I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined August 2021
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I have always thought that the British countryside is a national treasure. It’s the most staggeringly beautiful place. Glorious early morning up on Logie Hill, North East Fife. 🏴
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A quiet night in the Shambles, like stepping back into another century 🖤
Timber framed buildings leaning in over the cobbles, lit by lamplight ✨
One of England's oldest streets and after dark, it feels every bit its age 🥰 – at York, England
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There isn't anything negative you can say about this place. It's why I love the Yorkshire Dales so much.
It is peaceful, not just by sound, but visually peaceful also. Everywhere you look is like it belongs in a painting.
There's just something magical about the Dales that makes you sit and stare at everything around you, the entire 360 degree panoramic views that somehow make you forget about the things that have had your anxiety at its peak.
This really is an opportunity to slowly stroll through the meadows, not only to take photographs, but disconnect from the daily struggles.
~ Visitor Review – at Yorkshire and The Humber, England
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This is what growing up in a small village was like 🥰
There is boundless beauty in our culture and traditions.
The pubs that have stood for centuries. Where lifelong friendships were formed and marriages began.
The village fetes. Where our children grow up making the same memories we did. Cake stalls, tombolas and sack races on the green.
Sunday roasts that we enjoy with family.
A civilised nod hello to a fellow dog walker on a country lane.
None of it flashy, none of it needing to be.
Just steady, honest and worth holding onto.
Some things are worth being proud of 🏴
Andrew Bankier retweeted
I don't care what anyone says. Our pubs are better than any bar on the planet.
Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
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A colorized photograph of a young woman in rural Clogher, County Tyrone, Ireland, photographed by Rose Shaw in the early 20th century.
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"England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality." - George Orwell 🏴
