@RedRiverCroft

Writer Crofter Geographer Grandmother #WINDSWEPT (2023) An instant classic of British nature writing https://xitter.cf/t.co/VZkQ5Um7wr

 Wester Ross Scottish Highlands
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Joined May 2015
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A 5* instant classic of British nature writing. Windswept isn’t only enjoyable and enriching; it contains some of the most striking descriptions of nature I’ve ever read. Horatio Clare, The Telegraph. Windswept's old strainer post & sunset view to the Outer Hebrides.
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It's big squall-and-rainbow kind of weather, oh yes! We are windswept and seared by light. Autumn in Wester Ross, NW Highlands, Scotland.
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Mighty mountain. Baosbheinn. Wizard. Sentinel. Shrouded. Cloud-capped. Holding fast to the light. Rain soaked moor at his feet. 📷 1. On the morning we headed south (an emergency trip to help family) 📷. 2. This early evening as we returned home.
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Annie O'Garra Worsley@RedRiverCroftSep 27
A coffee time read: Coast, Croft and Hill: Letters from the Highlands with Lochaber crofter and writer, Kirsteen Bell published by Caught by the River It's always a pleasure to share our letters with everyone. Happy reading! caughtbytheriver.net/2026/09…
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A coffee time read: Coast, Croft and Hill: Letters from the Highlands with Lochaber crofter and writer, Kirsteen Bell published by Caught by the River It's always a pleasure to share our letters with everyone. Happy reading! caughtbytheriver.net/2026/09…
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Hello can anyone help with the ID of this fungus please? Knocked over at the edge of a lawn by old tree stumps. It's a beauty. 14 cm diameter. Thank you 😊
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Could it be Boletus edulis?
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Wonderful programme. Very moving to see @simon_reeve in Papua New Guinea. I was there in 1979 as a young researcher. No tech of course, but remarkable people helped me make sense of their astonishing home.
Simon Reeve
@simon_reeveSep 18
Here’s to the exceptional team who’ve made the first Wilderness2 episode .. in Papua New Guinea … Huge thanks to all of them. Applause all round. Journey 1 takes us deep into PNG — into extraordinary forest and remote communities. . @BBCTwo @TheGardenTV 
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#Wilderness 
#PapuaNewGuinea #SeaofCortez #Mexico #Yukon #TheYukon #Mongolia #TheGobi #TheGobiDesert
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Irene H 💛💙🌻🌱@wosewomanSep 15
#retweetingbeauty because we really need it right now. Photographer: @RedRiverCroft
Annie O'Garra Worsley@RedRiverCroftSep 15
Glimmer. Following a satin sea path to find the light. View to the northern tip of the Trotternish peninsula on Skye and the Outer Hebrides.
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Glimmer. Following a satin sea path to find the light. View to the northern tip of the Trotternish peninsula on Skye and the Outer Hebrides.
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Annie O'Garra Worsley@RedRiverCroftSep 13
An August story on heat, holidays and hay making: notesfromasmallcroftbythesea…
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An August story on heat, holidays and hay making: notesfromasmallcroftbythesea…
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Dylan Nardini@ShutrReleaseSep 12
Brilliant to be shortlisted for the @GBPhotoAwards Landscape category once again. You can see all the outstanding images in all categories here and if you feel like it, pick your favourite from each for the Peoples Choice award. britishphotographyawards.org…
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Jen Jones@bogtrotter99Sep 11
We must keep our peatlands wet.
@PeatlandCymru@peatlandcymruSep 10
Grant £10k–£250K! Adferwch allu eich mawndir i amsugno dŵr, i gloi carbon, a hybu natur! Ceisiwch am Grant Adfer Mawndir tan 30/11/2026 bit.ly/4iriWXv Cofrestrwch am Weminar arweiniad 6/10 bit.ly/3UM4NKz Mwy yma naturalresources.wales/about… @NewidHinsawdd @IUCNpeat
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Hay harvest done. Pale gold fields edged in purple - scabious and knapweeds and late flowering clover - I spy autumn unfolding…
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A fine bright afternoon. Swimming with grandchildren, sandcastle building, mermaid sculpting. We watched gannets diving & fish flitting through sparkles of gold. After weeks of rain, these late summers days are most welcome. An Teallach from Firemore beach, Wester Ross, Scotland
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Our lush green Highland summer. Notes from a small croft by the sea and an antidote to the terrible heat endured everywhere else. notesfromasmallcroftbythesea… #Summer in #Scotland
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45 years ago I married my mountain man. Mammy insisted he wore a top hat. Mammy & I made & decorated the cake which my Daddy said needed iron girders to hold it upright. (The cheek!) We had 4 incredible kids in 4 years (crazy, right). They love this wild world as much as we do.
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Can anyone ID this algae (?) deposited on beach sands
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Caroline Lucas@CarolineLucasJul 31
Govt planning c. 100 new data centres by early 2030s, mostly in water stressed areas - with no legal duty to disclose how much water they use. Meanwhile Govt launches £75m publicity campaign to urge us to reduce water use & privatised water companies waste 19% thro leaks. Madness
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Annie O'Garra Worsley@RedRiverCroftJul 29
The latest in the series of letters to Kirsteen is about wildflowers, our green Highland summer. While the South has baked & burned, life has bloomed here, cocooned from heat & fire. But the worry still bites, the melancholy grows. We do what we can. caughtbytheriver.net/2026/07…
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