Sam Pyrah
@timeonfeet.bsky.social
Journalist and author, runner and walker, writing about movement, mind and place. Cairngorms, Scotland. The Guardian | BBC Countryfile | Runner's World. Formerly @SamMurphyRuns Website: www.sampyrah.com Substack: https://timeonfeet.substack.com/
They may look like landscape paintings but these are photos taken in the half-light of dusk with my phone… from the garden of my new home. What a view, huh? 🏴
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
They may look like landscape paintings but these are photos taken in the half-light of dusk with my phone… from the garden of my new home. What a view, huh? 🏴
Proud to see my piece, Being Heard, on the effects of human noise on birdsong in the latest issue of Paperboats zine. #naturewriting paperboats.org/category/zin...
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Proud to see my piece, Being Heard, on the effects of human noise on birdsong in the latest issue of Paperboats zine. #naturewriting paperboats.org/category/zin...
My new local hill - Sgor Gaoithe (the windy peak) - the most southerly of the Cromdale Hills.
October 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My new local hill - Sgor Gaoithe (the windy peak) - the most southerly of the Cromdale Hills.
Sometimes, I only want half a slice of bread. I can’t understand why my husband finds this annoying 😂
September 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Sometimes, I only want half a slice of bread. I can’t understand why my husband finds this annoying 😂
In this month's Substack, I've written about the strange compulsion to pick up and pocket nature finds when I'm out walking...
September 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In this month's Substack, I've written about the strange compulsion to pick up and pocket nature finds when I'm out walking...
Vibrant rowan berries. The trees seem very early to fruit this year…. #wildflowerhour
August 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Vibrant rowan berries. The trees seem very early to fruit this year…. #wildflowerhour
Sneezewort 🤧 in Irvine, on recent visit to the Nature Library #wildflowerhour #daisyfamily
August 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Sneezewort 🤧 in Irvine, on recent visit to the Nature Library #wildflowerhour #daisyfamily
Green Veined White on Devil’s Bit Scabious. Plus photo-bomber! Cairngorms. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
August 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Green Veined White on Devil’s Bit Scabious. Plus photo-bomber! Cairngorms. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Just as the birds fall quiet, my latest Substack on birdsong... open.substack.com/pub/timeonfe... #naturewriting
August 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just as the birds fall quiet, my latest Substack on birdsong... open.substack.com/pub/timeonfe... #naturewriting
A Scottish toad enjoying the sunshine in Glen Tromie today. #cairngorms
July 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A Scottish toad enjoying the sunshine in Glen Tromie today. #cairngorms
Glorious Glen Feshie today. Walking, watching and learning. Sightings of Golden Eagle, Crossbill, Common Lizard and Pygmy Shrew.#scotlandbigpicture #rewilding
July 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Glorious Glen Feshie today. Walking, watching and learning. Sightings of Golden Eagle, Crossbill, Common Lizard and Pygmy Shrew.#scotlandbigpicture #rewilding
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social No helleborines but a lovely couple of Heath Spotted Orchids, along the boardwalk across the bog at Forsinard Flows in the far north of Scotland. #wildflowers
July 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social No helleborines but a lovely couple of Heath Spotted Orchids, along the boardwalk across the bog at Forsinard Flows in the far north of Scotland. #wildflowers
Kudos. This is the coffin I made for my resident spider
July 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Kudos. This is the coffin I made for my resident spider
It was like nightfall here earlier this evening. Smoke-filled yellow air… such devastation. 😞
June 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It was like nightfall here earlier this evening. Smoke-filled yellow air… such devastation. 😞
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social Not an aquatic plant I’m afraid but this week’s exciting spot was a patch of twinflower - within walking distance of home - in the Cairngorms. Beautiful, but smaller than I’d imagined. #wildflowerhour
June 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social Not an aquatic plant I’m afraid but this week’s exciting spot was a patch of twinflower - within walking distance of home - in the Cairngorms. Beautiful, but smaller than I’d imagined. #wildflowerhour
Feverfew in a pavement gap on a walk in Blackheath, where I was walking down memory lane (my old route to school) #wildflowerhour
June 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Feverfew in a pavement gap on a walk in Blackheath, where I was walking down memory lane (my old route to school) #wildflowerhour
My first mountain bumblebee (Bombus monticola) seen today on Cairngorm plateau. On bird’s foot trefoil.
June 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My first mountain bumblebee (Bombus monticola) seen today on Cairngorm plateau. On bird’s foot trefoil.
In my latest Substack, I wrote about trees as individuals, rather than as a species… #naturewriting #trees Find the link in my bio. Free to read!
June 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
In my latest Substack, I wrote about trees as individuals, rather than as a species… #naturewriting #trees Find the link in my bio. Free to read!
Loch Garten, Scotland. Yes, really…
May 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Loch Garten, Scotland. Yes, really…
These two… friends for life
May 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
These two… friends for life
One moment it’s bare twigs scratching the sky, the next, everything is coming into leaf. It can’t happen overnight, but it feels that way… #naturewriting
April 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
One moment it’s bare twigs scratching the sky, the next, everything is coming into leaf. It can’t happen overnight, but it feels that way… #naturewriting
This is my dog-nephew, Dexter. He’s definitely trying to tell us something, but what? I’m writing a feature for the Guardian on to what extent we can read our dogs’ emotions. And what about cats? Thoughts appreciated 🐶 🐱
April 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is my dog-nephew, Dexter. He’s definitely trying to tell us something, but what? I’m writing a feature for the Guardian on to what extent we can read our dogs’ emotions. And what about cats? Thoughts appreciated 🐶 🐱
Cloud theatrics as the sun sinks tonight #cairngorms
April 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Cloud theatrics as the sun sinks tonight #cairngorms
I've written about the depression that has waxed and waned for 3 decades on my Substack. Like the moon, it's currently waxing. It was impossible to write around the edges of it any longer; headlong seemed to be the only way. My Substack is 100% free. #depression #naturewriting #writingcommunity
April 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I've written about the depression that has waxed and waned for 3 decades on my Substack. Like the moon, it's currently waxing. It was impossible to write around the edges of it any longer; headlong seemed to be the only way. My Substack is 100% free. #depression #naturewriting #writingcommunity