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Sam Acres
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Retired to the Scottish Highlands, walks just the one dog now.
Finding Blue Sky to be full of the support I've needed to re start my writing.
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So #WritingCommunity, a funny thing happened to me in Waterstones, Inverness. Was paying for a reference book when a lady walked in, stood right beside me and asked the staff for a copy of #SnowOnTheBen. I know she meant the old nonfiction mountaineering book, but I had to tell her it was my wip too
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Neat!

Wordle 1,701 4/6

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February 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Just the one #sweetheart in #SnowOnTheBen and its this brutal scene.
February 14, 2026 at 10:21 AM
February 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM
February 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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I often reach for my copy of Roget's despite a thesaurus on MS Word. Anyone else?
February 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Given so much of #SnowOnTheBen is on jet planes there is plenty of snips with #airport.

It's created an earworm though, off now to listen to The Motors
youtu.be/nAN-LvFOGus?...
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Leaving, on a jet plane...

#confident
February 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
February 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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In #SnowOnTheBen Kate and James are forever trying to reconnect, could this time be the right time?

#suggest
January 30, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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No #storm, unless I look outside, so I'm offering some wintery weather.
January 27, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Just the one #transfer in #SnowOnTheBen. It's where the assertive Kate first meets the shy geologist James, and sets off a 25 year chain of events.
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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Wordle 1,678 6/6

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Oh, come on!
January 22, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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Wordle 1,676 X/6

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Grrr
January 20, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Had a #gold in yesterday's snip. Here's another.
January 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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There were *so* many solutions here, so was very lucky with my final guess. Kept up a high winning streak too.

Wordle 1,672 6/6

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January 16, 2026 at 10:51 AM
January 16, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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Kate is about to receive an offer she can't refuse, but must.

#current
#SnowOnTheBen
January 14, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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After just meeting James, Kate gives him a lift into town.

#climb
#SnowOnTheBen
January 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Err, #Wordle, why is LATIN not in your word list?
January 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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I thought this might be a spoiler, but without the context i guess its fine.
January 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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#lock
#SnowOnTheBen

It wasn't deliberate to write about a Texas lawyer's office and then compare it with a Scottish one (an earlier snip) but here we are.
January 7, 2026 at 4:18 PM
So grateful to live round here.
Coming into land in a clearing in the forest yesterday. (Sound up if you want music).
January 7, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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"The start of a beautiful friendship."

#low
January 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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Kate is about to realise how tiresome it's become. A lifetime of fighting the 'men's club'.

#benefit
#SnowOnTheBen
January 5, 2026 at 2:23 PM