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Ian Hook

@ianhook.bsky.social
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Love to watch sunrise/sunset, big book reader, particularly Nature & Travel and classics. Love to walk and run. No DM's please.

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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 20h
Wordle 1,935 5/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Third time running in the 5️⃣ club😐. #pano photo of the post #sunset red sky on this day in 2021 at #Greatstone 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 23h
Wordle 1,934 5/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Nearly forgot Wordle 🤪 Slow but got there in the end, I actually had one of these today 5️⃣😄 #pano photo of a stormy #sunset sky on this day in 2022 at #Greatstone 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Early start today, a calm and chilly at 8c this morning at #Greatstone with a heavy dew and some mist and fog around. Have a good day 🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #ukweather #kent #EastCoastKin
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On photos without any zoom I do adjust up the contrast as the camera doesn't catch all the colours or the depth. The main enhancement of colour is using the zoom as you are pinpointing the most vivid part of the sky. So yes and no, I try to make it look as natural as possible 👍
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wordle 1,933 5/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Feels like the kind of word I should've done better with 🤔5️⃣. Beautiful #sunset at #Greatstone yesterday, a slow moving cold front gave us a fairly cloudy day but just started to clear from the west at the right time. 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wonderful colour again just after #sunset tonight at #Greatstone 🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #kent #EastCoastKin #redsky
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wordle 1,932 4/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Good 4️⃣as I was struggling a little with this word 🤪 Another photo from the beautiful post #sunset sky at #Greatstone earlier this evening 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Beautiful song, Indie Folk Central is a great Youtube channel 👍
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks Adie, hope you're well. All the best Ian 😊
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Missed the sunset tonight at #Greatstone but there was a stunning afterglow as the streaky cirrus turned orange and red. A classic autumn #sunset 🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #kent #EastCoastKin #redsky
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And a 360 degrees video from #Greatstone beach this lunchtime. A very relaxing half mile walk out to the tide line and standing in the shallow warm sea 🌞 #video #clouds #weather #ukweather #kent #EastCoastKin
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Walked barefoot, half a mile out to meet the incoming tide at #Greatstone this lunchtime. Such a lovely calm, autumn day, 19c, sunny with a sea temp of 19c as well. 🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #ukweather #kent #EastCoastKin
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wordle 1,931 5/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I thought I had it on line four 😕5️⃣. Photo from #sunset earlier at #Greatstone 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wordle 1,930 6/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OMG that was midnight madness and 30 minutes of my life I'll never get back 6️⃣🤪 I just missed the #sunset earlier, so here's a photo from this day in 2025 at #Greatstone 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wordle 1,929 2/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT 🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩An all green 2️⃣😊 It's been a misty, murky and humid day at #Greatstone 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wordle 1,928 3/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩3️⃣ again 😊 Raining at #sunset so back to a photo of a sunny #Greatstone beach on this day in 2021 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wordle 1,927 3/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 After the first two lines and only two letters it was surprisingly easy to get this one 😊Cloudy for #sunset yesterday so back to this day in 2024 in a zoom shot dominated by human activity 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wordle 1,926 4/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩4️⃣ Ok after a slow start 😊 Photos from another colouful autumnal #sunset yesterday at #Greatstone 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wordle 1,925 4/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩On the average tonight. 😀 Missed the #sunset this evening so back to this day in 2023 at #Greatstone 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Managed three consecutive beach sunrises at #Greatstone, lovely again, mild with barely a breath of wind 🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #ukweather #kent #EastCoastKin #sunrise
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wordle 1,924 5/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Little bit of a struggle tonight 5️⃣😀Photos from #sunset at #Greatstone earlier followed by a another red sky 🌞 #photography #clouds
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another red sky this morning at #Greastone but unfortunately it faded very quickly as I reached the beach, still very pleasant though. French mainland showing well today in the 3rd and 4th photos 🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #ukweather #kent #EastCoastKin
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wordle 1,923 6/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Phew! Fortunately there was no other word left that would fit on line 6️⃣🤪 Some photos from #sunset yesterday at #Greatstone 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Was awake before dawn and could see some bands of cloud moving west to east, so decided it might be a good day for a #Greatstone beach #sunrise. It didn't disappoint. Have a good day 🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #ukweather #kent #EastCoastKin
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wordle 1,922 4/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩So nearly a three but ended up with a very appropriate4️⃣😊 Back to summer yesterday at #Greatstone, clear, calm with temperatures back into the mid 70s F. Just caught the #sunset last night 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For me a much better shortlist this year. I've read The end of Everything, I'm reading and really enjoying John of Johns and I've read the excellent and very topical The Things We Never Say. I may get to read some more before the winner is announced #books #BookSky 📚💙 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
'I tossed books across the room': Booker Prize judges reveal 'tussle' over shortlist
Past Booker winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are among the nominees for this year's award.
