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Laurence Mitchell
Writer and photographer based in Norwich, UKApril 2021 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 -
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Tag Archives: Firth of Forth
(Thirty-)Six Views of Bass Rock
‘It is just the one crag of rock, as everybody knows, but great enough to carve a city from.’ Robert Louis Stevenson Catriona Japan’s Mount Fuji is a dormant volcano that looks just like a volcano should. An almost perfectly … Continue reading
Posted in Islands, Scotland, wildlife
Tagged Bass Rock, Edinburgh, Firth of Forth, gannets, Hokusai, Japan, Mount Fuji, seabirds, volcanoes
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Landfall – absence and dislocation on the Forth shore
It began with a dislocation. A couple of weeks’ residence north of the border in the house of friends who had chosen to trade the Scottish late winter for the Antipodean summer. It was an opportunity for some writing time … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland, wildlife
Tagged absence, beast from the east, birds, Edinburgh, Firth of Forth, landfall, snow
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