Mike Winter
@mikedwinter.bsky.social
Leeds-based Warwickshire Lad, Husband, Father, Francophile, European, love wild places, EV & renewables fan. Here since 328.13ppm. https://tinyurl.com/2cunjbmh
A remarkable story on the radio this morning- one I’d never heard but which reveals other ways of peace making. theconversation.com/when-us-and-...
When US and Japanese troops stopped fighting to talk, eat and pray together
Eighty years ago, this remarkable event showed a rare glimpse of humanity on both sides of a bitter conflict.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A remarkable story on the radio this morning- one I’d never heard but which reveals other ways of peace making. theconversation.com/when-us-and-...
Married 33 years today - still loving the adventure.
September 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Married 33 years today - still loving the adventure.
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Another day, another utterly shameful cruelty against refugees announced.
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
September 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Another day, another utterly shameful cruelty against refugees announced.
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
Today’s walk, nice loop from Ilkley to Denton, then up to Middleton and back through the woods. Got pretty wet at one point, but there was some lovely light too.
Definite areas they don’t want you to go - 3x “Private” signs in one frame. ;)
Definite areas they don’t want you to go - 3x “Private” signs in one frame. ;)
August 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Today’s walk, nice loop from Ilkley to Denton, then up to Middleton and back through the woods. Got pretty wet at one point, but there was some lovely light too.
Definite areas they don’t want you to go - 3x “Private” signs in one frame. ;)
Definite areas they don’t want you to go - 3x “Private” signs in one frame. ;)
Look who’s back from her year abroad 😀
August 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Look who’s back from her year abroad 😀
Mini-adventure day 3 - Six Dales Trail, Leeds Pals Memorial to Middleham.
Had about 3 miles this morning to rejoin the route, but some fabulous views again as we went over the moors.
Had about 3 miles this morning to rejoin the route, but some fabulous views again as we went over the moors.
August 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Mini-adventure day 3 - Six Dales Trail, Leeds Pals Memorial to Middleham.
Had about 3 miles this morning to rejoin the route, but some fabulous views again as we went over the moors.
Had about 3 miles this morning to rejoin the route, but some fabulous views again as we went over the moors.
Mini adventure day 2 - Pateley Bridge up to the Leeds Pals memorial. More moorland today.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
August 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Mini adventure day 2 - Pateley Bridge up to the Leeds Pals memorial. More moorland today.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
Mini adventure day 2 - Pateley Bridge up to the Leeds Pals memorial. More moorland today.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
August 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Mini adventure day 2 - Pateley Bridge up to the Leeds Pals memorial. More moorland today.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
This weekend’s mini-adventure… Six Dales Trail. Today was Otley to Pateley Bridge. Quite varied walking. The reservoirs are looking desperate.
Fabulous inosculation of beech :)
Fabulous inosculation of beech :)
August 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This weekend’s mini-adventure… Six Dales Trail. Today was Otley to Pateley Bridge. Quite varied walking. The reservoirs are looking desperate.
Fabulous inosculation of beech :)
Fabulous inosculation of beech :)
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*R2-D2 projects Leia hologram*
LEIA: Hi guys, welcome back to my channel! Today I'm so excited to share some big new plans
*4 mins later*
So today's sponsor is AlderaanVPN. I always use
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So let's get right into the video! Don't forget to like, subscribe and com-
*R2's battery runs out*
LEIA: Hi guys, welcome back to my channel! Today I'm so excited to share some big new plans
*4 mins later*
So today's sponsor is AlderaanVPN. I always use
*5 mins later*
So let's get right into the video! Don't forget to like, subscribe and com-
*R2's battery runs out*
August 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
*R2-D2 projects Leia hologram*
LEIA: Hi guys, welcome back to my channel! Today I'm so excited to share some big new plans
*4 mins later*
So today's sponsor is AlderaanVPN. I always use
*5 mins later*
So let's get right into the video! Don't forget to like, subscribe and com-
*R2's battery runs out*
LEIA: Hi guys, welcome back to my channel! Today I'm so excited to share some big new plans
*4 mins later*
So today's sponsor is AlderaanVPN. I always use
*5 mins later*
So let's get right into the video! Don't forget to like, subscribe and com-
*R2's battery runs out*
Thought for the day, from the wonderful Wendell Berry’s Sabbath Poems.
