Dr Katharine Jewitt (She/Her)
@drkatharinejewitt.bsky.social
Smallholder SW Scotland, Travelholic, Education & Wellbeing Consultant, Researcher, HE Lecturer, Coach, Co-Chair UNESCO Edu & Digital Skills Policy Lab, #DigitalSchoolsAwards Validator, #ALDinHE Administrator #JLDHE TechEditor #LoveLD Editor #AcademicSky
It’s my half birthday which feels like the perfect excuse for cake🎂Why wait a whole year to celebrate being alive?☺️Celebrating with a meal at a cosy Italian restaurant,a night away at a gorgeous local hotel (been on my wish list for ages)🎉Here’s to the next 6 months: more adventures & more laughter✨
I have a new breed of chicken. Meet the "Pumpkin 🎃Head"! LOL 😂 I gave my hens a pumpkin and they've absolutely devoured it in a couple of days. They loved it.
What a glorious Sunday! Lovely hill walk, great views. Feeling refreshed, happy and ready for the week. Nature really is the best mood booster. 🍂🥾☀️🌿⛰️😊 #SundayVibes
The Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow by John McKenna: two 14-tonne, 33ft stainless steel figures near the last lower Clyde shipyard, plated like a ship's hull to honour the town's shipbuilding past. Known locally as the Skelpies, a nod to Falkirk's Kelpies. Both magnificent!
Celebrating the Hubster's 47th lap around the sun. 47 presents to celebrate! Happy Birthday. Here's to another year of fun adventures! 🍾🥂
I've been sitting in the sunshine in my garden, folding paper cranes over the summer and here's the finished result. "A sign of hope and wish for peace".
Went to the wind phone today. Picked up the receiver to talk to my Mum. No dial tone, but some conversations don't need a connection to be real. Miss you every day, Mum. Love you always. 🪽👼💔
Enjoyed a fab day at Nithraid, Dumfries' boat race & festival on the River Nith. Boats lower masts (or deliberately capsize) to pass under 3 bridges along the route. Winning crew launch the Salty Coo, a salt crystal covered cow representing livestock & salt, key trade goods. 🐄⛵
Incredible sight: Brioc, a replica high medieval leather boat, has sailed from Brittany all the way round England, Wales and now Scotland. The crew navigate, dress and cook exactly as their medieval counterparts would have⛵️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0n259yx7no
Sunday reset: There's something about a quiet walk by the loch that puts the whole week into perspective. Best way to start a Sunday. Still water, listening to the birds, summer sunshine and nowhere to be.🚶♀️🌊🌄💙
Lovely exhibition at Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries on our best friends, through an artist's eye 🐾 "A Dog's Life". International artists exploring our love of dogs, featuring William Wegman, David Shrigley, Sophie Ryder & more dgculture.co.uk/event/gallery-2-a-dogs-life 🐶 🦮 🐩 🐕🦺 🐾
Cutting flowers, picking salad, hens snoozing in the sunshine. This is the good life. 😍🌸🥬🐔
Love my after-work ritual, cycling to the harbour: cold drinks, beautiful views, summer sunsets. Doesn't get better than this. Best way to end a workday. 😍
My corner of Scotland never disappoints. A perfect weekend coastal walk, topped off by watching Northern Gannets dive at 60mph into the Firth 🌊. #NorthernGannets #WildScotland
Amazing visit to El Djem's famous 35,000 spectator amphitheatre.
A walk around Matmata, a mountain village and the backdrop for several Star Wars films. We enjoyed a lovely visit to a local Berbers' troglodyte home, an underground dwelling carved into the earth.
Enjoying an incredible time in the Sahara Desert. Fab visit to the one of the sets of episode I of Star Wars The Phantom Menace, Mos Espa, in the middle of the sand dunes. Lots of Star Wars was filmed in Tunisia.
Kairouan, a city steeped in history and culture. Enclosed within its massive walls lies a medina filled with mosques and countless carpet shops.
Visited Dougga, a UNESCO World Heritage Site & Tunisia's best-preserved ancient city. This remarkable site showcases a blend of Roman, Punic & Berber influences, offering a glimpse into the lives of the 5,000 people who once called it home. Enjoyed exploring its impressive ruins.
Cheese heaven 🧀✨ Testour, a small hilltop town in northern Tunisia, is known for its centuries-old cheese-making tradition. Dating to the early 1600s, it was shaped by Muslim and Jewish communities who settled there after leaving Spain, now a quiet hub of artisan cheese. 🐭🧀
Sidi Bou Said is famous for its whitewashed buildings and vibrant blue accents. It's a popular destination for artists, diplomats, and the elite. The doors have intricate designs and an interesting detail is that the more nails a door has, the wealthier its owners are.
Enjoyed exploring the ancient city of Carthage with its amphitheatre, cathedral and port.
