Monty Larkin
42yrs working for nature and landscape and elms; now retired. Founder of former Sussex Pony Grazing & Conservation Trust. Postings mainly about countryside, environmental, climate, politics, etc. Author and countryside writer. I now live in Pembrokeshire.
- Pics of the huge amount of debris deposited along the beach at Torre del Mar. Hundreds of tonnes - mainly of naturalised sugar cane which thrives along the seasonal(!) watercourses. Also, the town's improvised flood defences.
- BBC News - Spain and Portugal reel from the impact of Storm Leonardo - BBC Weather www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
- BBC News - UK weather: Areas of UK hit by record January rainfall - BBC Weather www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
- High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- For those interested in consuming so-called posh, artisan or sourdough breads, as opposed to mass-produced/supermarket breads. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley...
- liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/421... We are currently seeing evidence of this along the coast of Andulucia.
- Chagos Islands’ pristine ecology must be protected | Letter www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
