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Carol Kubicki

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Campervan owner & travel writer in northwest England and beyond. Hiker & cyclist. Reading more books than might be healthy! Long-time environmentalist. Support 🇺🇦. Blog at https://backontheroadagainblog.com/

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 7d

From near the source to Melrose, we follow the River Tweed on foot and in our #campervan. #Scotland Following the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders – Back on the road again share.google/B4Le29ufUG5x...

Following the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders

Looking back to the River Tweed near Peebles Looking below me and taking in the view in to the steep-sided hollow of The Devil’s Beef Tub I was aware we weren’t far from the source of t…

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 6h

Hi Jim 👋😊

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 6h

Hello Clare 👋😊

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 7h

Hi Yaroslava from northwest England. I love your enthusiasm for Ukrainian art. My eyes pricked up today seeing a post from bluesky women's art. It told me about Sonia Delaunay, born in Ukraine and moved to France. Last night I was tasting wine, including this Spanish one with a seasonal label ⏬️.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 14h

Autumnal walk with fungal treasures and glowing colours. Up and around Arnside Knott by #Morecambe Bay.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

I still miss my Twitter friends! I was there a long time and it felt a friendly space, until it didn't. A useful history for the nostalgic among us.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

X-tinction - the life and death of the Twitter phenomenon....

And why it was finally time to leave.

Me for

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The Great X-Tinction: Why My Time's Up On Twitter

Otto English explains why, after 15 years, he has left the social media platform now disseminating disinformation worldwide under the control of Elon Musk

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

Hi Jim. Those are unusual plants. I've been looking at other pics online of the bog boardwalk you share sometimes. It looks like a fabulous area.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

Hi Yaroslava from northwest England. I've just finished #warcoffee while reading a book. Good to see you in what is becoming a familiar bookshop 🥰. Autumn colours continue to emerge here but the old yew trees hang on to their greenery.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

My sense of awe continues undiminished.

hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 1d

If you ask me to give one defining aspect of the character of Hooklanders, it would be their refusal to have their sense of awe diminished. They refuse to be disenchanted. Modernity is no barrier to their sense of encroaching otherworlds. Even in suburbia, they maintain wonder. – Dr. M. Benn

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Veronique. What a magnificent building. I have visited many decades ago and have dim memories of how impressed I was.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 1d

You might be missing this good news in your usual news outlets. #Ukraine 🇺🇦

Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll end this day (midnight in Kyiv)
with some good news.

A drone attack set fire to russia’s Kirishi oil refinery,
forcing it to shut down its largest unit
– about 40% of total capacity.
Repairs may take a month.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoy discovering Switzerland Erich.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

Your words and photographs touch readers in all sorts of ways. You'll never know how you have changed so many lives.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

Hi Jim. Yes, good, thank you. Cooking and seeing old friends.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

So much attitude in a small bird 😊. A great photograph from @monicapelger.bsky.social

monicapelger.bsky.social @monicapelger.bsky.social · 2d

The rather adorable crested tit. 🪶 #CrestedTit #kuifmees

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

Hi Yaroslava from northwest England. I'm late checking in on you as I've had a busy day. Good to hear your plans for the day 🥰.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 2d

These are fun!

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

Artist Helga Stentzel's fun clothesline creatures #WomensArt #Monday

Three images, a fox, a bird and a T-Rex all created with itens of clothes on a clothesline

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

#Ukraine, energy security and post war employment opportunities. substack.com/app-link/pos...

It's hard to drone a solar panel

The war in Ukraine may be adding resilience to the list of clean energy's virtues

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for sharing this Yaroslava. It is an impressive house but I do prefer small houses 😊. These big houses are always costly to keep in good order and are not always practical to live in these days.

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

So funny! 😂

welshcats.bsky.social @welshcats.bsky.social · 3d

Up in the Tree!

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 3d

Morning Yaroslava from northwest England. Your post is the first news I've seen today. I'm so sorry to read about such a difficult night from Ukraine and beautiful Lviv 🥰.

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 4d

Tea! Hope it warmed you up 🥰

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 4d

Oh I'm sorry Xenta 🥰

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 4d

Morning Jim. Just back from a blustery walk 😊👋

Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 4d

Morning Clare 😊

a picture of winnie the pooh and piglet with the words happy winds day

ALT: a picture of winnie the pooh and piglet with the words happy winds day

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Carol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 4d

Morning Yaroslava from northwest England. I hope the #warcoffee at the service station is okay 🥰. I'm still here, despite the storm and it was much worse in Scotland and Ireland. Climbing autumn fungus ⏬️

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