Tag: Highlands
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Ghost Towns
I seem to have been looking at a lot of ghost towns in the last few days…not sure why, but like their maritime counterparts shipwrecks and aircrashes there’s something haunting about them. I’ve even done my fair share of exploring ruins, usually of the more remote and open kind in the Highlands (there are a…
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Trophic cascades
Although apparently simplified, and also contested by some, the story of how wolves introduced to Yellowstone is a fascinating one, and a reminder that even the less palatable or human-friendly parts of the ecosystem have a surprising role to play, good and bad. Quite often good since humans have taken them out over a short…
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RC 226: Messtival (From London to Scotland via Spain and Japan)
I’ll take the high road, and you’ll take Shinjuku Dori, and I’ll be in the hostel hiding from la lluvia drinking agua beatha afore ye! I’ve been on my travels to Scotland on the Trans Island Express and vodka-swilling at Bestival, baring wind, rain and mutant rolling tents. and here’s a podcast inspired by my travels.…