Rachel H
@rachelape.bsky.social
Writer, walker, storyteller, anecdoter, guinea pig scruffler, nature lover. Works with rescued primates. Loves wildlife, music, languages and books. Dorset, UK.
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Rachel H
@rachelape.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Bradt’s New Travel Writing Anthology — Rachel Henson Writing
Rachel Henson in Bradt's new anthology of South American Travel Writing, edited by Celia Dillow
www.rachelhensonwriting.com
Delighted and excited to have work published in Bradt's latest anthology South America: an Anthology of Travel Writing. And alongside such incredible names! So grateful.
#writing #💙📚 #writingcommunity #booksky #books #travel
www.rachelhensonwriting.com/blog-posts/b...
#writing #💙📚 #writingcommunity #booksky #books #travel
www.rachelhensonwriting.com/blog-posts/b...
Sadly, I have to let you know that Eliza Guinea Pig, featured in my cover photo on here, has passed away.
We loved her so much.
Adopted with her sister four years ago, she has brought so much joy and fun to our household.
She leaves behind young Norman, doting GP husband.
Goodnight my girl x
We loved her so much.
Adopted with her sister four years ago, she has brought so much joy and fun to our household.
She leaves behind young Norman, doting GP husband.
Goodnight my girl x
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Sadly, I have to let you know that Eliza Guinea Pig, featured in my cover photo on here, has passed away.
We loved her so much.
Adopted with her sister four years ago, she has brought so much joy and fun to our household.
She leaves behind young Norman, doting GP husband.
Goodnight my girl x
We loved her so much.
Adopted with her sister four years ago, she has brought so much joy and fun to our household.
She leaves behind young Norman, doting GP husband.
Goodnight my girl x
Old To Do list for a trip to town. No idea if I achieved those things, but I hope so. Probably needed to tick off the first one in order to see the rest of the list though...
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Old To Do list for a trip to town. No idea if I achieved those things, but I hope so. Probably needed to tick off the first one in order to see the rest of the list though...
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You can't tell me there's a better place to write. I won't have it. This is it.
#writingcommunity #writing #dorset
#writingcommunity #writing #dorset
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
You can't tell me there's a better place to write. I won't have it. This is it.
#writingcommunity #writing #dorset
#writingcommunity #writing #dorset
Reposted by Rachel H
Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
Damn this made me smile
What's the difference between a best man's speech and a cat?
The best man has pauses at the end of his clauses,
a cat has clawses at the end of his pawses.
The best man has pauses at the end of his clauses,
a cat has clawses at the end of his pawses.
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Damn this made me smile
Saw a shooting stall down the local fireworks. A swagger of lads dressed in flat caps and attitude handed over their money to (not) win a bottle of vodka. Swapped my pint of Old Rosie for a rifle and knocked down the little tin men. Walked off with a fluffy pink shrimp.
#girlpower #writing #dorset
#girlpower #writing #dorset
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Saw a shooting stall down the local fireworks. A swagger of lads dressed in flat caps and attitude handed over their money to (not) win a bottle of vodka. Swapped my pint of Old Rosie for a rifle and knocked down the little tin men. Walked off with a fluffy pink shrimp.
#girlpower #writing #dorset
#girlpower #writing #dorset
Lovely to have a piece long listed for this competition. In good company. Some fab pieces here to read.
#writing
#writing
Long list of our #Walking #InTheDark competition announced - terrific poems and stories beautifully penned - read them here wlc.zone/ark
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Lovely to have a piece long listed for this competition. In good company. Some fab pieces here to read.
