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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 4h

A crisp autumn morning in That London. Loads of folk wrapped up like Arctic explorers whereas I, down from the Pennines, am shedding layers as soon as I step off the train 😥

Taxis parked outside Kings Cross Station with a view of St Pancras on a bright blue day.

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. It was all ok!

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Yorkshire Dales National Park @yorkshiredales.org.uk · 2d

At 694 metres (2,277 feet) Pen-y-Ghent is 1 of the 10 highest peaks in Yorkshire. The name is believed to originate from the Cumbric language (similar to Welsh). Pen-y-Ghent likely means “Hill on the Border”—pen meaning "head" or "top", and ghent possibly meaning "edge" or "border"

#YorkshireDales

A scenic rural landscape featuring a prominent hill with rocky outcrops and patches of green vegetation, set beneath a clear blue sky with wispy clouds. In the foreground, frosty grass and shrubs cover the ground, and a traditional dry stone wall runs horizontally across the scene, adding a rustic element. The overall atmosphere is serene and crisp, evoking a cold but peaceful morning in the countryside.

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 2d

Autumn window

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 2d

Cheers Jay

northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 2d

Giving the opening remakes at a global online panel today and of course all my usual anxieties and self doubts kick in (every fkn time). Hoping this run helps calm the mind..

🎧 Holding On - The War on Drugs

#trailrunning

Strava running stats against a photo of a lake glimpsed through trees and hedgerows.

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 2d

Local woods and trails

#trailrunning
#yorkshire

A lush scene, looking upwards through trees to a blue sky.

A trail through woodlands, with a touch of autumn.

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 3d

I went #Chough hunting with a new friend, to the Deer Park, on the #Pembrokeshire coastal path today. We got lucky with many sightings of my all time favourite bird. So here’s a #painting of mine to mark the occasion. What a fantastic day!!!

Two Chough perched on lichen covered rocks on the coastal path

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 4d

Dot watchers, Elsey Davis is on the final stretch of her #Cornwall perimeter run, heading towards the finish at Lands End. Currently on the coast path between Mousehole and Lamorna, which I recall requires the legs of a giant to get over some of the boulders.

#trailrunning

Dot watching ultra runner Elsey Davis on a map of the Penwith peninsula.

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 4d

Woke up with leg pain - hip to knee to calf 😩 - and I’m not good at enforced rest! It didn’t hurt when I was running in the woods 🤷‍♂️

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 4d

It sounds amazing. What a day to do it. Well done!

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, it wasn't so bad once I got off the tops of the hills

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 5d

Despite the wet and windy weather, or maybe because of it, I had one of those moments of pure elation* on this run

*it was the Billy Ocean bit

#trailrunning 🏃‍♂️

Strava running stats against a glimpse of a reservoir runoff behind a dry stone wall.

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 5d

Brilliant 🙌 I am steeling myself to do the same but the headwinds in the Pennines are insane!

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 5d

In a van, with coffee, and a storm outside - it’s perfection!

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 6d

Suddenly very dark for the middle of the day. The storm has arrived..

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 6d

Just enough #fingerpostfriday

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 6d

Derwent Water, classic view by Carmen Norman, Lake District photographer.

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Matt Beanzy @mattsawyer.bsky.social · 8d

There is a...magnificence...to this

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 8d

Hello October #trailrunning

Strava running stats against a photo of a misty moorland scene with a big black bird sat on a fence post

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 8d

We all love an honest #running post 😂

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 8d

'Our public libraries are free in three critical senses. Firstly, they cost nothing to join and to use. Secondly, they are open to all in our communities. We must also add a third concept of freedom: the freedom to read – to engage, without restraint, a diversity of knowledge and opinion'.

Libraries are palaces for the people. Their ramparts need...

The spirit of inquiry that led to Britain’s first public library opening its doors 173 years ago needs to be rekindled

observer.co.uk

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northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social · 8d

Has to be apple crumble I think

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