Brendan Paddy

@bjpaddy.bsky.social

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Looking to make the outdoors for everyone as director of Ramblers Scotland but these are personal views. Expect pics of walks, posts on politics/world news, risidual overseas aid and guest appearances by a small hairy murderer named Pixie.

Tree lined pedestrian and cyclist path in sunshine & shade

"Glenmore Lodge is within the evacaution area for the ongoing fire in our local area.

Please do not travel to the area and follow official advice from Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, and be patient with staff while the ongoing situation is managed appropriately"

Man in black vest riding in a city street with cobbled road and large trees

Narrow cobbled historic street in shade with people sitting out and a woman riding a bike, blue sky above

Awning & sign for Betsies kookwinkel - a cookware shop in Utrecht

A huge line of parked bicycles - almost all 'shoppers' with an historic city skyline behind

Beside a tree-lined canal with a cobbled path there is a black sign with white text in Dutch & English on a railing saying in summary that this is a historic area and visitors should beware of the uneven paving caused by the tree roots

Picture of noodles with vegetables in a red chilli sauce

still from the game Firewatch - chunky stylised graphics, a man's hands are visible with a radio handset in the left and a orange plastic trowel int the right. The is a roll of toilet paper on a tree trunk in the brown dirt in front of him

Bright, clear blue sky over Edinburgh city scape with Arthur's Seat on the right and a few low clouds over the Firth of Forth in Fife in the centre

Pictogram showing highs of 39 c Weds/Thurs

Small old fashioned cinema auditorium with decorative white plasterwork, red wall panels and orange table lamps

Dark grey sea with silver grey highlights on the horizon under a dramatic sky full of layers of grey and white clouds

National Rail webpage suggesting users consult the site formally known as twitter for updates

Picture of the side of a worn brown hiking boot

Grey rain in an intense patch under a white cloud over the sea

Cyclists including children facing away from the camera heading down the stone 'setts' of the Royal Mile surrounded by historic buildings

Happy people on bikes

Film poster for dus bunny

dark water of a woodland stream pouring over rocks and surrounded by trees and branches in green leaf

Hail on wooden deck

Beermat for Barney's beer 'Pickle?' a cucumber and dill gose (sour beer with wild yeast)

Light and shade on a low range of hills that fills the horizon above historic city rooftops under a blue sky with scattered grey clouds

Large picture of a New Zealand landscape with a sandy beach, hills and sea under spotlights and vertical sound baffling panels

Six month line graph of the performance of a global share index which shows markets have recovered from the dip caused by the start of the war in the middle east and are now higher than ever

Small standing stone on a large plinth with a metal plaque containing the information mentioned in the post. There are trees and grass behind and blue skies above

Tall trunks of trees topped by clusters of foliage, through which the sky can be glimpsed, sometimes blue sometimes white with cloud

Big rock with grass covered dune and a black sandwich beach

A harbour view under a grey mackerel sky. There is a city in the foreground, the two small hills on an isthmus in the middle and low volcanic cone on the horizon

Auckland city from above with it's distinctive-ish needle tower in front of the harbour, under a grey mackerel sky

Small waterfall empties into a grey green opaque pool surrounded by trees and ferns

Should I pay attention to Richard Dawkins flowchart 1) Richard Dawkins said something 2) what was he talking about? 3) evolutionary biology - yes 4) anything else - no

A rocky bay surrounded by trees seen from above. The water is blue-grey and the sky is light blue with light grey clouds

Large eels in murky fresh water that have thick heads with fins just behind the heads and long bodies with top and bottom fins

A rocky bay surrounded by trees seen from above. The water is blue-grey and the sky is light blue with light grey clouds

NASA Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch stands behind Trump as he claims, due to his pathetic insecurity & narcissism, that he could have been an astronaut. She is not smiling.

Orange sunset over a estuarine reef with trees in the foreground and on a point in the distance

Hazy orange beer in a glass on a wooden table next to an orange can. Sunset over water in the background

Half a dozen oblong green fruit on a chopping board with a silver chopping knife and teaspoon. One of the fruits is cut in half, showing a creamy white interior with an almost star shaped pattern of seeds

Picture of a road lined with cars and trees with powerlines above. There is mist hazing the soft dawn colours as the road seems to stretch to the horizon

Orange sunset over mangroves with a clear blue sky

Image from the Times showing a gamekeeper in tweed and cap dragging a dead deer through a tussocky landscape with a hill and lochan behind. Text: Drive to cull thousands more deer risks leaving 'empty glens'

Blue line graph showing a complete recovery of the global stock markets from the declines caused by the US & Israeli attacks on Iran and the Iranian response (graph source is private but this is a diverse global stock market fund)

Graphic showing likely voting intentions based on demographic info including sex, age, ethnic background and location. The line from the first three answers suggests voter like me support Reform but when I tell the model I'm in Scotland, everything changes

Graphic showing likely voting intentions based on demographic info including sex, age, ethnic background and location. The line from the first three answers suggests voter like me support Reform but when I tell the model I'm in Scotland, everything changes

Cartoon of a whale being carried by birds over the sea

Text of tweet from Sky News Political Editor Beth Rigby where she is reporting comments by Farage and both wrongly assume Holyrood has an 'official opposition'

Small calico death kitten lying on her side on a grey carpet - raising her murder mittens in a playful way

Movie poster: text "Everyone to Kenmure Street". Picture: white immigration van surrounded by police and a sea of protesters

River running along a rocky bed on the grassy floor of the glen with steep tussocky hills behind

Water fall on the right coming out of a rocky gorge and plunging into a small green pool, surrounding by rock and steep tussocky ground

walker on a mountain path through a tussocky landscape with snow splattered hilltops behind and cloud above

picture of a green hut with a orange roof surrounded by grass with a mountain in the background

green apron of grass at the head of a loch seen from up the side of the glen with snow patched hills on the far side

Loch on the left and gravel road on the right in a snowy, mountainous landscape with a few trees as the sun comes up into a blue sky

snowy hills at dusk under a blue sky with mackerel clouds

loch with wooded isles and inlets, seen through the trees, and with snowy mountains behind

looking across a grassy glen to a wooded valley side covered in snow under the blue sky