StonesCottages
@stonescottages.bsky.social
Eco holiday retreat/ holiday cottages in Pembrokeshire, Wales. www.stonescottages.co.uk
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Harmony cottage, comfy cosy eco cottage. Underfloor heating, log burning stove, solar PV, air source heat pump, solar thermal, surrounded by 16 acres of wild flower meadows and shelter belts. Close to the Pembrokeshire coastal path.
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It's real! Holding the first paperback copy of THE LIE OF THE LAND, out 8th May.
The cover really pops - and displays just one of the 50 million pheasants that feature inside!
Order your copy here: lnkfi.re/JhxHno
The cover really pops - and displays just one of the 50 million pheasants that feature inside!
Order your copy here: lnkfi.re/JhxHno
April 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It's real! Holding the first paperback copy of THE LIE OF THE LAND, out 8th May.
The cover really pops - and displays just one of the 50 million pheasants that feature inside!
Order your copy here: lnkfi.re/JhxHno
The cover really pops - and displays just one of the 50 million pheasants that feature inside!
Order your copy here: lnkfi.re/JhxHno
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Horrendous.
The Quakers are a really important & authentic voice for humanitarian values, have been for over 300 years. Unless the police had credible evidence that the Meeting House had been infiltrated by terrorists, this should be treated as an attack against religious freedom & peaceful protest.
March 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Horrendous.
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Little Sun
From my poetry feature, Idle Verse on #Substack
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #nature #hope #booksky
📚💙💙📚📚💙📚💙📚
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From my poetry feature, Idle Verse on #Substack
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #nature #hope #booksky
📚💙💙📚📚💙📚💙📚
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
Little Sun
Idle Verse: A Poetry Feature
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March 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Little Sun
From my poetry feature, Idle Verse on #Substack
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #nature #hope #booksky
📚💙💙📚📚💙📚💙📚
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
From my poetry feature, Idle Verse on #Substack
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #nature #hope #booksky
📚💙💙📚📚💙📚💙📚
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
What a bird. The dunnocks are really putting on a display at the moment.
#birds #birdingwales #pembrokeshire #wildlife
#birds #birdingwales #pembrokeshire #wildlife
March 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What a bird. The dunnocks are really putting on a display at the moment.
#birds #birdingwales #pembrokeshire #wildlife
#birds #birdingwales #pembrokeshire #wildlife
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Little Sun
A poem from my Idle Verse series, a poetry feature on Substack
💙😊💙✍️📝🌞☀️🌼
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
A poem from my Idle Verse series, a poetry feature on Substack
💙😊💙✍️📝🌞☀️🌼
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
Little Sun
Idle Verse: A Poetry Feature
open.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Little Sun
A poem from my Idle Verse series, a poetry feature on Substack
💙😊💙✍️📝🌞☀️🌼
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
A poem from my Idle Verse series, a poetry feature on Substack
💙😊💙✍️📝🌞☀️🌼
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
The buzzards feel like the true rulers of our small piece of Wales.
#birds #nature #wildlife #pembrokeshire
#birds #nature #wildlife #pembrokeshire
March 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The buzzards feel like the true rulers of our small piece of Wales.
#birds #nature #wildlife #pembrokeshire
#birds #nature #wildlife #pembrokeshire
The long pig gardeners opportunistic friend feeling emboldened in the glorious March sunshine.
#birds #ukbirds #pembrokeshire #birdingwales
#birds #ukbirds #pembrokeshire #birdingwales
March 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The long pig gardeners opportunistic friend feeling emboldened in the glorious March sunshine.
#birds #ukbirds #pembrokeshire #birdingwales
#birds #ukbirds #pembrokeshire #birdingwales
First chiffchaff has finally made it back to Stones Cottages. We like all our returning guests, but the ones with wings always get a special hooray.
#birds #birdingwales #wildlife #nature
#birds #birdingwales #wildlife #nature
March 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
First chiffchaff has finally made it back to Stones Cottages. We like all our returning guests, but the ones with wings always get a special hooray.
#birds #birdingwales #wildlife #nature
#birds #birdingwales #wildlife #nature
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#NewRelease!
As rumours fly about the new Queen of England, Anna of Cleves faces peril as her supporters push her to resume her place as Queen
If the King looks her way, will Anna escape danger a second time?
A Cloak of Feathers
£3.99 or #Free #KU!
#Booksky #Tudor #Histfic 📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/3Kbg4iE
As rumours fly about the new Queen of England, Anna of Cleves faces peril as her supporters push her to resume her place as Queen
If the King looks her way, will Anna escape danger a second time?
A Cloak of Feathers
£3.99 or #Free #KU!
