David Willis
@davidwillis461.bsky.social
Figuring out the next stage of life - I've been teaching in the woods for more than 10 years, before that techie stuff and consulting. Love life outdoors, campfire conversations, bread baking and whittling spoons...
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David Willis
@davidwillis461.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Painting on the magical Mississippi - thank you to the lovely Quapaw folks, if you are ever near Clarksdale, MS, then go for a paddle with these wonderful people, the best way to experience the magic of this amazing river - thank you www.island63.com
Simply inspired to paint - a friend's beautiful photograph provided that inspiration to splash some colour on the page...
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Simply inspired to paint - a friend's beautiful photograph provided that inspiration to splash some colour on the page...
Painting in the woods - just a little part of enjoying time in nature with friends 💚
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Painting in the woods - just a little part of enjoying time in nature with friends 💚
What’s driving poor mental health - The Big Mental Health Report 2025 - Please read and share widely - thank you 🙏 www.mind.org.uk/about-us/our... @mind.org.uk
The Big Mental Health Report
The Big Mental Health Report from Mind is for anyone looking for trusted information on how mental health problems affect people in England and Wales.
www.mind.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
What’s driving poor mental health - The Big Mental Health Report 2025 - Please read and share widely - thank you 🙏 www.mind.org.uk/about-us/our... @mind.org.uk
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I'm busy working on a new presentation today & I came across this shot from a few years back. I've just been dusting the dust off 😁
I was riding through the hills inland from Santa Cruz with a couple of friends. Magic roads.
#motosky #motorcycles #motorcycletouring #advmoto #motorcycle #f800gs
I was riding through the hills inland from Santa Cruz with a couple of friends. Magic roads.
#motosky #motorcycles #motorcycletouring #advmoto #motorcycle #f800gs
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I'm busy working on a new presentation today & I came across this shot from a few years back. I've just been dusting the dust off 😁
I was riding through the hills inland from Santa Cruz with a couple of friends. Magic roads.
#motosky #motorcycles #motorcycletouring #advmoto #motorcycle #f800gs
I was riding through the hills inland from Santa Cruz with a couple of friends. Magic roads.
#motosky #motorcycles #motorcycletouring #advmoto #motorcycle #f800gs
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Looking ahead to the RGS Explore Weekend? Get ready with past speaker and attendee Dwayne Fields 🎥👏
The UK Chief Scout shares his advice for first-time explorers, reminding us that you don’t need every skill or qualification to begin your expedition journey.
Book tickets 🎟️🔗 www.rgs.org/explore
The UK Chief Scout shares his advice for first-time explorers, reminding us that you don’t need every skill or qualification to begin your expedition journey.
Book tickets 🎟️🔗 www.rgs.org/explore
September 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Looking ahead to the RGS Explore Weekend? Get ready with past speaker and attendee Dwayne Fields 🎥👏
The UK Chief Scout shares his advice for first-time explorers, reminding us that you don’t need every skill or qualification to begin your expedition journey.
Book tickets 🎟️🔗 www.rgs.org/explore
The UK Chief Scout shares his advice for first-time explorers, reminding us that you don’t need every skill or qualification to begin your expedition journey.
Book tickets 🎟️🔗 www.rgs.org/explore
Love listening to the language of the magical Mississippi - my friend John Ruskey teaches us all about this wild place, and the joy it brings us if we just slow down and take time to experience her wonders open.substack.com/pub/quapaw/p...
Learning the Language of the River
...its vastness, its extreme variations from high water to low water, and the diversity of life it supports...
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Love listening to the language of the magical Mississippi - my friend John Ruskey teaches us all about this wild place, and the joy it brings us if we just slow down and take time to experience her wonders open.substack.com/pub/quapaw/p...
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Can you join us on Friday 12th of December for an evening of round the world storytelling fun?
I'll be at LIND Motorrad - Welwyn Garden City - Hertfordshire - UK
Doors open at 6pm | Talk starts 6:30pm Tickets are on sale here:
shop.lind.co.uk/products/eve...
#motosky #motorcycles #mototravel #rtw
I'll be at LIND Motorrad - Welwyn Garden City - Hertfordshire - UK
Doors open at 6pm | Talk starts 6:30pm Tickets are on sale here:
shop.lind.co.uk/products/eve...
#motosky #motorcycles #mototravel #rtw
October 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Can you join us on Friday 12th of December for an evening of round the world storytelling fun?
I'll be at LIND Motorrad - Welwyn Garden City - Hertfordshire - UK
Doors open at 6pm | Talk starts 6:30pm Tickets are on sale here:
shop.lind.co.uk/products/eve...
#motosky #motorcycles #mototravel #rtw
I'll be at LIND Motorrad - Welwyn Garden City - Hertfordshire - UK
Doors open at 6pm | Talk starts 6:30pm Tickets are on sale here:
shop.lind.co.uk/products/eve...
