Economic hardship and political disenchantment create room for extr...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM
my latest theatre review www.thereviewshub.com/cable-street...
Relieving the winter gloom yesterday with spring flowers at Osterley, lights at Canary Wharf and - finally - rousing, relevant musical Cable Street at Marylebone Theatre. www.marylebonetheatre.com/productions/...
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Relieving the winter gloom yesterday with spring flowers at Osterley, lights at Canary Wharf and - finally - rousing, relevant musical Cable Street at Marylebone Theatre. www.marylebonetheatre.com/productions/...
Lovely weekend with friends in Norwich, exploring the newly-revamped castle, the cathedral and the Sainsbury Centre...
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Lovely weekend with friends in Norwich, exploring the newly-revamped castle, the cathedral and the Sainsbury Centre...
Two days of art across London with a museum café-crawl, including the V&A, the V&A East Storehouse, the National Gallery’s Radical Harmony exhibition and the Wallace collection…
January 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Two days of art across London with a museum café-crawl, including the V&A, the V&A East Storehouse, the National Gallery’s Radical Harmony exhibition and the Wallace collection…
The February issue of Country Walking is in newsagents now and with it some highlights of mine from a fabulous year of walking: the glorious Creswell Crags and Welbeck estate, gardens at Bowood in Wiltshire, the Norman castle and church at Orford, and coast path at Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire…
January 14, 2026 at 10:52 AM
The February issue of Country Walking is in newsagents now and with it some highlights of mine from a fabulous year of walking: the glorious Creswell Crags and Welbeck estate, gardens at Bowood in Wiltshire, the Norman castle and church at Orford, and coast path at Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire…
my latest car-free coastal adventure for the Guardian www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
‘Waves break right on to the bus windscreen’: a car-free trip along County Antrim’s dramatic coast
Three trains, two buses and a ferry take our writer from Essex to Northern Ireland, to enjoy wild swims, whiskey, sandy beaches and the Giant’s Causeway
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
my latest car-free coastal adventure for the Guardian www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
yesterday's walk: a grey squirrel, reindeer skulls, a wolf supermoon...
January 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
yesterday's walk: a grey squirrel, reindeer skulls, a wolf supermoon...
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Wassail is celebrated in early January to wake up the trees in apple growing areas in South West England. The wassail cup enables orchard owners to offer refreshment when wassailers visit. Find this locally made wassail cup on the Multaka 'With These Hands' trail.
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January 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Wassail is celebrated in early January to wake up the trees in apple growing areas in South West England. The wassail cup enables orchard owners to offer refreshment when wassailers visit. Find this locally made wassail cup on the Multaka 'With These Hands' trail.
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Reposted by Phoebe Taplin
‘A watery gold sunrise lights the turbulent water’: the wild beauty of the Suffolk coast
‘A watery gold sunrise lights the turbulent water’: the wild beauty of the Suffolk coast
Coastal erosion may threaten the area around Southwold, but a new ‘movable’ cabin makes a great base for exploring its windswept beaches, remote marshes and welcoming inns
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December 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
‘A watery gold sunrise lights the turbulent water’: the wild beauty of the Suffolk coast
A car-free Lake District adventure to visit the new observatory in Grizedale Forest www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Stargazing in the Lake District: a new forest observatory opens in Grizedale
There’s no shortage of stunning scenery and daytime activities in the Lakes. Now, an observatory is offering stellar nocturnal events too
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December 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A car-free Lake District adventure to visit the new observatory in Grizedale Forest www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Heading into end-of-year mode and totting up the year's mileage. In 2025 I got 152 articles published, 1768 miles walked and 17 wild swims swum... Hoping for more of the same in 2026! Wishing everyone happy winter festivities. x x x x
December 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Heading into end-of-year mode and totting up the year's mileage. In 2025 I got 152 articles published, 1768 miles walked and 17 wild swims swum... Hoping for more of the same in 2026! Wishing everyone happy winter festivities. x x x x
January 2026 issue of Country Walking (out now) with four walks I did in the last year: snowdrops near Chippenham Fen (Cambs), rhododendrons in Sheringham Park, wooded Wimbledon Common and a beautiful heather-ringed loch in Aberdeenshire. Reminds me to start planning for the year ahead…
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
January 2026 issue of Country Walking (out now) with four walks I did in the last year: snowdrops near Chippenham Fen (Cambs), rhododendrons in Sheringham Park, wooded Wimbledon Common and a beautiful heather-ringed loch in Aberdeenshire. Reminds me to start planning for the year ahead…
Amazing walk along the Sallagh Braes near Larne (Antrim)
December 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Amazing walk along the Sallagh Braes near Larne (Antrim)
About to get the night ferry to Belfast - here's a moonlit view across the Mersey...
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
About to get the night ferry to Belfast - here's a moonlit view across the Mersey...
Light show in Southwark cathedral
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Light show in Southwark cathedral
first visit to Rutland Water...
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
first visit to Rutland Water...
autumn leaves are lovely this year...
November 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
autumn leaves are lovely this year...
Beautiful day on the Dales Way in Cumbria...
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Beautiful day on the Dales Way in Cumbria...
My latest theatre review - a spooky Halloween tale in the fabulous Mill at Sonning www.thereviewshub.com/the-shadow-i...
The Shadow in the Mirror – The Mill at Sonning - The Reviews Hub
Writer: Gerald Durrell Adaptor and Director: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart Unsettling, discordant music plays, underscored by strange inhuman sounds. Smoke drifts through uncanny shafts of light before a row ...
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September 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
My latest theatre review - a spooky Halloween tale in the fabulous Mill at Sonning www.thereviewshub.com/the-shadow-i...
after days of alternating showers and sunshine, a huge rainbow at the end of our road...
September 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
after days of alternating showers and sunshine, a huge rainbow at the end of our road...
finally made it to Longthorpe Tower in Peterborough with its 14th-century wall paintings...
September 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
finally made it to Longthorpe Tower in Peterborough with its 14th-century wall paintings...
Exmouth in the sunshine...
August 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Exmouth in the sunshine...
www.cathedral.net/event-detail... Anyone in Edinburgh should take a look at this artwork in St Mary's episcopal cathedral....
Ringing the Changes | St Mary's Edinburgh
A dramatic installation of colourful banners depicting bellringing patterns, beneath the cathedrals’ bell tower, incorporating bellringing, weaving and architecture in one magnificent art installation...
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August 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
www.cathedral.net/event-detail... Anyone in Edinburgh should take a look at this artwork in St Mary's episcopal cathedral....
My arty walk through Edinburgh in today's Guardian ... www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
The art of the city: a walking tour of Edinburgh’s best landscape sculptures
Start with Andy Goldsworthy’s earthy installations at the Royal Scottish Academy, then head outdoors to discover more of his work, alongside pieces by Barbara Hepworth, Antony Gormley and Charles Jenc...
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My arty walk through Edinburgh in today's Guardian ... www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...