#writing
#writing
Reposted by Rachel H
🎉💚🥹 Delighted to be longlisted this morning
Thankyou to the judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social , Damaris West, @chantallyons.bsky.social & Matthew Beaumont
Congrats to all long listers 🌚 I've just had a lovely morning reading through the pieces ☕📜
@rachelape.bsky.social
🧵1/3
#NatureWriting
Thankyou to the judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social , Damaris West, @chantallyons.bsky.social & Matthew Beaumont
Congrats to all long listers 🌚 I've just had a lovely morning reading through the pieces ☕📜
@rachelape.bsky.social
🧵1/3
#NatureWriting
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🎉💚🥹 Delighted to be longlisted this morning
Thankyou to the judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social , Damaris West, @chantallyons.bsky.social & Matthew Beaumont
Congrats to all long listers 🌚 I've just had a lovely morning reading through the pieces ☕📜
@rachelape.bsky.social
🧵1/3
#NatureWriting
Thankyou to the judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social , Damaris West, @chantallyons.bsky.social & Matthew Beaumont
Congrats to all long listers 🌚 I've just had a lovely morning reading through the pieces ☕📜
@rachelape.bsky.social
🧵1/3
#NatureWriting
Having bounced around Discworld in the wrong order, and having been thoroughly told off for it by a bookworm colleague, I'm now working through them as nature intended. Book 3: Equal Rites.
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📚💙
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Having bounced around Discworld in the wrong order, and having been thoroughly told off for it by a bookworm colleague, I'm now working through them as nature intended. Book 3: Equal Rites.
📚💙
📚💙
I interviewed a steam train driver and now I want to be a steam train driver. Woo woo! Also available in Dorset Magazine (November issue, pages 164-170)
#writing #trains #dorset
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/do...
#writing #trains #dorset
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/do...
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I interviewed a steam train driver and now I want to be a steam train driver. Woo woo! Also available in Dorset Magazine (November issue, pages 164-170)
#writing #trains #dorset
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/do...
#writing #trains #dorset
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/do...
#writingcommunity how many agents do you approach before shelving a project and moving on? Do you have a cut off point? Or do you stay on quest for someone who believes in your book?
💙📚 #writing
💙📚 #writing
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#writingcommunity how many agents do you approach before shelving a project and moving on? Do you have a cut off point? Or do you stay on quest for someone who believes in your book?
💙📚 #writing
💙📚 #writing
I'm sorry if you don't watch it, but if Kate wins this it will be flipping fabulous. The clueless beating all those clever Traitors. Come on Kate. This household wants you to accidentally, bumblingly, inexplicably beat them all!
#thetraitors #traitorsuk
#thetraitors #traitorsuk
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm sorry if you don't watch it, but if Kate wins this it will be flipping fabulous. The clueless beating all those clever Traitors. Come on Kate. This household wants you to accidentally, bumblingly, inexplicably beat them all!
#thetraitors #traitorsuk
#thetraitors #traitorsuk
To the gym goers: what's with the folk that sit on the machines all evening staring glumly at their phones? Is doomscrolling at home not cool anymore? Does wearing shorts and paying an extortionate membership fee enhance the experience?
So many questions.
#exercisequestions
So many questions.
#exercisequestions
October 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
To the gym goers: what's with the folk that sit on the machines all evening staring glumly at their phones? Is doomscrolling at home not cool anymore? Does wearing shorts and paying an extortionate membership fee enhance the experience?
So many questions.
#exercisequestions
So many questions.
#exercisequestions
"It's a choice. To delve into despair, or to celebrate beauty."
An inspiring evening watching The Velvet Queen as part of the Purbeck Film Festival. Gorgeous photography and footage. And for a Durrell fan, the interview beforehand with Dr Lee Durrell was the cherry on the top.
#conservation #film
An inspiring evening watching The Velvet Queen as part of the Purbeck Film Festival. Gorgeous photography and footage. And for a Durrell fan, the interview beforehand with Dr Lee Durrell was the cherry on the top.
#conservation #film
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"It's a choice. To delve into despair, or to celebrate beauty."
An inspiring evening watching The Velvet Queen as part of the Purbeck Film Festival. Gorgeous photography and footage. And for a Durrell fan, the interview beforehand with Dr Lee Durrell was the cherry on the top.
#conservation #film
An inspiring evening watching The Velvet Queen as part of the Purbeck Film Festival. Gorgeous photography and footage. And for a Durrell fan, the interview beforehand with Dr Lee Durrell was the cherry on the top.
#conservation #film
Hiding in the heather. I particularly like the cap's jaunty angle. I suspect this toadstool is a fun guy.
