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Rachel Burch

@rachelburch.bsky.social

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Living with severe chronic illness, wheelchair user, Dartmoor photographer, old book lover and hedgehog whisperer. 🦔🦼📖 have been a photographer for 35 years. https://thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 10h

Wheelwright’s stone and Lydford castle (medieval prison) behind it today. The wheel stone was used to fit a metal tyre onto a wooden wheel. The wheel hub fitted into the central socket while the work was being done, the stone was in use locally in the 1920’s. #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography #history

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 19h

I'm giving away this signed 1st edition h/b of my new novel (it has a tiny jacket rip which means I wouldn't sell it) to one person who reposts this.

You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time

All shares much-appreciated.

Joe McLaren's fabulous cover for Everything Will Swallow You

A close up of the small tear on this first edition of Everything Will Swallow You

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks ☺️ x

Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 1d

River Meavy near Norsworthy bridge last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 1d

Rooty path in Burrator woods, not one for my wheelchair but pretty all the same, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 1d

And also nhs wheelchairs probably won’t be suitable anyway. This is simply unacceptable in a country that has the wealth the UK has.

Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 1d

I think it’s brilliant there’s money being raised for rugby mnd sufferers ( yes I’m a rugby fan bizarrely). I just wish there was that support for non sports people . Some people with MND wil die before they get an nhs wheelchair with the current wheelchair wait times.

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 2d

Oak leaves and river Meavy, at Burrator reservoir last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not a storyteller it’s my reality. Please stop commenting or I’ll block you. It was a bizarre clumsy comment for you to make. This is why I turn off comments from people. I have a severe neurological illness I haven’t time or energy for your shit.

Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 2d

Leather Tor and early Autumnal trees last week, near Burrator reservoir, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 2d

❤️

Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 2d

Should clarify I was diagnosed with an illness there’s just no treatment, cure or even a test for it … I never discuss what it is as I can’t bear people suggesting miracle cures 🤣.