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
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...
Green Fingers
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...
Green Fingers
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...
Green Fingers
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 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...
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