#motosky #motorcycles #mototravel #rtw
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Something extraordinary is happening.
+6000 new members in ONE SINGLE day.
@greenparty.org.uk just hit 130,000 members and rising!!!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
+6000 new members in ONE SINGLE day.
@greenparty.org.uk just hit 130,000 members and rising!!!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Something extraordinary is happening.
+6000 new members in ONE SINGLE day.
@greenparty.org.uk just hit 130,000 members and rising!!!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
+6000 new members in ONE SINGLE day.
@greenparty.org.uk just hit 130,000 members and rising!!!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
A wonderfully purposeful conversation, a short read with so much potential - thank you 🙏
I enjoyed this chat with the Finding Purpose website: Why the adventurer came home www.findingpurpose.co/p/why-the-ad...
Why the adventurer came home
Alastair Humphreys: adventurer, author and speaker - Kent, England
www.findingpurpose.co
October 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A wonderfully purposeful conversation, a short read with so much potential - thank you 🙏
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When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them. I meant it.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them. I meant it.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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If you're left leaning and haven't really considered the Green party before, there's some serious momentum behind them right now. They could actually make a difference. I became a member about a year ago.
Think about it, at least
Think about it, at least
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you're left leaning and haven't really considered the Green party before, there's some serious momentum behind them right now. They could actually make a difference. I became a member about a year ago.
Think about it, at least
Think about it, at least
Painting on the magical Mississippi - thank you to the lovely Quapaw folks, if you are ever near Clarksdale, MS, then go for a paddle with these wonderful people, the best way to experience the magic of this amazing river - thank you www.island63.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Painting on the magical Mississippi - thank you to the lovely Quapaw folks, if you are ever near Clarksdale, MS, then go for a paddle with these wonderful people, the best way to experience the magic of this amazing river - thank you www.island63.com
Magic on the Mississippi - this time last year I was paddling down this amazing river, cooking on campfires, rekindling a fondness for painting, and sleeping on the sandbars - thank you davecornthwaite.com/mississippia...
October 2025 - Magic on the Mississippi River — Dave Cornthwaite
Adventurous and creative trips on the Mississippi River designed to make your soul float. Experience the trip of a lifetime.
davecornthwaite.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Magic on the Mississippi - this time last year I was paddling down this amazing river, cooking on campfires, rekindling a fondness for painting, and sleeping on the sandbars - thank you davecornthwaite.com/mississippia...
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Very cool. Boxer-Motors.com just published an article about yours truly & thoughts on travel.
It's a Spanish Speaking site & magazine so for me, a bit of an honour. The translation works amazingly.
boxer-motors.com/sam-manicom-...
#motorcycles #motorcycletravel #advmoto #overlanding #motosky
It's a Spanish Speaking site & magazine so for me, a bit of an honour. The translation works amazingly.
boxer-motors.com/sam-manicom-...
#motorcycles #motorcycletravel #advmoto #overlanding #motosky
August 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Very cool. Boxer-Motors.com just published an article about yours truly & thoughts on travel.
It's a Spanish Speaking site & magazine so for me, a bit of an honour. The translation works amazingly.
boxer-motors.com/sam-manicom-...
#motorcycles #motorcycletravel #advmoto #overlanding #motosky
It's a Spanish Speaking site & magazine so for me, a bit of an honour. The translation works amazingly.
boxer-motors.com/sam-manicom-...
#motorcycles #motorcycletravel #advmoto #overlanding #motosky
Quince - it's Autumn harvest, time for gathering, and making some fruity cheese 😋 it's that time of year to get the preserves book out, my go to is by Pam the Jam (Pam Corbin - River Cottage). And today I candied slices of quince 😋
October 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Quince - it's Autumn harvest, time for gathering, and making some fruity cheese 😋 it's that time of year to get the preserves book out, my go to is by Pam the Jam (Pam Corbin - River Cottage). And today I candied slices of quince 😋
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17 months (& waiting) for NatureScot to make decision on General Licence restriction relating to ‘shooting & killing’ of sleeping Golden Eagle called Merrick – Raptor Persecution UK raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/30/1...
17 months (& waiting) for NatureScot to make decision on General Licence restriction relating to ‘shooting & killing’ of sleeping Golden Eagle called Merrick
The Scottish Government’s nature advisory agency, NatureScot, has been now been procrastinating for 17 months on whether to impose a sanction on an estate in relation to the ‘shooting and killing’ …
raptorpersecutionuk.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
17 months (& waiting) for NatureScot to make decision on General Licence restriction relating to ‘shooting & killing’ of sleeping Golden Eagle called Merrick – Raptor Persecution UK raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/30/1...
