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Keith Harrison

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Charity CEO. Songwriter. Hill-walker (flat-landscapes also good!)

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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Much of my working summer has been spent preparing several funding bids, set for autumn submission. Here’s a thread on a few further +ve @thebaytrust.bsky.social engagements alongside that activity…
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In case anyone is thinking of trying to telephone us at @thebaytrust.bsky.social - please see the post below. We are still open to the public (10am-4pm) today, tomorrow & Sunday. #ThePinesGarden #EnglandCoastalPath
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Impressive statement from #RNLI CEO Peter Sparkes. The charity is all about #SavingLivesAtSea. rnli.org/video-player...
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Peters Update Tuesday 8th September 2026.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
On a day when, for @thebaytrust.bsky.social, I was due to meet local @nationaltrust.org.uk folk (to explore some “soft cooperation”) here’s a good @financialtimes.com piece with Sheila Das from NT talking on approaches I know we use at #ThePinesGarden. Heartening :-) www.ft.com/content/cfb7...
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The National Trust’s Sheila Das: ‘We have to be OK with yellow grass’
The charity’s horticultural head has a mission to balance conservation and climate change. Can she bring everyone with her?
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I’m away from work this week but the @danthompson33.bsky.social blog on seaside towns features the #CrossChannel exhibition he’s curated at @thebaytrust.bsky.social #PinesGarden. From #Romans to the #Geopark - it’s open for the next few months :-) danthompsonstudio.substack.com/p/rich-and-s...
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Rich and Strange
Worthing's seaside reinvention
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This really is a good article by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social. As someone working for a charity that owns land (thanks to actions of a philanthropist) it’s the “sense of belonging” / Norman MacCaig quote section that provokes thought and inspires most.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
As an end of the working week post, I’m happy to add that whilst much of this event was around nature restoration, a few hill figures were mentioned (and not just by me) - a couple of horses & four giants! Quite a @ravilious1942.bsky.social, @hedleythorne.bsky.social & @jonwoolcott.bsky.social vibe!
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The Bay Trust @thebaytrust.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Our wildflower meadows are blooming, and there's plenty of colour to enjoy this weekend. Pop into the Pines Garden for a quiet moment in nature. The Pines Garden and Café, Beach Road, St Margarets Bay. Open 10am – 4pm. Entry by donation. Dogs welcome on leads. 🌼🌱
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
At an enjoyable #BigChalkConversation in Cambridge, for @thebaytrust.bsky.social, today. Offbeat highlights included finding someone who knew of @danthompson33.bsky.social and an ex @rspb.bsky.social officer that had aided work in #GreatBustard reintroduction on #SalisburyPlain. www.big-chalk.org
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A bit of positivity from my @thebaytrust.bsky.social colleagues. The #wildflower mini-meadows are looking, and doing, good just now. You may have seen a post about the next one, in our #GenerationRestoration area, earlier this week too :-) @unep.org #PinesGarden
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The most enjoyable railway book I’ve read since ‘Parallel Lines’ by @mrmarchant.bsky.social (RIP.) Also includes @birmingham81.bsky.social in the credits; on another platform he came up with #GrumpyWinnie as a hashtag, to describe (splendidly) a statue my day job involves. Small world etc. :-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Was fortunate to attend #RHSChelsea today and impressed, as we produce and use it at @thebaytrust.bsky.social #PinesGarden, that #biochar is also an “ingredient” in the @asthmaandlung.org.uk Breathing Space garden (which will be relocating to #Rotherham in due course.) One show highlight for me.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A short film from my @thebaytrust.bsky.social colleagues for #WorldBeeDay :-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Attended day 2 of the @museumsandheritage.com Show today, for @thebaytrust.bsky.social. In terms of our 27-30 (and beyond) plans, the case study sessions from #HistoricDockyardChatham and @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social were very worthwhile and I’m looking forward to visiting both before too long.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Really good to be at #WordsChangeThings (organised by @danthompson33.bsky.social) today. Got to talk about @thebaytrust.bsky.social #PinesCalyx, praise the #restoringnature aspect of @nationaltrust.org.uk 2035 strategy & show off @sulkrooms.bsky.social ‘Rewilding’ CD, among other things :-)
Margate Harbour Arm on a sunny day: Lightly rippling dark blue estuary waters, peppered with numerous bathing seagulls, form the bottom third of the image. From right to mid left, almost making a horizon, is a stone harbour wall with small colourful boats in front and a series of brightly coloured sheds on top of the wall. At the left end of the harbour wall rises a slender lighthouse. The sky beyond & above is various shades of blue. Words Change Things Festival chalkboard: A wooden a-framed chalkboard forms the bulk of the image. It is set on a largely tarmaced pavement with weeds growing at the non-roadside kerb. A set of stone steps rises behind the board, to buildings on the left. The chalkboard advertises delights of the festival venue: Thursday 7pm John Grindrod. Friday Secret Postcard Auction 11am - 8.30pm. Writer’s Space 9.30am - 1pm. Lunch 1-2pm. First Friday 6-8.30pm. MORE SATURDAY!
