Matthew Scott
@mscottcumbria.bsky.social
Retired. Living a blissful 2nd life of happiness in Cumbria with my wife Fiona. Interests: photography, history, books, film, space, music.
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Matthew Scott
@mscottcumbria.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Here for photography, nature, books, music, walking, astronomy, space. All things gentle & kind. Oh, and cats, mustn't forget cats...or Coral 🐈⬛ will get stroppy 🐈⬛
Not here for politics, 'the news', or other such click-bait crap. I have a block button & I know how to use it. 😉
📷#MardaleCommon
Not here for politics, 'the news', or other such click-bait crap. I have a block button & I know how to use it. 😉
📷#MardaleCommon
Duelling Coal Tits in the apple tree this morning. Lovely to sit for 20 minutes watching the birds and enjoying the brief sunshine.
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Duelling Coal Tits in the apple tree this morning. Lovely to sit for 20 minutes watching the birds and enjoying the brief sunshine.
My best attempts at photographing the full Moon from our garden in South Cumbria last night. Had to grab glimpses of it through quite heavy, fast moving, cloud cover.
#FullMoon #BeaverMoon #Nightsky #Moon #Cumbria
#FullMoon #BeaverMoon #Nightsky #Moon #Cumbria
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My best attempts at photographing the full Moon from our garden in South Cumbria last night. Had to grab glimpses of it through quite heavy, fast moving, cloud cover.
#FullMoon #BeaverMoon #Nightsky #Moon #Cumbria
#FullMoon #BeaverMoon #Nightsky #Moon #Cumbria
Blessed to meet up with my lovely school-friends Paul Norris Vic Dewhurst Antony Gareth Mugford & Andy Farrer tonight in Preston.
Last met up 6+ months with 2 of them, 6 years or so for one, and 41 years for Andy. Treasured friends. 🙏🏻🙂
Last met up 6+ months with 2 of them, 6 years or so for one, and 41 years for Andy. Treasured friends. 🙏🏻🙂
October 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Blessed to meet up with my lovely school-friends Paul Norris Vic Dewhurst Antony Gareth Mugford & Andy Farrer tonight in Preston.
Last met up 6+ months with 2 of them, 6 years or so for one, and 41 years for Andy. Treasured friends. 🙏🏻🙂
Last met up 6+ months with 2 of them, 6 years or so for one, and 41 years for Andy. Treasured friends. 🙏🏻🙂
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (if we’re talking fiction)
October 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (if we’re talking fiction)
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
October 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
Awake very early thanks to an annoying cough.Coral cat & I have been gazing at the Moon and the extraordinary clouds lit by it.
Simply amazing. 🌕
Can’t help but be grateful for my good fortune to be alive & happy. To be able to see such beauty.
Simply amazing. 🌕
Can’t help but be grateful for my good fortune to be alive & happy. To be able to see such beauty.
October 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Awake very early thanks to an annoying cough.Coral cat & I have been gazing at the Moon and the extraordinary clouds lit by it.
Simply amazing. 🌕
Can’t help but be grateful for my good fortune to be alive & happy. To be able to see such beauty.
Simply amazing. 🌕
Can’t help but be grateful for my good fortune to be alive & happy. To be able to see such beauty.
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This was a rather wonderful conversation.
If you were offered a portal, a way to step into the other-worlds, to reconnect with all that we have been and could be, would you take it?
accidentalgods.life/let-the-wild...
#accidentalgods #podcast
#wildgods
#spirituality
@tamsintheshed.bsky.social
accidentalgods.life/let-the-wild...
#accidentalgods #podcast
#wildgods
#spirituality
@tamsintheshed.bsky.social
Let the Wild Gods Rise! Bridging Between the Worlds with Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott
Let the Wild Gods Rise. Easy to say and harder to do - but if you were offered a portal, a way to step into the other-worlds, to reconnect with all that we have been and could be, would you take it? ...
accidentalgods.life
October 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This was a rather wonderful conversation.
The (zoom) view from our 'gin bench' - taken on 24 September 2025.
October 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The (zoom) view from our 'gin bench' - taken on 24 September 2025.
Three attempts to capture the light from the Moon peeking through stormy clouds last night, from our back garden.
#moonphotography #nightsky #moonlight #cumbria
#moonphotography #nightsky #moonlight #cumbria
October 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Three attempts to capture the light from the Moon peeking through stormy clouds last night, from our back garden.