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wordle 1,921 3/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Back to 3️⃣ again tonight 😊 Not around for #sunset earlier, so here's some post sunset red sky on this day in 2019 at #Greatstone 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The temperature has now dipped away to 7c just after dawn, truly autumnal 😊
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Early start at #Greatstone, feeling rather autumnal, calm, clear, 11c with a fairly heavy dew and some pre #sunrise red sky. Have a good day 🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #ukweather #kent #EastCoastKin
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wordle 1,920 4/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT 🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Lots of options tonight, happy with a 4️⃣ in the end😊 Missed the #sunset but just caught some geese on the way back to the lakes for the evening in the afterglow at #Greatstone. 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wordle 1,919 3/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩3️⃣again 😊 Another cloudy #sunset at #Greatstone earlier so back to sunset on this day in 2021 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
That's algorithms for you, ask the internet a question and the only answer you'll get is the one you don't want to see. On the plus side, I guess you got Wordle in one. Have a good day 😀
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wordle 1,918 3/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 All green 3️⃣😀 Overcast at #sunset yesterday at #Greatstone so a photo from earlier in the day when the sun was shining at the beach in #Hythe. 🌞 #kent #photography
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Good morning from #Greatstone, it's a dry but chilly start, 13c with a cool WNW breeze, the farmer is certainly busy. 🚜After a wet morning yesterday it looks pretty dry to the end of the month now. Have a good day 🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #ukweather #kent #EastCoastKin
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wordle 1,917 3/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩3️⃣ again 😊 Missed the #sunset at #Greatstone tonight although there was some lingering red sky around the rising #moon 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thanks Lacie 😊I do it just for fun 📸
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wordle 1,916 3/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩A much less drama filled 3️⃣ today 😊 Photos of the #sunset and the #moon rising at #Greatstone yesterday, last photo a mistake in focusing but I liked it anyway 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Snap 🤪
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We did eventually have some rain 😊
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wordle 1,915 6/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A bit close for comfort although nothing else would fit on line 6️⃣😄Quick photo taken last night at #Greatstone just before #sunset 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good morning from #Greatstone, early start today with some red sky forming in the east before #sunrise. Busy day ahead for me, hope you have a good one 🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #ukweather #kent #EastCoastKin
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wordle 1,914 5/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Slow burner 5️⃣tonight 😀Cloudy at #sunset so back to a zoom shot on this day in 2014 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wordle 1,913 2/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT 🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another2️⃣after a good start 😀 Cloudy tonight so back to a post #sunset red sky at #Greatstone on this day in 2019 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wordle 1,912 4/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Remember having this word before, will have their quirky music in my head all day now🎶 4️⃣😊Photos from a cloudy #sunset yesterday at #Greatstone 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thanks, I don't get to the beach as much as I used to for sunrise even though it's only five minutes walk away. The one remaining dog really doesn't want to walk very far now. 😊
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
That's amazing, in other less less amazing news I just saw a Grey Squirrel bounding along Roberts Rd in Greatstone, certainly don't see many here. Heading south, Dungeness next I guess 😊
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
After the beach this morning there was a heavy dew and a low mist hanging across the marsh during the dog walk at #Greatstone. 🐕 Definitely looking and feeling autumnal🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #ukweather #kent #EastCoastKin #mist #fog #autumn
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Made a rare trip to #Greatstone beach for #sunrise this morning. Almost calm and around 12c, a touch autumnal perhaps. 🌞 #photography #clouds #weather #ukweather #kent #EastCoastKin
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wordle 1,911 6/6 #Wordle #WQuers #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A close run 6️⃣ Phew🤪 Photos from #sunset earlier at #Greatstone 🌞
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Ian Hook @ianhook.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Gorgeous walk along the beach at #Dymchurch this morning. Many Swallows heading south across the bay and several Wheatear seen along the sea wall as well. 🌿🦉 #photography #clouds #weather #kent
Beach reflections looking north east across the bayWheatear on migration south for the winterDymchurch beach reflections looking south west towards DungenessLooking south, the Martello Tower reflected in the drainage pool behind the sea wall at Dymchurch
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