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Redesdale Border Walk

This weekend I took a walk high above Redesdale, an area notorious for lawless border reivers up to the 1600s.

Williams Cleuch Pines

I drove across Redesdale and the Wannies today to Kielder Forest, to look at a handful of very special trees..

Around Edlingham

We went out today to look at a handful of neat historical things in the hills and woods around Edlingham, in Northumberland.

Rory’s Still

A fine morning to walk out again in Upper Coquetdale and find the last of the extant illicit stills, this time Rory’s Still by the Usway Burn.

Has the cat been fed?

If, like me, you have a cat, you will be aware that they’re very good at persuading you that they’ve not had breakfast yet, even though you could swear you j...

Arduino Car Counter

While talking about electronics at work, my colleague mentioned a car counter he’d bought for a large sum of money that never really worked. I had the idea t...

Home Assistant

Home Assistant runs on a Raspberry Pi and can control most modern Smart Home devices, plus a whole load more you can make yourself.

Intro

I’m a coastal ecologist specialising in seabirds (particularly large gulls, like Herring and Lesser Black-backed gulls) with an interest in tech, small board...