#walking UK

[useless-englandfacts]

uk journalists having to report through gritted teeth that there were no riots last night as thousands of anti-racist protesters significantly outnumbered the racist rioters across the country

[reasonsforhope]

"Inspired by an innovative Chilean forest restoration effort, the English town of Lewes is enlisting the help of dog walkers to rewild a local nature reserve.

Heavily degraded by foot traffic, the project co-opts dogs’ tendency to run about in the woods to spread wildflower seed from saddlebags strapped to a harness around the dog’s abdomen.

The idea mimics the function that wolves once played in that part of England, roaming over vast distances getting grass and flower seeds stuck in their coat, only to fall off and germinate somewhere else.

This helter-skelter seed-spreading is actually how many plants evolved to reproduce, and it’s key to maintaining a biodiverse and native ecosystem.

“We’re really interested in rewilding processes, but they often involve reintroducing big herbivores like bison or wild horses,” said manager Dylan Walker from the Railway Land Wildlife Trust who organized the project back in 2019.

“In a smaller urban nature reserve it’s really hard to do those things. So, to replicate the effect that those animals have on the ecosystem we aimed to utilize the vast number of dog walkers that are visiting the nature reserve daily.”

The saddlebags are filled with a variety of perennial plant seeds mixed together with sand. This allows the seed to be spread for longer across larger distances, while also providing a helpful tracking sign to inform the Trust’s employees where dogs are walking.

THE REWILDING MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND…

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‘Give Nature Space and it Will Come Back’: Rewilding Returns Endangered Species to UK Coast

Farmer Combats Flooding by Returning Creeks to Nature: ‘Wildlife That Has Come is Phenomenal’

Finally Rid of Invasive Shrubs, Scientists Use Lichen to Regrow the Celtic Rainforest in Loch Lomond, Scotland

2 Beavers Named Hazel and Chompy Reintroduced to English County–the First Ones to Live Here in 400 Years

“I signed up because it sounded like such a good fit. I was asked to place a harness on my chocolate cocker spaniel called Bertie and he ran around spreading seeds like wolves used to do many years ago,” Cressida Murray, a dog walker who regularly uses the nature reserve, told The Guardian. 

Wolves were persecuted to extinction in England as early as the reign of Henry VII, who reigned during the latter third of the 15th century.

“A community-based project like this not only helps engage and teach people about the ecological impacts of wildlife but also allows us to make our wildlife and environments richer in the process,” said Walker."

-via Good News Network, July 30, 2024

[julieconnelly]

Hillwalking & meditation

Hillwalking & meditation retreat. Despite the train strike, I managed to get up to Stirling, without any drama. I  got into a shared mini-bus up to Dhanakosa the Buddhist Retreat Centre. It had been a long time since I visited; (10 years) last time was a yoga retreat. I thought I would try the Hill Walking & Meditation course. We did 3 days of hillwalking and a lot of meditation it is an…

[maureen2musings]

Cornish Coastal Path

George Hiles

[alexmurison]

Golden Enys Dodman Arch.  I sat on top of the cliffs watching the crowds in the distance watching the sunset from the Land’s End hotel, whilst I had this view all to myself as the golden light lit up the ocean right through the stone arch.

[dubmill]

Llanwern Church, Newport, Monmouthshire; 30.6.2024

[vela-pulsars]

not enough stonjourner art out there

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔏𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔫 ℭ𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔚𝔞𝔩𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℜ𝔞𝔦𝔫 

𝔖𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔠𝔢: 𝔖𝔞𝔫𝔭𝔬 𝔖𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔩

[louisbxne]

FLO

Walk Like This (2024)

[scavengedluxury]

Another of those “left behind” working class racists? No, this is Lucie Connolly, wife of Northampton Conservative Party councillor Raymond Connolly, she works in childcare and he is the vice chair of Northants adult social care. Now arrested for this tweet. Even more sickening to see this got 8.8k likes.

[vox-anglosphere]

Crowds line Windsor's Long Walk for Queen Elizabeth's final journey

[londonedge]

Walking through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel

[jack-kellys]

wait also ik someone said a while ago that bill actually Slaps spot’s hand away from the printing press and race gets in his face abt it. i thought it wasn’t a literal slap BUT IT IS?? mf whaps the back of her hand like she’s in grade school. race gives him a two finger push backwards and away from her and she Glares Daggers at him until “proud to be part of your revolution”….

and only stops bc race CIRCLES BACK to her, she holds his sleeve n he rests his hand under her forearm (very similar to what we’ve seen jack and dave do) and he’s basically like. what a dick huh. then they walk together up the stairs to open the doors for the other newsies <3

also i’m getting dangerously into sprace without enough evidence territory but i swear 2 god race is abt to rest his hand over hers when she’s touching the press fr

[maureen2musings]

@dpc_photography_

[alexmurison]

Well that has just been the most ridiculous couple of hours of my life witnessing the most beautiful, vibrant and mesmerising Aurora Borealis literally a 5 minute walk from my front door.

[dubmill]

Parkland Walk, Highgate, London; 4.3.2023