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@rainbowrichard.bsky.social
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Gazing up at the stars. Laying on the banks of a river watching the clouds drift by. The sunshine after the rain. 🏳️‍🌈 Yorkshire, of course.

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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Last walk 👋
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Tonight’s walk. Sheep were really noisy. Anyone would think they were being murdered. Actually, thinking about it, maybe they were. Their lambs might have been taken away 😭 I did have a very delicious piece of lamb from the farm shop the other day 🙈
Wooded mini valley in the moorland hillside. There must be a proper name for these I would imagine. Another mini valley in the grassy hillside. Old mill in background.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Today’s haul. Starting to get a bit sick of courgettes though…
Yellow courgettes and French beans on my worktop
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Today’s walk. Heather now in full bloom so definitely a dry, late summer vibe.
Path by stream framed by trees. Early sunset sky. A path through heather moorland. Heather in full bloom. Reservoir in distance, trees, fields and hills in background. Green field in foreground. How?? Dry fields on hills in background. Hedge in middle.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Back home for tonight’s walk
Sheep fields and hills. Bright but cloudy skySunset over the parched moorland grass.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Cheeky Sunday night away
My ugly mug behind a giant sea food platter.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I accidentally called my mother yesterday. Is it wrong of me not to tell her I didn’t do it on purpose so she thinks I did actually want to talk to her??
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I know there’s another heatwave coming next week but I had a nice man come today to give me wood. So I think we’re almost prepared enough for winter now…
An enormous store of wood logs in our cellar. Wood burning stove, fireplace and logs stacked up by the side.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Today’s walk and picnic in the “proper” dales - my secret favourite one in fact. River was dry 😔
Grassy Yorkshire DaleDry river bed, hills in distanceDry river bed, trees and even bigger hills in distanceDry river bed with one single puddle in it. Trees either side.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Today’s morning walk at the parents. Train home now.
A tree lined pathway. Normally this is so muddy it’s like a swamp. Thistles and a field of ripe barley. Cloudy sky. Looks moodier in the photo than it was when we were there. A giant dragonfly on a half dead plant.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
At the parents tonight so of course the wine comes out at 5:30. Not that I’m complaining too much. Happy Friday!
Me holding a glass of rose wine in a typical English suburban garden.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Had a long weekend in the Lake District at the weekend. Here’s a few random pics.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Copilot just abbreviated my name to “Rich”. The absolute cheek of it 😤
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
9am dentist appointment. Naturally I’ve set off far too early thinking there would be loads of traffic and…. there was none… At least it’s warm and sunny, even in Yorkshire.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Today’s walk. Warm but cloudy.
A well trodden path through a grassy common. Trees and hills in background. Rocky outcrop top right. Meadows, dry stone walls and hills in background, rough track running up the hill. Well trodden path through woodland.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I would have expected better from The Times. One of my bugbears.
An excerpt from Times Online with the wrong spelling of “their”
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It’s the weekend. It’s still summer. Today’s walk. 😊
A calf very close to the camera, peering over a dry stone wallA horse in a field. Hills in backgroundBlue sky, slightly cloudy above a reservoir and hills Cloudy but blue sky above a grassy field, dry stone walls and trees.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Bright and breezy walk from the station to the office along the canal today. Amazing how a city centre can sustain these creatures. There was also a lady jogger saying good morning to everyone she ran past which dementia brightens the day even more.
Two geese, one unfortunately with its bum towards the camera, the other gracefully looking at the camera and their gosling say by the canal towpath. Barge on the water just on the edge of the frame. Two cygnets, almost adult sized by now, one gracefully swimming, the other scratching itself rather undignifiedly, swimming along the canal. Wildflowers on bank in foreground.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today’s warm and humid walk. Got back just in time as the heavens opened.
Small valley, old mill chimney in distance. Trees either side. Grassy field. Thought I saw a hare in here but now I’m not so sure. It could just have been a big fat rabbit. Reservoir and a clump of trees. Moorland hills in background.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Complimentary night in a posh hotel. Fortunately for you I have spared you photos of me in the sauna and hot tub. Dinner time now.
Hotel room sauna Hotel room hot tub
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Very hot and very sweaty walk today. Farmers making hay while the sun shines. A very rare occurrence in Yorkshire.
Field of freshly mown hay, moorland hills in the background. Sheep, reservoir and hills in distance. Moorland and hills. Bright blue sky above. Close up of dusty dirt track heading into the distance.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Forgot to post yesterday’s walk. Almost into Lancashire 😱
Formal Country House gardens. Trees in background. Parkland with trees. Looking over towards Manchester 😱 The hills and fields of Derbyshire and Yorkshire
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Tonight’s walk. Curlews were noisy; not sure what I’d done to upset them.
Meadow, dry stone walls, trees, hills in background. Curlew flying in a blue, slightly cloudy sky above moorland hills. Track through moorland, bright blue slightly cloudy sky. Lamb on the aforementioned track.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Today’s lunchtime walk via the late postbox to get the Father’s Day card in the post. Probably still too late 🙄
Bushes, dry stone wall, grassland, trees and hills in the background. Grassland, trees and hills in the background. Looking the other way.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
A gentle stroll today as I had Him Indoors with me. Swinging past the farm shop to get some goodies.
