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The mistakes of others
It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s even better to learn from other people’s ones. (Warren Buffet) [1500 words, 6 mins
Aug 20
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Ronald Turnbull
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Exit Pursued by Bear
Timon of Athens and Tim of Alaska: different ways of dying in the wilderness [1500 words 6 mins
Aug 13
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Ronald Turnbull
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Keats climbs Ben Nevis
John Keats climbed Ben Nevis on 2nd August 1818, and wrote not one but two poems about it. Both of the poems are a bit silly. [1400 words, 5 mins
Aug 5
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Ronald Turnbull
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July 2025
Emily Bronte and the Bog Burst of 1824
A near-death experience for two little girls may have helped inspire 'Wuthering Heights'. [1800 words 7 mins
Jul 30
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Ronald Turnbull
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A boulder and a boulderer
Brought out of the mountains by a glacier to become the only 17b boulder-climb in southern England [short story 1500 words 6 mins
Jul 23
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Ronald Turnbull
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Gertrude Bell and the Finsteraarhorn
Diplomat, spy, photographer, activist, archeologist: oh, and she also put up a few interesting routes in the Alps. [2400 words, 10 mins
Jul 16
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Ronald Turnbull
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The Salt Path and author contract 'warranties'
I've signed more than two dozen author contracts. The clauses about untrue and harmful statements are fearsome.
Jul 9
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Ronald Turnbull
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The finest bit of Lakeland Writing so far
For any freelancer writing stuff about the Lake District hills today, it’s hard not to be intimidated by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The Moss…
Jul 9
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Ronald Turnbull
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Watching waterfalls
A waterfall portfolio: paintings, prints and photographs all (water-) source material for last week’s ‘why watch waterfalls’.
Jul 2
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Ronald Turnbull
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June 2025
What’s with these waterfalls?
For well over 1000 years, we’ve been chasing around after falling water. So what’s so special about noise, frothy whiteness, and getting wet with the…
Jun 25
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Ronald Turnbull
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Celebrating the Cairngorms
Preparing the final reprint for my 2008 Cairngorms guidebook [800 words 4 min
Jun 18
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Ronald Turnbull
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Annapurna 1950 vs Everest 1953
This week sees the 75th anniversary of the French ascent of Annapurna. But we're British (well, I am)... [1000 words: 5 min
Jun 11
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Ronald Turnbull
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