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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

@christownsend.bsky.social - I was looking online for any information related to a tent I own called The Vango Zephyr Solo and found that you recommended it in your 1984 'The Backpacker’s Guide'. I wanted to let you know that, while I do not use it regularly any more, it was my main and only...

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

1/2 Nine months pregnant feels like an odd time to start promoting something, but the #Cicerone walking guidebook @writesofways.bsky.social and I wrote for the #SmallIsles has just been published. This little book took a long time to put together and I'm really proud of it.

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JAG says it’s legal, but stupid. @jagsaysstupid.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

From my wife this morning.

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Last year I spent a lot of time updating @frommers.com guidebook to #Iceland, which has just come out. Many, many thanks to my Icelandic friends who answered my random questions as they arose - I could not have done it without you. #TravelWriting

Inner book insert showing turf church and 'by Katie Featherstone'

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

An organisation I used to volunteer for: www.pc4r.org/howtodonate

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Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The arctic tern flies from Iceland to Antarctica and back every year. It finds its same nesting ground each time. It can become 30 years old so in its lifetime, an arctic tern flies = from the earth to the moon three times. A tern weighs 120 grams, less than a small can of soda.

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

A few days along the coast of Wester Ross this week. (have a look at @emmgibbs.bsky.social North Highlands guidebook if you are heading that way this summer) #WesterRoss #ScottishHighlands #Scotland

headland with sandy beaches and a few houses

pink sandy beach with grass and distant mountains

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Hello, It's got to a point where I can't appear in photos without it being obvious that I'm already quite pregnant, so, now you know.

Pregnant woman wearing dungarees in a mirror

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𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚 @onefootiniceland.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

It's that time again! Oh...wait...no, it's that ptarmigan 😂 The ptarmigan egg (nearest) at the fantastic art installation 'Eggin í Gleðivík' featuring the #birds of #Iceland 😍🥚🇮🇸 #SatArtday #WeekTforTime #AlphabetChallenge #ECK #MobilePhotography 📷

Large marble eggs of varying shapes and sizes, on plinths with their Icelandic and Latin names, at a harbour, with a cruise ship in the background

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Hinterlands @intothehinterlands.co.uk · 15/05/2025

Landscapes of the Subconscious. More from Cape Wrath. The only road on the Cape. Taken from near the lighthouse. #landscape #capewrath #photography

A black and white image of a disused road heading across a moor.

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Scottish Beach Project @scottishbeach.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Two years ago this week I stood on the shores of Tiree looking over to Coll. Today I’ll be on the shores of Coll looking over to Tiree! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Travels with Lenny 🚐 🫎 @jamiedixon.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Pitched up on Beinn Ghlas summit tonight at ~3,600ft Views are ridiculous! 😎 #sunshine #camp

Camp on mountain summit
#munro #muntobagging #sunshine #camp #vista #view #mountains

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Of all Scotland's fresh water lochs, Loch Lomond has the largest surface area, but for me it's all about the trees. #LochLomond #Scotland

looking over forest of birch trees by loch with island

looking over woodland towards loch and distant mountains

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Been feeling a little cooped up and out of sorts lately, so took a long weekend, walked from Tillicoultry to Stirling, took the bus up to Kingshouse and watched the dolphins in Aberdeen.

Yellow gorse under a blue sky on the Ochil Hills in Clackmannanshire.

Andy Scott's Fox Boy statue in the village of Menstrie.

A young stag climbs out of the River Etive beside Kingshouse, Glencoe.

Aberdeen Town House viewed from Provost Skene's House in Marischal Square.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

We have now reached the point in Reykjavík where it’s so bright in the evening that going to bed feels silly.

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

(1/2) Beinn a'Choin in a big circle from Stronachlachar: a day of perfect weather, which was fortunate as the walk itself was pretty tough. #HillWalking #hiking #Scotland #LochLomondAndTheTrossachs

view over mountains with shadows from clouds

a mountain cairn on sunny day, looking towards mountains

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

The internet suggests there's now a weight loss craze for walking on treadmills in weighted vests. This seems a bit dystopian to me: backpacking without going anywhere.

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Today I learnt: a bright red t-shirt, while good for creating contrast when you need to be your own 'hiker in landscape' model, is even better at attracting flies.

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

You can get 25% off my new #InnerHebrides guidebook with the code EASTER25 over the next week. 🙂 www.bradtguides.com/.../skye-the... #Scotland #Hebrides #Skye

bradtguides.com

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Iain Sarjeant @iainsarjeant.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

My elderly dad has been visiting the Isle of Iona regularly for over 50 years (as have I!). We're working together to release a small book of his paintings & ink drawings from the island. Now available to pre-order! Just £16, pre-order here: ionapaintingsandsketches.bigcartel.com/product/the-...

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I found a wonderful photo survey of WW2 coastal defences from around the Highlands gathered in 1999.

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

(1/3) Over the past week I have mostly been sitting around on grassy ledges. (somewhere in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park) #SitClub #Scotland #hiking

woman sat on rocky shelf looking down on loch

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Cairngorms National Park @cairngormsnews.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

We’re looking for seasonal rangers in Badenoch and Strathspey 🌱 A key part of the team taking care of the National Park, our seasonal rangers help to encourage people to have a safe, enjoyable and responsible visit to the Cairngorms💚 Apply at ➡️ buff.ly/VTpFEoh 📸 Hector Bryden

Two individuals, wearing National Park ranger service uniforms, are taking tools and equipment out of van in a woodland area.

A person wearing a ranger uniform smiling at another person with a backpack during a conversation in a wooded area.

Person in a white hat handing a map to a smiling person in a ranger van.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

More excitement! Signing copies of my book in Keswick at Bookends and seeing more copies in the wilds of Booths supermarket. You can also buy Sketching a Year in Lakeland online at inspiredbylakeland.co.uk/collections/bo…

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Pete Walkden @petewalkden.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Mountain Hare - nibbling heather right in front of us, during a workshop this week. It clearly trusted us and was comfortable with us watching. #mountainhare #hare #scotland #workshop #highlands #ukwildlife

A photo of a mountain hare, beginning to moult into its summer colours, nibbling on some heather.

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Mr Sparkle @darwendashers.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Afternoon all.

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Helen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Well, this is super annoying. Where to check whether your books were pinched. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Get this book to avoid "falling" of cliffs....

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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Are you visiting #Skye this year? My new Skye and the #InnerHebrides guidebook recommends the island's most interesting nooks and crannies, with lots of good reasons to take your time exploring. (self-promotion is difficult, but I do believe in this book 📚 link on my profile) #Scotland #Hebrides

Sheep on a grassy area between loch and sea with tied island

Village of white houses with red postbox

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