iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@frankrennie.bsky.social Right up your street, with language, story telling and a bird. There is a link in the editor's notes at the end which will open up a warren😉

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank you for giving me an interesting start to the day.

Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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I am bloody proud to be an #RNLI supporter and member! These brilliant men and women have quite enough to cope with without being harassed by the scum of the earth. Their only concern is to help people in danger at sea - not check passports first! Which is how it should be. Please RT if you agree🙏

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The Vetch was the name of the football ground where Swansea originally played. Maybe named after this plant?

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Avoiding tropical nights 😅 was a consideration when we moved to the Outer Hebrides🌧️

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Many happy memories of a week mapping in the snow, on the northern flanks of Schiehallion. April, 50 years ago, a structural geology mapping assessment before our final exams😵 We also stopped to admire that commemorative plaque.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Like our front garden, (no ferns though), in the Isle of Lewis.

Purple marsh orchids with yellow buttercups in a lawn in the Isle of Lewis

A mass of yellow buttercups with quite numerous purple marsh orchids in a lawn.

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Luckily I never encountered that opportunity, so we had to lug the sediment sampling kit, up the streams ourselves💪.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Was a volunteer in the BGS geochemical survey team which sampled that area in the 1970s.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Still running Quicken at home on a Winsows XP desktop.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Inside the neighbouring Leacanabuaile ring fort.

Two people stand inside the remains of a stone building inside an Irish ring fort called Leacanabuaile.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Inside Cahergal - stepped walls provide easy access to top for defenders.

Two people have climbed to the top of the inside wall of this ancient Irish ring fort, using the stepped construction.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Same in the Outer Hebrides - virtually no rain. The strong and cold easterly wind does make for some spectacular breaking waves with the spray being blown backwards.

A large wave is breaking with a fine white cloud of spray being blown backwards by a strong wind.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Is there any riebeckite granite on the island? A very long time ago I was taught that the blue pleochroic amphibole in the curling stones from there was riebeckite.

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I wonder if the uppermost hinge is part of a thrust related drag fold, which post dates the other near isoclinal fold. There looks to be dislocation in the top right quadrant of the photo.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Beautiful example of undulose extinction in that little fish - I really miss having a microscope😞

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This looks like one of the stones at Callanish on the Isle of Lewis. It is a fine example of Lewisian gneiss, but hides a secret on the other side😉

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

And a Happy New Year to you as well. May your lenses remain dust free😀

Kim Cobb @kimcobb.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

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It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

These are very common in the Outer Hebrides where I live, known as "runrigs" or "lazy beds". Frustratingly they are so common that I haven't bothered to photograph any examples🤦‍♂️ I believe remnants can be found throughout the British Isles.

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I have done a few photo books in the last couple of years which is a good way of selecting the most important digital photos from amongst the thousands I have on my computer.

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

During COVID times l digitised all my photos and those I inherited from my parents. I can't bring myself to throw out the hard copy prints though.

The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

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🏆Win🏆the perfect Christmas 🎄 gift for a stones enthusiast: STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year) To win a signed (and dedicated if you like) copy of both books… 1/

Win a copy of STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO
THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year)

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I used to just varnish the cut surface on the best looking "half".

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

We haven't established enough windbreaks yet and our fruit trees are still young. Storm Floris stripped our outdoor beans and spuds😱

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

The plum harvest😋 is one of the few things I miss, having moved from Enderby to the Outer Hebrides.

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

In the skiing season they take their arguments to Slovenia, which provides endless entertainment in the queues for the ski tows.

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Yup, finishing off my son's Slovenian horse burger was an unexpected highlight of our holiday 🤣

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The city built upon Slovenian oak?

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

A very popular choice on the Student Association jukebox (remember those?), back in the early 70s at Dundee. Unfortunately I can't find my copy of the "Best of Mountain" LP, but I remember it being a favourite of mine.

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

The Lewisian, (part of the Pre-Cambrian), is named after the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and the Caledonian mountain chain is named after the Latin name for Scottish Highlands.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I saw my first rhyolite in Glen Coe😃⚒️

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Geology people who do we you know in Edinburgh so that we can connect and go to Siccar point together. Do your thing social media!!!

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

One of my favourite Scottish mountains with fantastic Dalradian geology on the northern flanks.

The snow covered triangular peak of Schiehallion on a bright spring day.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I moved to the Isle of Lewis to get away from the heatwaves😅🤦‍♂️

Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Yes😀 Taken there, in the mid 70s, as an interesting historical diversion whilst on a geological field trip around Ben Lawers and Glen Lyon.

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Pete Bowden @peterlbowden1.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I knew if I kept watching your posts for long enough I would get an identification for these beautiful flowers spotted near Mealasta slipway😀

Bright yellow flowers amongst the grass on the headland north of Mealasta slipway, west coast of the Isle of Lewis.
Look like the Bog Asphodel, (Blioch in Gaelic), in a recent post by Frank Rennie.