Close up of meadow with the hills in the far background. Friendly horseFriendly alpaca
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Finally stopped raining. Today’s walk.
Tree lined track. Blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Towards t’village. Meadows, hills and trees. Village somewhere in the dip.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Finished the last of my Easter Eggs this afternoon 😋
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Edinburgh office again this week so limited walks. Here are some photos as I speed through Northumberland on the train home.
Shrubs through the train window. Mini rainbow through the train window, trees and fields.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Today’s walk including a very rare selfie of my ugly mug.
My ugly mug, trees in background. River and treesLake, trees and parkland in backgroundLake, willow trees on the waterside. Very faint Fountains Abbey in the far distance.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Today’s walk was supposed to be just a quick one between downpours but it stayed dry and I got carried away and walked miles. I of course was dressed for winter 😰 The sun even came out for the last part! Him Indoors hardly noticed I’d gone 🙄 Could have been lying in a ditch.
An ancient Yorkshire stone path leading to a small wooden footbridge. Grass in foreground, heather in background. A wren perched on an ancient lichen covered footpath signpost. Bracken in foreground, forest in background. Bronte waterfallsBright sunny blue sky over a meadow.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Today’s end of the week walk. Far too many office days this week so few posts this week. I could always keep you up to date on the swan babies on the canal outside work. 🦢
Flowers, trees and hills. Flowers and trees. No hills.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Today’s walk
Meadows and trees. Path through woodland
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
End of the working week walk
Meadows trees and hillsGrey horse More meadows trees and hills
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Early morning walk while it’s trying to be a bit cooler.
Cows and calves. I’ll be eating them soon. Trees, dry stone walls and hills. My village hidden in the dip amongst the trees. Dry stone wall and reservoir. Heather covered hills in the distance. Trees and hills. Little valley.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
After the (personal) events of last night, I feel the need to share this. Credit Denis Lushch
“Careful mate, that foreigner wants your cookie” A white man and a black man sitting on either side of a table. The white man has a plate with one cookie on it, and the black man has none. In the middle is a man who represents someone who wants to keep people divided
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Back to Spring thankfully for today’s walk. Love the bright colours round here in May and June, the meadows full of flowers. August is nice when the heather is flowering purple but August means the summer is nearly over and that makes me sad.
Bright green trees and fields and hillsBright green fields and hills and dry stone walls
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Today’s walk. Back to cold and wet Yorkshire.
Calves in a meadowFields, a lone cow distance and hills. And rain. Lots of rain.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Today’s walk
Greek amphitheatre in the mountainsMore ruins in the mountainsTrees and mountainsTree and mountains
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Today’s walk in the hot sun ☀️
MosqueUnderground basilicaTrees in a parkCat under a chair in a restaurant
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Ball number 2
Me in a masquerade costume
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
“Dance like no one is watching”. Think Cunard should pay me for keeping their dance floors going.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Cocktail o’clock
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Today’s walk / run.
View of the sea from a cruise ship gym treadmill.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Couple of days rail trip. Not sure who thought it was a good idea for a 6amBST/7amCET train…. 🥱
Grumpy Richard on an early morning TGVFields, trees and hills through the train window. Track, bushes and hills through the train window. Trees and hills through the train window.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In Edinburgh office again this week so not many chances for walks. Here is a view from a treadmill in the hotel gym instead. Be thankful I have spared you a photo of me ON the treadmill….
A view through the window of the hotel gym. A few trees visible.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This afternoon’s walk. The theme today was snakes, though rather ironically, the slow worm was too quick to get a photo. And yes, I know they are technically legless lizards rather than snakes🦎🍸
Big old reservoir surrounded by trees. Yellow flowers in the foregroundFir trees in background, gorse dripping in yellow flowers in the foreground. Greylag geese and their goslings on the reservoir. An adder on the grassy path.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Today’s early evening walk. It was BOILING! I sat on my pontification rock for the first time this year where I sit and Breathe and Just Be. Despite what some of you think, I can slow down and stop occasionally.
View from my Pontification Rock. Track in foreground, Heather covered hills in the background. Reservoir, trees and hills. Reservoir not as full as a few weeks ago 😬 Sheep on stony track. Blue sky. If you zoom in and look carefully there is a buzzard in this photo.
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Today’s lunchtime walk. Lovely and sunny but a bit nippy still.
Sunshine and hillsSunshine and more hills. Heather covered this time. Heather and rough grassland and trees and hills in the distanceA path through trees. More hills in the far distance
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Morning walk today
Valley with old mill in the distanceSheep in a field, trees on horizon
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Richard @rainbowrichard.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Happy Valley walk today
Wooded Valley. Bright blue sky. Woodland. There is a greater spotted woodpecker in this photo if you look carefully. Wild ponies in a grassy field in a wooded valley.
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