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I’m doing a little something for this festival on Friday. Obviously @thebaytrust.bsky.social will be promoted but @unep.org @asbpuk.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @sulkrooms.bsky.social & @grindrod.bsky.social may all get a nod in my conversations… I’ll report back here :-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Encouraging to see this at @nationaltrust.org.uk #Sissinghurst yesterday - not a million miles from our #hugelkultur beds at @thebaytrust.bsky.social #PinesGarden. Tomorrow I’m meeting local NT staff on ways we can help each other further - and their 2035 Strategy sets a very positive context :-)
Small blackboard with white, handwritten, chalk text stating “Don’t miss a visit to our NO DIG, ORGANIC vegetable garden! Your feedback is most welcome!” The board sits, upright, on a slatted wooden pallet. Small, green-leafed, plants - in grey plant pots - site to either side. One is of lemon balm, according to a printed sign placed in its soil.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We may be a few weeks away from #VolunteersWeek, but it’s never a wrong week to be thankful for the work #volunteers do for charities. #PinesGarden @thebaytrust.bsky.social
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
As a present from my Dad, I now have a subscription with @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social - the first Scottish orientated football publication I’ve taken since #TheAbsoluteGame (and that was initially a joint sub with @wsc.co.uk.) The first copy arrived yesterday; it’s lovingly produced and written :-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Belatedly joining the final @tansleyjames.bsky.social music challenge - #ExitMusic - today. I’ll post five final sections over each of the next five days and then a “top five” at a rate of one per day thereafter. 🧵 below…
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
With news today of the opening of the King Charles III England Coast Path, it seems opportune to say that the route passes through @thebaytrust.bsky.social #PinesGardens and we’re included as a #HiddenGem on its website too… #coastalpath www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/attrac...
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The Pines Gardens - National Trails
Visit the Pines Garden which uses both old and new models for sustainable land management and the garden has been run organically since 2002.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
These upbeat @yorkshiredales.org.uk #FIPL podcasts got a mention at last week’s @thebaytrust.bsky.social staff meeting; work on our #GenerationRestoration project (title nod to @unep.org!) was #KentDowns #FIPL aided its 1st stage & we were discussing our story; stage 2 planting happening today :-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I’ve been away from work for a week, but am looking forward to hearing from my colleagues at @thebaytrust.bsky.social - on Monday - how this event went. I knew they’d planned it well; looks like the delivery was every bit as good :-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
A bit of floral colour to start the week at @thebaytrust.bsky.social - crocuses/croci in #ThePinesGarden. Elsewhere everything from a grant funding panel to proposals for tea ceremonies are in this week’s diary…
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Given I work for a charity that has had a very modest capacity to generate some green energy for the past couple of decades, it’s probably no surprise that I find the #LocalPowerPlan to contain encouraging ambitions (including of socioeconomic nature too.) Worth a read. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Local Power Plan
The Local Power Plan ensures that communities directly benefit from the energy they help to produce.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
In the new #gardenofcuriosities exhibition (curated by @danthompson33.bsky.social) at @thebaytrust.bsky.social #PinesGarden there’s a little bit on necessary movement of populations from places destabilised by a changing climate. This article makes for timely reading alongside it IMHO.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
With all the excitement (and lovely feedback) surrounding the Cafe & Visitor Centre at #ThePinesGarden @thebaytrust.bsky.social - including the #GardenOfCuriosities exhibition - we can report work is still going on in the gardens themselves. Here’s something from behind the scenes.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
My first 2026 music challenge, the @tansleyjames.bsky.social facilitated #OrchestralManoeuvres, starts tomorrow. Songs with string arrangements, in random order. No instrumentals, so the wonderful ‘Façades’ #PhilipGlass (from ‘Glassworks’) misses out. 🧵 begins here… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasswo...
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Glassworks (composition) - Wikipedia
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If you live within a few miles of Europe’s first “cradle to cradle” designed events centre - #PinesCalyx at @thebaytrust.bsky.social - you could win free hire of it for a community event. Info below :-) #volunteering #RammedChalk #Guston #Langdon #StMargaretsBay
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
My @thebaytrust.bsky.social colleagues, working with @danthompson33.bsky.social, have done a phenomenal job in setting up The Pines Café & Visitor Centre. The story of #ThePinesGarden, the charity’s work and some very fine cakes (savoury delights available too) in one place :-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#10UpbeatPosters day 10 is @tansleyjames.bsky.social. There are numerous good music challenges to provide happy diversion on #BlueSky and James runs many that I’m not only tempted to participate in but sometimes actually do!