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We teamed up with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social to explore the humanist approach to life in a new animation for children. ‘Human nature, human potential’ is the latest resource from @humanismedu.bsky.social, our programme supporting humanism in schools across the country.
Human nature, human potential
Alice Roberts explores the questions at the heart of humanism: ‘What are we?’ ‘What are we capable of?’ and ‘How should we make best use of our capacities?’
understandinghumanism.org.uk
July 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
We teamed up with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social to explore the humanist approach to life in a new animation for children. ‘Human nature, human potential’ is the latest resource from @humanismedu.bsky.social, our programme supporting humanism in schools across the country.
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Just as with Greta Thunberg on climate, people are rallying around Francesca Albanese as an indefatigable voice against the racist ethnic cleansing, land theft, and genocide being inflicted on Palestinians by Israel and the West.
All the personal attacks, smears, and sanctions only add legitimacy.
All the personal attacks, smears, and sanctions only add legitimacy.
Rather than place sanctions on those slaughtering babies on an industrial scale, those calling out are sanctioned.
We are witnessing the utterly unthinkable, and the consequences will endure far into the future.
share.google/EuCluGNbBiLa...
We are witnessing the utterly unthinkable, and the consequences will endure far into the future.
share.google/EuCluGNbBiLa...
US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's Gaza offensive
Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC).
share.google
July 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Just as with Greta Thunberg on climate, people are rallying around Francesca Albanese as an indefatigable voice against the racist ethnic cleansing, land theft, and genocide being inflicted on Palestinians by Israel and the West.
All the personal attacks, smears, and sanctions only add legitimacy.
All the personal attacks, smears, and sanctions only add legitimacy.
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Initially, there was real anger and fear at the idea of returning white-tailed eagles to Ireland.
Now, people take pride in 'their' eagles, seeing them as an asset and part of identity.
Ambitious rewilding could help make rural areas far more vibrant and exciting places to both live in and visit.
Now, people take pride in 'their' eagles, seeing them as an asset and part of identity.
Ambitious rewilding could help make rural areas far more vibrant and exciting places to both live in and visit.
July 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Initially, there was real anger and fear at the idea of returning white-tailed eagles to Ireland.
Now, people take pride in 'their' eagles, seeing them as an asset and part of identity.
Ambitious rewilding could help make rural areas far more vibrant and exciting places to both live in and visit.
Now, people take pride in 'their' eagles, seeing them as an asset and part of identity.
Ambitious rewilding could help make rural areas far more vibrant and exciting places to both live in and visit.
A mission to plant a zillion trees (well you get the idea) - we all know views = cash. So this awesome chap; Beau Miles, has a plan to turn views into trees, thousands of them. Just viewing this will help - how cool is that! youtu.be/T5YF95r_Bew
Watching this YouTube video will plant a forest
YouTube video by Beau Miles
youtu.be
July 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
A mission to plant a zillion trees (well you get the idea) - we all know views = cash. So this awesome chap; Beau Miles, has a plan to turn views into trees, thousands of them. Just viewing this will help - how cool is that! youtu.be/T5YF95r_Bew
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The brilliant Beau Miles is going to plant a forest paid for by YouTube views. Please click this link, and share with your friends:
buff.ly/I9UgmtF
buff.ly/I9UgmtF
July 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The brilliant Beau Miles is going to plant a forest paid for by YouTube views. Please click this link, and share with your friends:
buff.ly/I9UgmtF
buff.ly/I9UgmtF
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Good morning - it's lovely in the woodlands, listening to the birds and having a brew 💚
May 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Good morning - it's lovely in the woodlands, listening to the birds and having a brew 💚
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Survey your river with the Big River Watch app between 25th April to 1st May 2025 to help restore rivers across the UK and Ireland theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
The Big River Watch
Help improve our rivers. T ake part in The Big RiverWatch survey between 25th April and 1st May!
theriverstrust.org
April 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Survey your river with the Big River Watch app between 25th April to 1st May 2025 to help restore rivers across the UK and Ireland theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
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In Glengarriff rainforest, something you won't find in mine: the entire trunk and lower limbs of an old oak carpeted in filmy fern.
While precipitation levels are likely similar, being close to the open Atlantic, my place is more exposed to drying winds.
No two rainforests are the same. 🌏
While precipitation levels are likely similar, being close to the open Atlantic, my place is more exposed to drying winds.
No two rainforests are the same. 🌏
April 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
In Glengarriff rainforest, something you won't find in mine: the entire trunk and lower limbs of an old oak carpeted in filmy fern.
While precipitation levels are likely similar, being close to the open Atlantic, my place is more exposed to drying winds.
No two rainforests are the same. 🌏
While precipitation levels are likely similar, being close to the open Atlantic, my place is more exposed to drying winds.
No two rainforests are the same. 🌏