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Nighttime on Still Waters<p>Join us on a gentle night of summer rain as we listen to the rooks and explore the beauties and ambiguities of liminal places. <br>A night of crow song, poetry, and a guided tour by Luke Sherlock to the ruins of a church under wide East Anglian skies.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/rooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/crows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fenland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/canals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canals</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.noswpod.com/fenland/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">noswpod.com/fenland/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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Bob Harvey<p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordOfTheDay</span></a> - thing I learned today</p><p>A Gull is "A deliberately engineered shimmy in a watercourse to overcome unstable soil conditions<br>and/or repair a bank collapse"</p><p>From <a href="https://www.fensbiosphere.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/glossary-of-fenland-land-drainage-terms-2013-v2-draft.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fensbiosphere.org.uk/wp-conten</span><span class="invisible">t/uploads/2020/04/glossary-of-fenland-land-drainage-terms-2013-v2-draft.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/Fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fenland</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Drainage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drainage</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Lincolnshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lincolnshire</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/word" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>word</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/definition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>definition</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/meaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meaning</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a></p>
Bob Harvey<p>I just stumbled upon this</p><p><a href="https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue67/10/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue67/</span><span class="invisible">10/</span></a></p><p>The Viking Link is an electrical feeder from offshore wind to the national system; there is always rescue archaeology before building projects.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Lincolnshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lincolnshire</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fenland</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/AngloSaxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AngloSaxon</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Bicker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bicker</span></a></p>
David Harman 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fenland</span></a> BusFest at <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Whittlesey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whittlesey</span></a> cancelled but <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Ramsey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ramsey</span></a> classic vehicle show goes ahead<br><a href="https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/fenland-busfest-at-whittlesey-cancelled-but-ramsey-classic-vehicle-show-goes-ahead/24488/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambsnews.co.uk/news/fenland-b</span><span class="invisible">usfest-at-whittlesey-cancelled-but-ramsey-classic-vehicle-show-goes-ahead/24488/</span></a> via CambsNewsOnline</p><p><a href="http://easternbusgroup.co.uk/busfest.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">easternbusgroup.co.uk/busfest.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a></p>
Andy<p>Big cloudy sky in the fens today </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fenland</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/feniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feniverse</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a></p>
James Baillie<p>And as a bonus, here's today's murmuration, in clearer skies :)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFrEzSRHVEY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=TFrEzSRHVE</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/BirdPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirdPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fenland</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Norfolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norfolk</span></a></p>
rodillagrande<p>I bought a stack of old local postcards. Cambridge (town not gown) and some from the Fens. Amongst them was a brilliant Fabulous Fenland card showing off a local onion farm.</p><p>Anyway, on the back was the URL for the publisher who turned out to be this genius art gallery in a caravan which produces art that celebrates "overlooked and occasionally bizarre aspects of everyday life".</p><p><a href="https://thecaravangallery.photography/gallery/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thecaravangallery.photography/</span><span class="invisible">gallery/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/postcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postcard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fenland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Caravan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caravan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>
Matt<p>The flat of the fens, an alien landscape for us hill-dwellers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fenland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/drain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drain</span></a></p>
Bob Harvey<p>One of mine.</p><p>A wonderful Roadside tree in the Cambridgeshire Fens</p><p>"A magnificent Sycamore"<br>cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Bob Harvey - <a href="https://geograph.org.uk/p/7514686" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">geograph.org.uk/p/7514686</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://geograph.org.uk/p/7514708" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">geograph.org.uk/p/7514708</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>"always look up" - two views into the crown, looking vertically<br><a href="https://geograph.org.uk/p/7514716" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">geograph.org.uk/p/7514716</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://geograph.org.uk/p/7515263" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">geograph.org.uk/p/7515263</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Cambridgeshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridgeshire</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tree</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Sycamore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sycamore</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Summer</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fenland</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TheFens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheFens</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/RoadsideTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoadsideTree</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://twit.social/@ant_pruitt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ant_pruitt</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://twit.social/@leo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>leo</span></a></span></p>
Ma Quest :ablobjam:<p>It's Celebrate The Fens Day! <br><a href="https://fascinatingfens.com/celebrate-the-fens-day/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fascinatingfens.com/celebrate-</span><span class="invisible">the-fens-day/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fenland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Fens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wetlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/EastAnglia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EastAnglia</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>A bit of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fun</span></a>. My attempt to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>map</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/historic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dialect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dialect</span></a> terms for the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stickleback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stickleback</span></a>. Which is your <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/favourite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>favourite</span></a>? What <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> are <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>local</span></a> to you? When did you last see/catch one? They used of congregate in their millions in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fenland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ditches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ditches</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dykes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dykes</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farmers</span></a> even used <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fresh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fresh</span></a> sticklebacks as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/manure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manure</span></a>, spread straight on to their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fields" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fields</span></a>. I hope you like the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scale</span></a>. Enjoy! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fish</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crisis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>River</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Stream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stream</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NorthernIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernIreland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IsleOfMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsleOfMan</span></a></p>
rodillagrande<p>Half term so the girls and I headed north across the Fens and along a drove (sat nav madness) to Fens Falconry where we spent a very lovely evening learning about their owls and watching them fly.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/HalfTerm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HalfTerm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DayTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DayTrips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FenLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FenLand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FensFalconry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FensFalconry</span></a></p>
Trudy Harpham PhD<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/lincolnshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lincolnshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fenland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/waterland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/aiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/DALLE2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DALLE2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/dalle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dalle</span></a> my childhood in Sutton Bridge</p>
Trudy Harpham PhD<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@typejunky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>typejunky</span></a></span> another lovely essay. Thanks. So beautifully written and evocative. My family also migrated from Yorkshire (from the village Harpham- still my surname) to the fens. To grow potatoes and keep pigs. My father had to leave school aged 11 to tend them. Here’s a memory of my <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fenland</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/aiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiart</span></a></p>
Trudy Harpham PhD<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@lhgmk2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lhgmk2</span></a></span> here, borrow my <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/bugey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bugey</span></a> view. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fenland</span></a> girl in <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a></p>
Tim GentAn Introduction
The Frustrated Boater<p>No idea what I’m doing on here but I’ll learn 😂🤓<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cambridge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/thefens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thefens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fenland</span></a># <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/greatriverouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greatriverouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/rivercam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rivercam</span></a></p>
Trudy Harpham PhD<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://photog.social/@JevonCarey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JevonCarey</span></a></span> I was born and grew up in Sutton Bridge <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/lincs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lincs</span></a>. My father was a smallholder who leased 10 acres. We grew flowers. So I loved reading your blog and encourage you to do more. Love both your evocative <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> and your writing. Thanks. Greetings from Switzerland where I now live and <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/dream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dream</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fenland</span></a></p>
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