One of those swims'. Hoped for 1000m+ but managed 688 before staggering out. Leaky goggle, too cold, technique all shit (blaming the gardening 🤣) Off to dry off and tomorrow's another day #marathonswimming #enduranceswim #lakedistrict #lakelife

Beautiful view

Live-ish from Lake Windermere. 28 mins in the bag. AMAZING I'm swimming the Cumbrian coast in September to raise money for Growing Well (link in comments) #enduranceswim #marathonswimming #lakewindermere #lakedistrict

So how is Spain doing? U.S.- Half Spain’s unemployment rate x2 infant mortality x5 people in prison 15 x overdose rate Spain- Functional literacy +20% Life expectancy +5 years % of GDP spent on healthcare: 70% of US 30% lower cost of living #RadioFreeAmerica #politics

Intrigued by this. I dont think i have ever been bitten by a bird 🤔

Does anyone know of a decent couch to 5k programme? 🤣 (Long way from all those 'short runs' of 10k a lifetime ago) Did my pt after the run! Swimming on the other hand isnt going so well #couchto2k #jogging #marathonswimming #soltosil

IMMENSE amble half a mile from home as t'crow flies (or more if it's scaring a buzzard off)

Them gorillas know how to live

Denmark didn’t “transition” its grid—it replaced it. ~15% → 92% renewable electricity in 25 years. Wind did the heavy lifting. Solar is scaling. Interconnection balanced. Flexibility solved variability. Wind built it. Solar is scaling. Fossil lost it. This IS system replacement. ⚡#Bettrification

Well thats horrific news...

Moved house in October and winter has not been without challenges. However....

Just had a shroomgasm. LOOK AT THEM! Cant decide if theyre better than the amethyst deceiver or not. What an absolute beaut

#ForestFriday some inkcaps growing out of any ivy stump thats emerging from a drystone wall

Beauty and the beast (it's not, theyre both beauties)

What can you find flowering in woodland? That’s the challenge this week from Wildflowerhour! Post your finds using the hashtag #WoodlandPlants for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm. Happy flower-hunting!

What excellent words

Within 200 metres of home. The beauty of nature - life and death 😔

Maaaaaaaan! Watching the live stream yesterday was incredible. Recommended watching, especially the absolute glee of the science team ins mission control and the commentary from the astronauts. Such a positive watch

I hate having to do the "look, they're normal just like us" post, but sometimes you have to do that when American propaganda tries to convince everyone Iranians are "animals".

To counter the madness from the idiot orange across the pond, some linguistic delight from Adam

What Lev said. Incredible watching this! #ArtemisII

After the hares read, this has now ruined my day

Amazing reading! Especially about the introduction of hares, rabbits and chickens to Britain 🤯

Pure happiness ❤️

Reminds me of 'You are here' In the hitchhikers guide Thats this afternoons reading sorted Cheers #StormDave

Pilot training is going well. Thanks for asking

Give a million monkeys a million typewriters and a million years and this year still wouldnt emerge in a script that wasnt covered in monkey faeces

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Top day seeing l'al sis and the Cumberland/Westmorland wrestling exhibition at Grizedale! Including some amazing stuff from mates @chrisroutledge.bsky.social @lizziwake.bsky.social!

Top day seeing l'al sis and the Cumberland/Westmorland wrestling exhibition at Grizedale! Including some amazing stuff from mates @chrisroutledge.bsky.social @lizziwake.bsky.social!

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

As daughter said recently 'I feel like I live in a fantasy romance novel. Less so on the days when the wind and rain are howling up the valley!

ACTUAL SUNSHINE IN THE LAKES! Wish i'd hung my wetsuit out last night too #enduranceswim #marathonswimming #charityswim

Essential for drying wet kit. Well it would be if it ever stopped raining... #cmonsta #swimming #charityswim #enduranceswim (Sound up for excellent bird tweetage)

So looking forward to re-living the Jelly Terror. I'm off the mark thanks to Kathys sponsorship! 4 September from St Bees. Top water safety support from Emma lined up ready to rock. You can sponsor me at the link below. Much love www.justgiving.com/page/soltosil2

Help me recreate the happiest moment of my life - sat in a Workington car park (near Slag Bank 🤣). Fundraising link is in my bio. Help me get the pennies rolling in for Growing Well to motivate me to get in cold dark lakes #enduranceswim #fundraising #charityswim

Regular followers will be used to these... the start of swim training for my effort to swim the Cumbrian coastline starting 4 Sep. About 50 miles from St Bees to Walney Begging for sponsorship soon! It is very much SINGLE figures in that lake... #enduranceswim #fundraising #soltosil #charityswim

@lakesstiles.bsky.social you been writing on your styluses again (Styli? Stylusi? Getting lost in that and forgetting my joke sorry)

Brilliant. Love responses like this

A little barrel jellyfish. Looks harmless enough but TERRIFYING when you swim into it or Daddy floats past you as youre 1/2 mile off the West coast Coming soon, the chance to sponsor me in my battle to conquer just one of my fears of the deep #enduranceswim #fundraising #soltosil #jellyfish

For fans of endurance swimming. Here's day 1 post swim number 1 of my Solway to Silverdale in 2023 Starting again Sept 4th. Sponsorship link coming soon, dig deep now & save those pennies to motivate me to train! If you fancy helping me out drop me a shout! #soltosil #fundraising #enduranceswim

Love this!

Firing up my socials after a sabbatical Restarting my Solway to Silverdale swim on 4 Sept from St Bees. Anything up to 50 miles. Can you help at all?? Expect the usual begging, sponsorship requests, sobbing that training is hard...

Look at the horns on THEM

Imagine the worst tourist attraction you've never been to. A mining museum, petting zoo, gift shop, and café, mixed with some mild peril and a dollop of Welsh weather. Welcome to Valley World. There are no warthogs, it's a spelling mistake.

Just incredible.

@lakesstiles.bsky.social just got this in an email. I recognise that swank...

Incredible!

Awful news about a brilliant, lovely feller