Yorkshire Lass 🐾🏊🏻‍♀️☕️🍰

@thelonningsguy @thecumbriaguide Thoroughly enjoyed this book and found out loads of things I didn’t know. Highly recommended 🙂

My thanks to @thecumbriaguide for a super spread in this month's magazine on my book, The Postal Paths. The magazine is free from most shops in Cumbria. The paperback of The Postal Paths is available from all bookshops for just a few quid.

@GraemePeacock1 All beautiful but I think I like the blue hues of Number 2 best 💙

Ok, that’s January for my 2027 calendar sorted unless I manage anything better this Winter. But which version? 1, 2 or 3 ? Decisions decisions ….

@BeatrixPotterSo @DrPennyBradshaw This sounds fab!

On Saturday 10 January, join us at the University of Cumbria’s Ambleside campus for the launch of 'An A-Z of Beatrix Potter' by Dr Penny Bradshaw, Associate Professor of English Literature. @DrPennyBradshaw Book your tickets here: trybooking.com/uk/events/land… #beatrixpotter

Please don't make tonight the night you'll regret for the rest of your life. Unlike most mammals, hedgehogs don't have the Fight or Flight Response to danger. That means that no matter how frightened they are, they don't bite, and they don't run away. Their response to danger is to curl up into a protective ball, and wait until the threat passes. That's why so many get run over by approaching cars. That's why so many are maimed and killed by approaching strimmers. And that's why so many get burned alive in bonfires. ❌Poking a stick under the bonfire pile will just make the hedgehog inside curl into a ball. Even if you touch her and hurt her, she won't move or make a sound. ❌Lighting it from one side will just make the hedgehog curl even tighter. As the smoke fills her lungs and her coat begins to singe, she will freeze in place and wait for the danger to pass. ❌Shining a light under the bonfire will just make the hedgehog ball even tighter. She'll stay silent and close her eyes so they don't reflect light and give her presence away. The ONLY way to make a bonfire safe is to build it the same day you light it. So if it's already built, you need to move today, before lighting it tonight. Please stay safe, and make sure it's only the rockets that scream.

@thelonningsguy Hopefully will still see you in Grasmere from time to time. Best wishes 😊

I am going to take a break from social media for a while. I'll pop back with any important news (or pictures of really cute kittens), but in the meantime, thanks for your continued support and stay well - Alan.

@thefarnes @algregg @NorthEastTweets Wow! Thanks for sharing 🤩

About 50 dolphins this morning going south past the harbour. What a great way to start the day #serenity #seahouses @NorthEastTweets

@LissyJ24 @BrookinKath @Gailee99 @herdwick_gal Gosh, I can’t believe it’s a year. Sending love to you all xxx 🤗

@BrookinKath @Gailee99 @herdwick_gal Thinking of you and your Mum and Dad Kath 🤗

Thank you to ⁦@Gailee99⁩ and the team for the beautiful flowers in remembrance of sis (⁦@herdwick_gal⁩ ). Can’t believe it will be a year tomorrow since she passed away 😢missed every day💔

@peaklass1 That’s given me the shivers just looking 👀

I can never walk in this woodland without a delicious little shiver creeping down my spine, but on this particular morning my imagination was in overdrive. The trees were definitely whispering about me, ushering me further and further in. Their trunks were slick and shining, the leaves dripped with mist, and the crows in the branches above called out at every single step. I must admit that I didn't go much further before turning on my heels and racing back to the light, not quite daring to check behind me…! #peakdistrict

@BahaNick16 @Soapy_Wit_Tank Oh my gosh, that’s tough to watch

@Soapy_Wit_Tank brutal....

@jollytoadstool Green for me, the sunflowers can really be the stars of the show 🤩 gorgeous cardigan

🌻 Button choosing dilemma! Have been lucky enough to find shiny boiled sugar sweet like late 1950's vintage cat eye buttons that nicely match the clove spice dyed wool colours of this sunflower knit cardigan, but struggling to choose between green or yellow - thoughts please?

@cumbriaoldrural Me too!

I’m so cold I have had to give in and light the fire 🔥 💦💦💦💦💦🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶#Cumbria 😢 #rainraingoaway

@XposeTrophyHunt @visitandtravel @SARA2001NOOR @Angelux1111 @Gail7175 @Lin11W @PhaedraXTeddy @Protect_Wldlife @PeterEgan6 @louisa1000 @hilltopgina @CWitvrouwen @LiftForever67 @Cshells33Wells @ARCrusade @KathyReichs It’s just disgusting that she would think this is good. Just hateful in every way. What a waste of a human being

Clara Creviston, Alaska believes that snaring wolves is 'what every girl wants.' No my dear, only if you are a soulless psycho. 🤬 #BanTrapping RT @SARA2001NOOR @Angelux1111 @Gail7175 @Lin11W @PhaedraXTeddy @Protect_Wldlife

Antoni Gaudí was born 173 years ago today. His buildings are living dreams carved in stone. Let’s walk through the gems of this Catalan visionary. 🧵 👇

@xmuse_ What a beautiful thread - impossible to choose a favourite! So glad I’ve actually visited some of them 😍 Thanks so much for sharing

@Michell27802876 @BSBIbotany Thanks ☺️

@put_kettleon @BSBIbotany Beautiful!

Some great spots at Maryport Coastal Park over the last week, several species of orchid including a Bee 🐝 orchid and Purple Broomrape #wildflowerhour @BSBIbotany

@peaklass1 What a beautiful photograph - filled with sunshine and love 💚 Thanks for sharing

A few years ago I stood at this gate and a little chestnut horse wandered over and gave me a big smile. That image is still used by BBC Countryfile on their greeting cards throughout the country. Recently I stood at the same gate admiring the view, and without me even noticing that he was in the field, over he ambled again. We had a good chat and it would have been rude not to get another shot. He's such contented, friendly little horse, possibly because he has a beautiful tree to rest under, not to mention a wonderful gate to watch the world from! #peakdistrict

⁦@BBCSpringwatch⁩ this rather battered red admiral spent about 40 mins on our chives last week, we only have pots so we try really hard to make it pollinator friendly 🐝🦋

Sad to find these 2 nests on a footpath recently, intrigued by who they belonged to and what could have happened ⁦@BBCSpringwatch⁩

@AngellinaBrady @cragchris Wow! Bit of a change to during the day

Rydal Water from the 599 Bus from Bowness to Grasmere this evening