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Thought for the day, from the wonderful Wendell Berry’s Sabbath Poems.
Our Tawny Chicks are much bigger now, but as vocal as ever.
August 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Our Tawny Chicks are much bigger now, but as vocal as ever.
Just stumbled across treasure :)
July 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Just stumbled across treasure :)
The skies above Gourdon are heaving with Swifts tonight. More than I could possibly count. An absolute joy.
July 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The skies above Gourdon are heaving with Swifts tonight. More than I could possibly count. An absolute joy.
Off down a new (to me) rabbit hole, with thanks to @daeganmiller.bsky.social for the suggestion :)
July 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Off down a new (to me) rabbit hole, with thanks to @daeganmiller.bsky.social for the suggestion :)
Beautiful essay from Robin Wall Kimmerer, on ecology and experimental theology - life, death and on becoming soil. emergencemagazine.org/essay/becomi...
Becoming Earth – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Wandering among the ancient decomposing cedar trees of the Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon, Potawatomi botanist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer wonders what they might teach us about the nature o...
emergencemagazine.org
June 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Beautiful essay from Robin Wall Kimmerer, on ecology and experimental theology - life, death and on becoming soil. emergencemagazine.org/essay/becomi...
Hunting for a Daegan Miller quote about Wilderness has led me to this superb essay on @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social sublime magnum opus.
(Still looking for the source of the sentence I noted several years back, Daegan, but I'll find it ;) ).
(Still looking for the source of the sentence I noted several years back, Daegan, but I'll find it ;) ).
I spent the spring reading through Robert Macfarlane's catalog to understand his remarkable new book, *Is a River Alive?* @literaryhub.bsky.social let me go long on the book that I think Macfarlane has spent his entire life writing toward. #nature #writing #booksky
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The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses
“While writing about landscape often begins in the aesthetic, it must always end in the ethical.” –Robert Macfarlane, Landmarks * There is a sentence 256 pages into Robert Macfarlane’s newest book,…
lithub.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Hunting for a Daegan Miller quote about Wilderness has led me to this superb essay on @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social sublime magnum opus.
(Still looking for the source of the sentence I noted several years back, Daegan, but I'll find it ;) ).
(Still looking for the source of the sentence I noted several years back, Daegan, but I'll find it ;) ).
Was lovely to watch these two in the field behind the house yesterday morning.
June 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Was lovely to watch these two in the field behind the house yesterday morning.
Celebrating 55 orbits of the sun with a Warwickshire walk. Somewhat leaden skies, but filled with larksong.
May 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Celebrating 55 orbits of the sun with a Warwickshire walk. Somewhat leaden skies, but filled with larksong.
Batcliffe beeches, bluebells and blue sky.
April 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Batcliffe beeches, bluebells and blue sky.
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The most enraging but also weirdly the only encouraging thing about that latest Once In A Generation (if only) crash is this one is so fixable. There’s no Covid, no subprime lending, just a dumb move that could be undone tomorrow. One man’s ego is the only obstacle.
April 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The most enraging but also weirdly the only encouraging thing about that latest Once In A Generation (if only) crash is this one is so fixable. There’s no Covid, no subprime lending, just a dumb move that could be undone tomorrow. One man’s ego is the only obstacle.
It has been showers and then occasional sun all afternoon. Does mean you get views like this from the back of the house though :)
March 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It has been showers and then occasional sun all afternoon. Does mean you get views like this from the back of the house though :)
For anyone who needs a bit of a lift - a Blackcap in the blossom at the side of our barn yesterday afternoon. Joyful, uplifting song with Robin accompaniment.
March 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
For anyone who needs a bit of a lift - a Blackcap in the blossom at the side of our barn yesterday afternoon. Joyful, uplifting song with Robin accompaniment.