Howard Bell

A channel for interesting things about Cumbria, particularly the Upper Eden Valley - especially placed to go walking and wild swimming - and things associated with my consulting and scientific endeavours, particularly mapping using QGIS.

Quick update on how those Scots pines did

Quick update on how those Scots pines did
Выращивание английского грецкого ореха из семян

Выращивание английского грецкого ореха из семян
Growing Scot's pine derived from green cones found after a storm

Growing Scot's pine derived from green cones found after a storm
It is a Mast Year but are those beech seeds you have collected viable?

It is a Mast Year but are those beech seeds you have collected viable?
Woodland opportunity in Cumbria

Woodland opportunity in Cumbria
Little Sleddale Beck, Swaledale, Yorkshite - A great wild swimming place

Little Sleddale Beck, Swaledale, Yorkshite - A great wild swimming place
The Aral Sea: Killed by Cotton

The Aral Sea: Killed by Cotton
Belah Viaduct

Belah Viaduct
Buzzard eating a rabbit captured by a cheap trail cam

Buzzard eating a rabbit captured by a cheap trail cam
Swindale (Swindle) beck, Brough near Appleby-in-Westmorland - A cool place for a wild swim

Swindale (Swindle) beck, Brough near Appleby-in-Westmorland - A cool place for a wild swim
Janny woods, Mallerstang near Kirkby Stephen

Janny woods, Mallerstang near Kirkby Stephen
The snow piling up in Brough then....not.

The snow piling up in Brough then....not.
Ewbank Scar, Kirkby Stephen

Ewbank Scar, Kirkby Stephen
Weather 2020

Weather 2020
Testing the Fantic Issimo from MHB Motorcycles

Testing the Fantic Issimo from MHB Motorcycles
Newts in a Pond

Newts in a Pond