#nature #naturewriting #comedygold
#nature #naturewriting #comedygold
October 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hiding in the heather. I particularly like the cap's jaunty angle. I suspect this toadstool is a fun guy.
#nature #naturewriting #comedygold
#nature #naturewriting #comedygold
That sinking feeling when an editor you like working for moves on and you're not sure if their successor will be open to pitches.
Don't panic Captain Mainwaring.
#writingcommunity #freelance
Don't panic Captain Mainwaring.
#writingcommunity #freelance
a group of men in military uniforms are sitting next to each other and laughing .
ALT: a group of men in military uniforms are sitting next to each other and laughing .
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
That sinking feeling when an editor you like working for moves on and you're not sure if their successor will be open to pitches.
Don't panic Captain Mainwaring.
#writingcommunity #freelance
Don't panic Captain Mainwaring.
#writingcommunity #freelance
On behalf of all animal carers, please stop photographing us cleaning out enclosures when you visit a zoo/farm park/rescue centre. We're just trying to make the animals' home clean and nice before they come back in, and we can't imagine why you want a pic of us covered in straw and poo.
#animals
#animals
Our intern is not officially on display in that enclosure. He’s just between apartments right now.
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
On behalf of all animal carers, please stop photographing us cleaning out enclosures when you visit a zoo/farm park/rescue centre. We're just trying to make the animals' home clean and nice before they come back in, and we can't imagine why you want a pic of us covered in straw and poo.
#animals
#animals
Phew, I do feel better after seeing this.
October 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Phew, I do feel better after seeing this.
Blond capuchins (Sapajus flavius) are found in a handful of populations along Brazil's Atlantic coast. An estimated 500 mature individuals remain. Losing habitat to coastal development, cattle ranching, & farming; habitats are severely fragmented. Endangered. Photo: Miguelrangeljr/Creative Commons.
October 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Reposted by Rachel H
If you see a tree in the middle of the road, please be patient as it takes time for them to cross
October 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
If you see a tree in the middle of the road, please be patient as it takes time for them to cross
Delighted and excited to have work published in Bradt's latest anthology South America: an Anthology of Travel Writing. And alongside such incredible names! So grateful.
#writing #💙📚 #writingcommunity #booksky #books #travel
www.rachelhensonwriting.com/blog-posts/b...
#writing #💙📚 #writingcommunity #booksky #books #travel
www.rachelhensonwriting.com/blog-posts/b...
Bradt’s New Travel Writing Anthology — Rachel Henson Writing
Rachel Henson in Bradt's new anthology of South American Travel Writing, edited by Celia Dillow
www.rachelhensonwriting.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Delighted and excited to have work published in Bradt's latest anthology South America: an Anthology of Travel Writing. And alongside such incredible names! So grateful.
#writing #💙📚 #writingcommunity #booksky #books #travel
www.rachelhensonwriting.com/blog-posts/b...
#writing #💙📚 #writingcommunity #booksky #books #travel
www.rachelhensonwriting.com/blog-posts/b...
Reposted by Rachel H
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Ooh I have 999 followers, that's fun. Wonder who'll be the one to tip it over to a thousand...
Disclaimer: if it's you, I'm afraid you don't win anything other than seeing some more posts about wildlife, guinea pigs and interesting places on your feed. No exchanges or refunds.
#bluesky #bemyfriend
Disclaimer: if it's you, I'm afraid you don't win anything other than seeing some more posts about wildlife, guinea pigs and interesting places on your feed. No exchanges or refunds.
#bluesky #bemyfriend
October 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ooh I have 999 followers, that's fun. Wonder who'll be the one to tip it over to a thousand...
Disclaimer: if it's you, I'm afraid you don't win anything other than seeing some more posts about wildlife, guinea pigs and interesting places on your feed. No exchanges or refunds.
#bluesky #bemyfriend
Disclaimer: if it's you, I'm afraid you don't win anything other than seeing some more posts about wildlife, guinea pigs and interesting places on your feed. No exchanges or refunds.
#bluesky #bemyfriend