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Patsy Collins

@patsycollins.bsky.social
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Writer of cosy mysteries, other novels, and short stories. Travels in a campervan, eats cake and drinks tea a lot. Also gardens and photographs stuff. patsycollins.co.uk

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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Teatime view from the mobile writing retreat. #travellingwriter
View of Tewkesbury Abbey, from campervan window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Current view from my office window. I'd tag this #amwriting, but #amdrinkingwineandlookingatthesunset is a lot more honest.
Berry laden rowan tree (very few witches here!) in front of fiery sunset.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I don't use AI to write my short stories and novels. Please consider reading them, or others written by actual humans, rather than those which not even the 'authors' thought were worth spending time on.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
My French isn't very good. Does this say 'lovely spot for a picnic'? #travellingwriter
Sign saying 'ZONE DE DANGER WORTEL'
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Breakfast view from the mobile writing retreat. #travellingwriter
Looking down onto Dover ferry port, from inside campervan.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
More puffins! (You can't have too much of a good thing, can you?)
Several perched puffinsFlying puffinSwimming puffinJust standing there puffin
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Some days, you need a few puffins.
Three puffins just wandering about.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Walking on water.
Puffins taking off from the sea
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
One upright guillemot looking at a group of sitting birs. Caption reads, Now class, pay attention please!
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Final views of Islay from the mobile writing retreat #travellingwriter
huge deserted sandy beacha rainbow over the sea, seen from campervan windowsand dune seen from campervan windowsand dune, sandy beach, sea and distant hill
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
A few more views of Islay from the mobile writing retreat #travellingwriter
rainbow over deserted beach and sea seen from campervan windowSmall cove, blue sea and sky seen from campervan windowsand dune, deserted beach, distant hillssandy beach with small waves breaking on rocks a short way out to sea
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
When you're spending the night within sight of the distillery, their produce seems an appropriate sundowner in the mobile writing retreat. #Travellingwriter
Sunset over the sea, seen from campervan windowMini bottle of 18 year old Bowmore single malt
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A 'find somewhere to park, I want to see those!' view from the mobile writing retreat. #travellingwriter
A bunch of wild goats with impressive horns, sitting on the side of the road, seen from campervan window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Breakfast view from the mobile writing retreat. #Travellingwriter View of hills, a small beach and turquoise sea from campervan window
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I really like our mobile writing retreat – but apparently not as much as these furry fellas. They were licking it and rubbing themselves against the van!
sheep seen from the window of a campervanmore sheep seen from the window of a campervan
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Cup of tea time (when isn't it?) view from the mobile writing retreat. #travellingwriter
View of an empty sandy beach, blue sea and sky and part of Islay, seen from campervan window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Dinner time view from the mobile writing retreat. #Travellingwriter
View from campervan window showing gorse bush, sany beach, calm blue sea and distant mountains.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Exciting views from the mobile writing retreat #travellingwriter
View from campervan window showing we're about to board an empty ferryView from campervan window showing we're boarding an empty ferry
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Afternoon tea in the mobile writing retreat. Apologies for the pallor of the tea! #travellingwriter
Pot of tea, two weak mugs of tea, scones with lots of cream and jam, and an Empire biscuit, on campervan table, with view of Arran through windowView of a beach, Kilbrannan Sound, and Arran, seen through campervan window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Evening view from the mobile writing retreat. #travellingwriter
Sunset over reeds, grassy slops, the sea and distant view of Jura, seen through campervan window
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Afternoon tea view from the mobile writing retreat. It's been a good year for bluebells, hasn't it? #travellingwriter
Trees casting dappled shade on bluebells, seen from windscreen of campervan
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Not a bad spot to park the mobile writing retreat. The neighbours are quiet and the morning alarm is very effective! #travellingwriter
Two red legged partridge, seen from campervan windowMale pheasant, flapping wings and making an alarm call, right outside campervan window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I do like it when we park the mobile writing retreat where, if you've got good eyesight and not too many tress are in the way, you can see standing stones. #travellingwriter
Distant view, partly obscured by twigs, of standing stones in Kilmartin Glen
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The dinnertime view from the mobile writing retreat is very Scottish! #travellingwriter
Hills, trees and a rainbow, seen through rain spattered campervan window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Morning teabreak view from the writing retreat. There were loads of bluebells, which I mostly managed to miss getting in the shot. #travellingwriter
Close view of trees, plus a few bluebells, seen from rear window of campervan.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Breakfast view from the mobile writing retreat #travellingwriter
A calm loch, with sunlit trees and hill, seen from campervan window
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Dinner time view from the mobile writing retreat. #travellingwriter Cheers!