#Booksky #Tudor #Histfic 📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/3Kbg4iE
March 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#NewRelease!
As rumours fly about the new Queen of England, Anna of Cleves faces peril as her supporters push her to resume her place as Queen
If the King looks her way, will Anna escape danger a second time?
A Cloak of Feathers
£3.99 or #Free #KU!
#Booksky #Tudor #Histfic 📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/3Kbg4iE
As rumours fly about the new Queen of England, Anna of Cleves faces peril as her supporters push her to resume her place as Queen
If the King looks her way, will Anna escape danger a second time?
A Cloak of Feathers
£3.99 or #Free #KU!
#Booksky #Tudor #Histfic 📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/3Kbg4iE
The Imaginary Organic Speaker Company uses bitterns for bass, blackbirds for midrange and wrens for tweeters. The high end models also employ Goldcrests and choughs to increase the dynamic range.
#birds #ukbirds #nature #wildlife #pembrokeshire
#birds #ukbirds #nature #wildlife #pembrokeshire
March 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Imaginary Organic Speaker Company uses bitterns for bass, blackbirds for midrange and wrens for tweeters. The high end models also employ Goldcrests and choughs to increase the dynamic range.
#birds #ukbirds #nature #wildlife #pembrokeshire
#birds #ukbirds #nature #wildlife #pembrokeshire
The supernaturally loud wren. Not even science can explain how something so small can make so much noise without completely deflating.
#tweeters #birds #ukbirds #pembrokeshire #wildlife
#tweeters #birds #ukbirds #pembrokeshire #wildlife
March 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The supernaturally loud wren. Not even science can explain how something so small can make so much noise without completely deflating.
#tweeters #birds #ukbirds #pembrokeshire #wildlife
#tweeters #birds #ukbirds #pembrokeshire #wildlife
Dunnock transform!The metamorphosis from shy hedge sparrow to wildly magnificent singing machine is complete.
#birdingwales #birds #dunnock #pembrokeshire
#birdingwales #birds #dunnock #pembrokeshire
March 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Dunnock transform!The metamorphosis from shy hedge sparrow to wildly magnificent singing machine is complete.
#birdingwales #birds #dunnock #pembrokeshire
#birdingwales #birds #dunnock #pembrokeshire
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Another shot from our encounter with the Lower Town Dipper at the weekend. Could have done with a little more light but still my best photos so far of these aquatic specialists. #UKWildlife #birds #photography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
March 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Another shot from our encounter with the Lower Town Dipper at the weekend. Could have done with a little more light but still my best photos so far of these aquatic specialists. #UKWildlife #birds #photography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
Oooof, hello! Things are starting to hot up with the early pollinators. A yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) getting it's fix on a common dandelion.
#ukinsects #wildlife #fly #wildflowers #pembrokeshire
#ukinsects #wildlife #fly #wildflowers #pembrokeshire
March 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Oooof, hello! Things are starting to hot up with the early pollinators. A yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) getting it's fix on a common dandelion.
#ukinsects #wildlife #fly #wildflowers #pembrokeshire
#ukinsects #wildlife #fly #wildflowers #pembrokeshire
First oil beetle of the year in the meadow. There is a lot of "oooo hello!" on my walks at the moment, catching up with old friends I guess. Also, a lot of walking around with eyes fixed on the ground. Have to remind myself to look up once in a while.
#insects #ukinsects #pembrokeshire #oilbeetle
#insects #ukinsects #pembrokeshire #oilbeetle
March 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
First oil beetle of the year in the meadow. There is a lot of "oooo hello!" on my walks at the moment, catching up with old friends I guess. Also, a lot of walking around with eyes fixed on the ground. Have to remind myself to look up once in a while.
#insects #ukinsects #pembrokeshire #oilbeetle
#insects #ukinsects #pembrokeshire #oilbeetle
Blue sky and sunshine, more song than sightings walking around the flower meadows this morning.
#birdingwales #ukbirds #birds #pembrokeshire
#birdingwales #ukbirds #birds #pembrokeshire
March 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Blue sky and sunshine, more song than sightings walking around the flower meadows this morning.
#birdingwales #ukbirds #birds #pembrokeshire
#birdingwales #ukbirds #birds #pembrokeshire
For the past few years we have had a pair of starlings nest in the corner of the house. So nice to see them return. So beautiful and such a privilege to watch from the kitchen window.
#ukbirds #starling #birdingwales
#ukbirds #starling #birdingwales
March 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
For the past few years we have had a pair of starlings nest in the corner of the house. So nice to see them return. So beautiful and such a privilege to watch from the kitchen window.