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
#10UpbeatPosters day 9 is @samreadbookseller.bsky.social. I only get to go here if on holiday nearby and their posts are often a reminder of good times. The music book edit is very good - I’ve bought works by @simonreynolds.bsky.social @juderogers.bsky.social & @willsergeant.com here.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
#10UpbeathPosters day 8 is @eurostarjustin.bsky.social. There’s some good rail content on #BlueSky - @everylaststation.bsky.social & @jenonthemove.com are further examples - and Justin’s often brings the “distinctly continental” home, like a good book might.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
#10UpbeatPosters day 7 is @grindrod.bsky.social. Whilst his explorations of the human dimensions in latter-half 20th century architecture & planning is an entry point, you also get subjects like Wang Junxia or the magnificence of #FrazierChorus. Fantastic!
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
#10UpbeatPosters day 6 is @brunelsbridge.bsky.social. Welcoming engagement with a truly iconic structure. A place of beauty, tragedy, art, science, romance et al. #Bristol #Clifton #SuspensionBridge #Brunel
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
#10UpbeatPosters day 5 is @radiolento.bsky.social. Sounds of places to escape to and, often, welcoming pictorial interaction too (such as the recent #LentoAdvent.)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
#10UpbeatPosters day 4 is @sulkrooms.bsky.social. I came across him via my @voltagepoetry.bsky.social account - and not only has he recently released an album called #Rewilding (inspired by the subject!) but blogs about his allotment too. The music is beautiful IMHO.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Day 3 of #10UpbeatPosters is @hedleythorne.bsky.social. Often sharing magical drone shots of sites in southern parts of these isles. I’m quite taken by #hillfigures (hence looking forward to the new book by @jonwoolcott.bsky.social!) and Hedley posts images of various of those occasionally too :-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Day 2 of #10UpbeatPosters is @glastomichelle.bsky.social. I used to work across the Somerset Levels (& Moors) and, like Burrow Mump or Brent Knoll, #Glastonbury Tor gives an elevated perspective on that landscape. Michelle posts tremendous Tor images constantly :-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
As a “New Year thing” I am, over the coming ten days, going to share / promote 10 #BlueSky accounts that I think make this platform a good place to spend time. #10UpbeatPosters is the hashtag. @danthompson33.bsky.social is the first; #beavers #books #rewilding #seasidetowns & much more besides…
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Something to look out for at @thebaytrust.bsky.social in early 2026 :-) In case you are wondering, the #wildflowers in the photo are among a planter that is actually part of a building designed by #ChristopherWren - it’s been at #ThePinesGarden since the 1970s!
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Nice article on the #RoofOfEnglandWalk here. Something to try in future. Also good to see the #UNESCO #Geopark mentioned; in my day job at @thebaytrust.bsky.social we have one of the Geosites in the “applicant” Trans-Manche/Cross-Channel Geopark. @northpennines.bsky.social
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The Bay Trust @thebaytrust.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Did you know? The Pines Garden is owned and cared for by The Bay Trust, a local environmental education charity, and that so much of what we do is possible thanks to our wonderful volunteers! 💚 If you’d like to get your hands in the soil and join our friendly team, we’d love to hear from you! 🌱
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Attended the London part of #Communicate2025, for @thebaytrust.bsky.social, today. Fascinating insight on research and/or in stories shared by @climateoutreach.bsky.social @greensolitaire.bsky.social @green-alliance.org.uk & @89up.org among the highlights. Time spent well.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
At this @outdoor-learning.bsky.social conference for @thebaytrust.bsky.social today. Excellent session from @drpatmaher.bsky.social on outdoor learning research, including a nice nod to the work of @ltlnews.bsky.social.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Hugely helpful to chat with Rhys Furlong, from @uninorthampton.bsky.social, earlier today on his #allotments #research. It triggered a few ideas for possible future work by @thebaytrust.bsky.social that may just make it to our 2026-29 plans :-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Really sad news that @mrmarchant.bsky.social has passed away. ‘Parallel Lines’ remains one of the most entertaining books I’ve ever read. I wrote to Ian, out of the blue, to say how good it was and had a tremendous reply about three days later. Rest in peace. #railwaybooksnotliterature IYKYK ;-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Some promo! @danthompson33.bsky.social was in with us at @thebaytrust.bsky.social yesterday, working on our #PinesGardensIn30Objects project. He’ll be in #Margate on Thursday, hosting a conversation with @holsmith.bsky.social on her ‘Up In The Air’ book. You’d never guess I studied town planning…
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
November’s musical diversion is the @tansleyjames.bsky.social enabled #90sTop30. My choices will be in the thread 🧵 below. One song per artiste and, this time, in alphabetical order by composition. As with #80sTop30, feel free to comment…
Part of the front sleeve of Cocteau Twins’ album ‘Heaven or Las Vegas.’ The image features a largely pink/red background in the lower 60% of the image with a blue above this. Arcing across those backgrounds are a series of illuminated lights, akin to firework trails, in various hues of yellow, gold, pink, purple and white.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Good praise for my gardening and #volunteer colleagues at @thebaytrust.bsky.social here. The dead hedge in our #GenerationRestoration area is coming along nicely, whilst the #PinesCalyx roof mowing reminds me I have a case study to send to @asbpuk.bsky.social soon! @unep.org
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