#moonphotography #nightsky #moonlight #cumbria
#moonphotography #nightsky #moonlight #cumbria
6 years ago OTD I had the privilege & fortune to meet Jamie Normington @movingslowly.bsky.social & his wife Bea for the 1st time. Jamie, generous & friendly, invited me to his talk only 3 weeks after I moved to Cumbria. How blessed I was to know him & to have been given the gift of his friendship. 🙏
October 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
6 years ago OTD I had the privilege & fortune to meet Jamie Normington @movingslowly.bsky.social & his wife Bea for the 1st time. Jamie, generous & friendly, invited me to his talk only 3 weeks after I moved to Cumbria. How blessed I was to know him & to have been given the gift of his friendship. 🙏
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“When I approach the pearly gates, I'd like to hear a champagne cork popping, an orchestra tuning up, and the sound of my mother laughing”
Patricia Routledge
17th Feb 1929 - 3rd October 2025
May your wishes come true, you wonderful woman and thank you x
Patricia Routledge
17th Feb 1929 - 3rd October 2025
May your wishes come true, you wonderful woman and thank you x
October 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“When I approach the pearly gates, I'd like to hear a champagne cork popping, an orchestra tuning up, and the sound of my mother laughing”
Patricia Routledge
17th Feb 1929 - 3rd October 2025
May your wishes come true, you wonderful woman and thank you x
Patricia Routledge
17th Feb 1929 - 3rd October 2025
May your wishes come true, you wonderful woman and thank you x
Good.
Glad assets have already been frozen. But time to remove Mone’s peerage and bring proper consequences to the politicians who helped grifters & profiteers.
Glad assets have already been frozen. But time to remove Mone’s peerage and bring proper consequences to the politicians who helped grifters & profiteers.
UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE
UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE
Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’
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VIP lanes and 25m faulty gowns: what PPE Medro trial reveals about Tory response to Covid
The government has won its legal claim against a company linked to the Conservative peer Michelle Mone for the return of millions of pounds paid for personal protective equipment during the Covid pandemic.
The Department of Health and Social Care sued the company, PPE Medpro, in December 2022, arguing that it had not complied with PPE laws to ensure that 25m surgical gowns it provided under a June 2020 government contract were sterile. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Good.
Glad assets have already been frozen. But time to remove Mone’s peerage and bring proper consequences to the politicians who helped grifters & profiteers.
Glad assets have already been frozen. But time to remove Mone’s peerage and bring proper consequences to the politicians who helped grifters & profiteers.
Today’s minute of peace. Another lovely morning. Jackdaws swooping and the sound of robin ‘morse code’ clicking all around the garden.
The meadow had its 1st cut yesterday. Ready for a closer crop before the rain arrives next week.
The meadow had its 1st cut yesterday. Ready for a closer crop before the rain arrives next week.
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Today’s minute of peace. Another lovely morning. Jackdaws swooping and the sound of robin ‘morse code’ clicking all around the garden.
The meadow had its 1st cut yesterday. Ready for a closer crop before the rain arrives next week.
The meadow had its 1st cut yesterday. Ready for a closer crop before the rain arrives next week.
@bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social I hope the government & journalists are asking Jaguar Landrover whether it has cyber attack insurance cover that should reimburse costs of staff wages & system recovery? If not, why not?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jaguar Land Rover shutdown extended again after cyber attack
The business secretary will also meet suppliers of the car maker who are at risk of closure.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social I hope the government & journalists are asking Jaguar Landrover whether it has cyber attack insurance cover that should reimburse costs of staff wages & system recovery? If not, why not?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The International Space Station high above Burton-in-Kendal just now.
3 second photo with my iPhone showing the movement of the Station in orbit. It’ll be visible again in Cumbria at 19:42 tomorrow.
3 second photo with my iPhone showing the movement of the Station in orbit. It’ll be visible again in Cumbria at 19:42 tomorrow.
September 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The International Space Station high above Burton-in-Kendal just now.
3 second photo with my iPhone showing the movement of the Station in orbit. It’ll be visible again in Cumbria at 19:42 tomorrow.
3 second photo with my iPhone showing the movement of the Station in orbit. It’ll be visible again in Cumbria at 19:42 tomorrow.
At last the rain has stopped. A minute of peace in our garden, with Sun shine. Robins singing & butterflies still visiting the remaining flowers.
There are plenty of jobs to do, including a ladder climb to unblock a gutter and more tree branches to cut back.
But not today. 💚
There are plenty of jobs to do, including a ladder climb to unblock a gutter and more tree branches to cut back.
But not today. 💚
September 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
At last the rain has stopped. A minute of peace in our garden, with Sun shine. Robins singing & butterflies still visiting the remaining flowers.
There are plenty of jobs to do, including a ladder climb to unblock a gutter and more tree branches to cut back.
But not today. 💚
There are plenty of jobs to do, including a ladder climb to unblock a gutter and more tree branches to cut back.
But not today. 💚
@thamesvalleypolice.bsky.social explain who told you that projecting this image = either a) malicious or indeed b) communication under the terms of the 1988 Act
Are you saying a real photo of Trump is ‘indecent’ or ‘grossly offensive’? 🤔
Light projection = ‘electronic form”?🤔
#TrumpedUpCharges
Are you saying a real photo of Trump is ‘indecent’ or ‘grossly offensive’? 🤔
Light projection = ‘electronic form”?🤔
#TrumpedUpCharges
“Police said four people were arrested on suspicion of malicious communications after an “unauthorised projection” at Windsor Castle, which police described as a “public stunt”.”
Unauthorised projection.
Malicious communication.
Public stunt.
Magna Carta.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Unauthorised projection.
Malicious communication.
Public stunt.