#ukbirds #starling #birdingwales
#ukbirds #starling #birdingwales
So nice to hear buzzing in the meadows at Stones Cottages again. Amazing scent coming from the gorse flowers in the morning sunshine as well.
#tapereddronefly #hoverfly #ukinsects #insects
#tapereddronefly #hoverfly #ukinsects #insects
March 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
So nice to hear buzzing in the meadows at Stones Cottages again. Amazing scent coming from the gorse flowers in the morning sunshine as well.
#tapereddronefly #hoverfly #ukinsects #insects
#tapereddronefly #hoverfly #ukinsects #insects
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Reminder: If you can, grab your Christmas books from a local independent bookstore, not Amazon.
December 18, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Reminder: If you can, grab your Christmas books from a local independent bookstore, not Amazon.
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Oooo! Top New Release in Historical biographical fiction!
December 15, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Oooo! Top New Release in Historical biographical fiction!
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This festive season, we’d like to encourage those with a loved one w/ME to gift an act of kindness. Ask what would be most helpful and comforting to them, what may seem small to you could be immensely helpful & meaningful to someone living with ME #DecodeME #RandomActsOfKindness
December 10, 2024 at 4:17 PM
This festive season, we’d like to encourage those with a loved one w/ME to gift an act of kindness. Ask what would be most helpful and comforting to them, what may seem small to you could be immensely helpful & meaningful to someone living with ME #DecodeME #RandomActsOfKindness
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Outrage as video shows fox caught in 'barbaric' snare trap on King's Sandringham estate
“This snare was placed alongside a rare Chalk Stream which is regularly used by otters”
Repost if you agree there should be a UK wide ban on these devices!
“This snare was placed alongside a rare Chalk Stream which is regularly used by otters”
Repost if you agree there should be a UK wide ban on these devices!
November 21, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Outrage as video shows fox caught in 'barbaric' snare trap on King's Sandringham estate
“This snare was placed alongside a rare Chalk Stream which is regularly used by otters”
Repost if you agree there should be a UK wide ban on these devices!
“This snare was placed alongside a rare Chalk Stream which is regularly used by otters”
Repost if you agree there should be a UK wide ban on these devices!
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For #BlackFridayWeek all these books are on #Sale!
99p/99c for #Kindle
#Free on #KindleUnlimited
Heart of the Conqueror
Tale of Matilda of Flanders
The Mind's Evil Toy
Story of Amy Dudley
Nest of Ashes
Early life of Jane Seymour
Shadow of Persephone
Story of Catherine Howard
#BookSky
99p/99c for #Kindle
#Free on #KindleUnlimited
Heart of the Conqueror
Tale of Matilda of Flanders
The Mind's Evil Toy
Story of Amy Dudley
Nest of Ashes
Early life of Jane Seymour
Shadow of Persephone
Story of Catherine Howard
#BookSky
November 26, 2024 at 6:10 PM
For #BlackFridayWeek all these books are on #Sale!
99p/99c for #Kindle
#Free on #KindleUnlimited
Heart of the Conqueror
Tale of Matilda of Flanders
The Mind's Evil Toy
Story of Amy Dudley
Nest of Ashes
Early life of Jane Seymour
Shadow of Persephone
Story of Catherine Howard
#BookSky
99p/99c for #Kindle
#Free on #KindleUnlimited
Heart of the Conqueror
Tale of Matilda of Flanders
The Mind's Evil Toy
Story of Amy Dudley
Nest of Ashes
Early life of Jane Seymour
Shadow of Persephone
Story of Catherine Howard
#BookSky
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Let’s join Amsterdam , Sydney , Edinburgh and France in banning fossil fuel advertisements and sponsorships , sign my petition to force a debate in Parliament on the issue .
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Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...
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November 24, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Let’s join Amsterdam , Sydney , Edinburgh and France in banning fossil fuel advertisements and sponsorships , sign my petition to force a debate in Parliament on the issue .
lovera.ge/ban-ffa
lovera.ge/ban-ffa
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…I couldn’t match it to a British species so I contacted @britishbugs.bsky.social. After looking at the specimen he identified it as Nabis capsiformis. It’s documented by Tristan at www.britishbugs.org.uk/HetNews/HetN... and really piqued an interest in Hemiptera for me. (2 of 2)
November 24, 2024 at 9:39 PM
…I couldn’t match it to a British species so I contacted @britishbugs.bsky.social. After looking at the specimen he identified it as Nabis capsiformis. It’s documented by Tristan at www.britishbugs.org.uk/HetNews/HetN... and really piqued an interest in Hemiptera for me. (2 of 2)