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The Sky at Night – Milky Way
Photographing the Milky Way in Zambia This photograph popped up on my Facebook feed recently as a memory from a good few years ago and I’m so glad it did.

Natural Sunlight
We’re Built for Sunlight, But We Live Like We’re Avoiding It We’re built for sunlight, but most of us live like we’re avoiding it. Indoors all day, bathed in the

Making Elderflower Cordial
Homemade Elderflower Cordial – Bottling British Summer There’s something truly special about the heady, sweet, honey-like scent of elderflowers that fills the air on a warm June day. It’s such

Summer Solstice Elemental Insights
Thoughts from the longest day, new Sunshine and the longest day Tomorrow is the Summer Solstice, or Alban Hefin in the Druid calendar – the “Light of the Shore”. It’s

Why Fresh Cut Grass Smells So Good
Why Fresh-Cut Grass Smells So Good That sharp green smell when someone’s mown the lawn. It’s instantly recognisable. For most of us, it’s summer in a bottle: bare feet, warm

Walking Hadrian’s Wall: Corbridge to Brampton with a Healing Foot and New Boots
Boots, Blisters, and the Borderlands: Walking Hadrian’s Wall (Sort of) Next week, we’ll be setting off to walk a stretch of Hadrian’s Wall. Not the full coast to coast route,