Magna Carta.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected on to Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit
Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@thamesvalleypolice.bsky.social explain who told you that projecting this image = either a) malicious or indeed b) communication under the terms of the 1988 Act
Are you saying a real photo of Trump is ‘indecent’ or ‘grossly offensive’? 🤔
Light projection = ‘electronic form”?🤔
#TrumpedUpCharges
Are you saying a real photo of Trump is ‘indecent’ or ‘grossly offensive’? 🤔
Light projection = ‘electronic form”?🤔
#TrumpedUpCharges
4 shots of the #nightsky at 1am or so this morning (UK time). Cassiopeia and the Andromeda Galaxy, and the 'Summer Triangle' with the darker centre of our own galaxy running through it. #astronomyphotographs. Not brillant, but my best effort.
August 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
4 shots of the #nightsky at 1am or so this morning (UK time). Cassiopeia and the Andromeda Galaxy, and the 'Summer Triangle' with the darker centre of our own galaxy running through it. #astronomyphotographs. Not brillant, but my best effort.
Well, Starmer at the ‘summit’ was a shambling, waffling, twat.
Also, why did he try to pretend the UK is not part of the continent of Europe? Europe is NOT the same as the EU!
@primeministeruk.bsky.social - what an f’ing embarrassment 🤬🤬🤬
Also, why did he try to pretend the UK is not part of the continent of Europe? Europe is NOT the same as the EU!
@primeministeruk.bsky.social - what an f’ing embarrassment 🤬🤬🤬
August 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Well, Starmer at the ‘summit’ was a shambling, waffling, twat.
Also, why did he try to pretend the UK is not part of the continent of Europe? Europe is NOT the same as the EU!
@primeministeruk.bsky.social - what an f’ing embarrassment 🤬🤬🤬
Also, why did he try to pretend the UK is not part of the continent of Europe? Europe is NOT the same as the EU!
@primeministeruk.bsky.social - what an f’ing embarrassment 🤬🤬🤬
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Reposted by Matthew Scott
We know the stones as engines of story, but they are also generators of awe. Within their boundaries a sense of the persisting ancient, our shared continuity with the long dead. They are lithic time machines, living in both the then and the evolving now. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
August 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
We know the stones as engines of story, but they are also generators of awe. Within their boundaries a sense of the persisting ancient, our shared continuity with the long dead. They are lithic time machines, living in both the then and the evolving now. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
Another visit to Kendal Library - really like that they still have a proper date stamp by the self-service computers. Did I stamp my latest loans, of course! Takes me right back to working in the school library 50 years ago 🙂😂 #librariesmatter
August 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Another visit to Kendal Library - really like that they still have a proper date stamp by the self-service computers. Did I stamp my latest loans, of course! Takes me right back to working in the school library 50 years ago 🙂😂 #librariesmatter
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Wild Folk has been visiting the stones.
August 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Wild Folk has been visiting the stones.
Home from a wonderful evening talk about ‘Wild Folk’ by Jackie Morris & @tamsintheshed.bsky.social
This book is a magically beautiful triumph in every way. Stories, illuminations, font, paper, design. If you don’t have a copy order it from your nearest indie bookshop #wildfolkbook
This book is a magically beautiful triumph in every way. Stories, illuminations, font, paper, design. If you don’t have a copy order it from your nearest indie bookshop #wildfolkbook
August 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Home from a wonderful evening talk about ‘Wild Folk’ by Jackie Morris & @tamsintheshed.bsky.social
This book is a magically beautiful triumph in every way. Stories, illuminations, font, paper, design. If you don’t have a copy order it from your nearest indie bookshop #wildfolkbook
This book is a magically beautiful triumph in every way. Stories, illuminations, font, paper, design. If you don’t have a copy order it from your nearest indie bookshop #wildfolkbook
Furthest I’ve been:
N: Oslo (just beats Birsay on Orkney I think)
E: Singapore
S: Cape of Good Hope S Africa
W: Vancouver Island
N: Oslo (just beats Birsay on Orkney I think)
E: Singapore
S: Cape of Good Hope S Africa
W: Vancouver Island
Furthest I've been:
N: Keflavik Airport, Iceland (I was there for 12 hours, it counts)
E: Berlin, Germany
S: Provo, Utah
W: Also Provo, Utah
N: Keflavik Airport, Iceland (I was there for 12 hours, it counts)
E: Berlin, Germany
S: Provo, Utah
W: Also Provo, Utah
Furthest I've been:
N: Nordkapp, Norway.
E: Tolaga Bay, New Zealand
S: Stewart Island, New Zealand
W: Falealupo, Samoa
N: Nordkapp, Norway.
E: Tolaga Bay, New Zealand
S: Stewart Island, New Zealand
W: Falealupo, Samoa
August 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Furthest I’ve been:
N: Oslo (just beats Birsay on Orkney I think)
E: Singapore
S: Cape of Good Hope S Africa
W: Vancouver Island
N: Oslo (just beats Birsay on Orkney I think)
E: Singapore
S: Cape of Good Hope S Africa
W: Vancouver Island