Great Gable - climate change and dishonesty
Whenever I climb the Lake District’s Great Gable (899 metres) [i] , I usually have whisky on my mind. This time it was climate change...
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Green Fingers
Jun 2518 min read
Haweswater - forest, raptors, and butterflies
Modern Haweswater Whenever I visit Haweswater, I admit to feeling depressed. Despite its evident beauty and the fact it is so remote,...
Green Fingers
Jun 1417 min read
Skelghyll Woods and Champion Trees
Trees relax me What is it about trees? For some reason they relax me, especially in this month of May. It is a month when the weather is...
Green Fingers
Mar 2416 min read
Grizedale – mankind muscling in
Week 12 Once again this is a long one, so please find somewhere quiet to read and ponder. Climate change and the future of mankind is no...
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Mar 1022 min read
Ennerdale - a remarkable place
Week 10 Once again this is a long one, so please grab a cuppa if you can. You will need somewhere quiet and thoughtful to read it and do...
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Feb 2518 min read
Derwent Water - beauty, climate, and danger
Week 8 Once again this is a long one, albeit shorter than others I have written, so I have not divided it into two portions. However, you...
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Feb 1119 min read
Ullswater Unveiled: Climate Change and Conservation
Week 6 Once again this is a long one, so please be prepared, as the topic is serious. I have broken the text halfway, so that you can...
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Jan 2825 min read
Tarn Hows - a blemished Paradise
Week 4 This is a long one, so please be prepared, as the topic is serious. I have broken the text halfway, so that you can recharge your...
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Jan 1413 min read
Helvellyn – the mountain that has seen it all
Week 2 Introduction There are few better ways of seeing the effects of climate change than standing atop a Lake District mountain. I had...
Green Fingers
Dec 31, 202310 min read
Looking back as a renaturer
Week 53 It is fitting that I write this final blog of the year as another storm assaults Lakeland[i]. This time it is Storm Gerrit. There...
Green Fingers
Dec 24, 202313 min read
Wind, labels, and untidy tool sheds
Week 52 I have been worrying about the saplings I have transplanted and am astonished by the number I have seen. I keep finding them,...
Green Fingers
Dec 17, 202311 min read
Beyond the chainsaw
Week 51 For many years I have found that the sounds of Nature relax me. I even have a recording of a bubbling mountain stream to play at...
Green Fingers
Dec 10, 202312 min read
Snow and spiritual echoes
Week 50 I wish climate change could decide what it wants to be. One moment there is snow, the next high wind, then flooding, followed by...
Green Fingers
Dec 3, 202312 min read
Nurturing insects
Week 49 I hope I have not done the wrong thing. I have been dithering for several weeks as to whether I should transplant some trees from...
Green Fingers
Nov 26, 202313 min read
Trees and traps - balancing Nature
Week 48 The time of year has now arrived to think about moving vegetation, trees especially. My land was once ancient woodland, and no...
Green Fingers
Nov 19, 202314 min read
Storms, plants, and fungi
Week 47 It seems to have been raining non-stop for the past week, in addition to another storm. This time it was Storm Debi, which in...
Green Fingers
Nov 12, 202315 min read
Thieves, cones, and hedgerows
Week 46 A short while ago, I wrote that this year had been bad for devil’s bit scabious. Normally my land is filled with the flower but...
Green Fingers
Nov 5, 202311 min read
Worms and mental health
Week 45 Nobody likes me, everybody hates me I think I’ll go eat worms![i] Although these words have been spoken or sung in many different...
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Oct 29, 202312 min read
Bats, berries, and naked walls
Week 44 What is it about autumn colours that are so pleasing? This year, for reasons I cannot explain, the colours on my land are...
Green Fingers
Oct 22, 202317 min read
Planting under the stars
Week 43 I suppose, for a renaturer, I should not be planting anything, but simply allowing Nature to steer me. Yet I admit to having...
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