Dramatic light on trees edging a loch  - with 'foreground interest' of a couple of glasses of red wine, inside campervan.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Lunchtime view from the mobile writing retreat. #travellingwriter (and bonus close up of the kitchen tap!)
Tree with bright spring foliage, glimpse of a loch, fluffy clouds and blue sky, seen from campervan kitchen window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Lunchtime view from the mobile writing retreat #travellingwriter
A woodland with new spring foliage, seen from campervan kitchen window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
We've had a lovely few days visiting cousins (VERY well looked after!) and are now off on our travels in the mobile writing retreat again. #travellingwriter
The Shipbuilders statue at Port Glasgow, seen from campervan window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Evening view from the mobile writing retreat, and what we saw when we went for an after dinner stroll. #travelingwriter
Sunset through tree silhouettes, seen from campervan windowRainbow over Largs marina
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Dinnertime view from the mobile writing retreat. #travellingwriter
View of grassland and hills from rearview mirror.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Breakfast view from the mobile writing retreat. The rain had stopped before the kettle boiled and we looked round the castle in sunshine. #travellingwriter
Caerlaverock Castle seen through a rain spattered campervan windscreen.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Morning view from the mobile writing retreat - and one of the locals who came to check us out. #travellingwriter
Golden morning sunlight and reeds seen from campervan windowIndistinct view of small deer (muntjack?) in reeds beside river, seen from campervan window
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Evening view from the mobile writing retreat. #TravellingWriter
Sunset on the Nith estuary seen from campervan window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
A favourite view from the mobile writing retreat #travellingwriter
Welcome to Scotland sign, seen from campervan windscreen (passenger side!)
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Very sunny afternoon view from the mobile writing retreat. #travellingwriter
Moorland, golden in the late afternoon sun, seen through campervan window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Dinnertime view from the mobile writing retreat. #travellingwriter
View of hill behind leafless trees, seen from campervan window.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I'd like to share a little of the garden with you.
Muscari Fantasy CreationTulip 'Ollioules'tulip orange van eijkIris blue magic
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Tulip tsunami!
Mixed tulips in red, orange and yellow'Red Impression' tulipsPink tulip Lilac WonderYellow edged, deep red tulip 'Abu Hassan'.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Terrific tulips
Two striped orange tulipsA single deep red, almost black tulipA delicate peachy orange tulipA white tulip
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
At @thebookshop1933.bsky.social
Poster for Crime literary festival 28th March The Bookshop, Lee-on-the-Solent
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Crime books by Patsy Colins.
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
More spring flowers in the garden today
pulmonaria blue ensignveronica spilling from raised bed with hellebores and primroses belowtulips and hellebores growing in grass
pink bergenia
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Spring flowers in my garden today.
snowflakemuscariLoropetalum chinense var. rubrum
hellebores edging a stepping stone path
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Do you like my cute book shaed QR code?
QR code, resembling a book, for patsycollins.co.uk
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Spring has already sprung in my garden! #flowers
Purple crocusMixed hellebores (grown from seed)Tete a tete daffodils and libertia peregrinansPurple striped crocus
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Snowdrops at Kingston Lacy.
Delicate, slender petalled snowdropComplex double snowdropWhite and yellow snowdropA 'sea' of snowdrops under trees
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Simply splendid snowdrops #flowers
galanthus elwesiigalanthus nivalis flore plenogalanthus nivalisgalanthus elwesii
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Patsy Collins @patsycollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Happy hellebores! #flowers
Early purple single helleboreDouble yellow helleboreDouble white hellebore with pink spotssingle apple blossom hellebore
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