Iain Burke
Retired valetudinarian - unexpectedly proved to be correct for the latter characteristic.
- Furthest I've been (with my feet on land at least). N: Svalbard (specifically Smeerenburg) E: Tasmania S: Antarctic Peninsula (Paradise Harbour) W: Chicago.
- Reposted by Iain BurkeWe'll be hearing from the Prime Minister of the Heard and McDonald Islands shortly on their tariff retaliation plan
- Reposted by Iain BurkeBoycott what you can of American goods. Now.
- If you see this post, post or quote repost a ‘bridge’ from your photography or artwork… Two for the price of one. Dent Head viaduct on the Settle & Carlisle line with a 17th century pack horse bridge below it.
- Reposted by Iain BurkeWhy are Guardian and Observer journalists going on strike for four days in December over the deal to offload the Observer onto a failing digital startup? Five reasons here. Please repost 🙏
- Reposted by Iain BurkeA month since the Cumbria Wildlife Trust announced their bid to buy and ecologically revive Skiddaw Forest. They're 91% of the way there, but donations have slowed. Chip in if you can to help get them over the line. And please share this post.
- Especially if there's a festival & they've got some of the cheesemakers there. I was a bit surprised that most of them were quite young with small children.
- And todsy's jaunt, given that we've just had two successice days of sunny weather, was on the old main road from Settle to Long Preston. This is the view from near Hunter Bark looking over to the "main" road to Airton with Attermire Scar in the distance.
- Another beeping typo. *Today's* obviously.
- Reposted by Iain BurkeOkay I think you are ready for this BlueSky. Let's talk cheese history. More specifically, Yorkshire Dales cheeses, and how WW2 and rationing almost wiped out cheesemaking in northern Britain. This is the story of the near-death of the world of one of the world's great cheeses: Wensleydale. /1 🧵
