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Ken Lussey

@kenlussey.bsky.social

Author, photographer, traveller, husband, father, grandfather and lover of Scotland and all things Scottish. Website: https://www.kenlussey.com/

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Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 4h ago

How many deaths to end a war? ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is a thriller set mainly in northern Scotland during World War Two. Dunrobin Castle railway station has a background role in the story. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/ets/index.html

Dunrobin Castle Station. The image shows a corner view of a black and white half-timbered chalet style building with a sheltered area to its front, or our left. There is a tarmac-covered area in front of it and a grassy area to its sides and behind, and leafless trees in the background. A sign in the bottom right of the frame says Dunrobin Castle in white on black. The front cover of ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is shown in the top right corner.

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · yesterday

🧵In the 1770s, the 4th Earl of Scarborough hired Lanceleot "Capability" Brown to transform the valley surrounding the Cistercian ruins of Roche Abbey into a fashionable, romantic landscape according to contemporary tastes. To create this "Picturesque" scene, Brown made several major changes.

Roche Abbey. Michael D Beckwith, Public Domain

Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · yesterday

It wants to be sunny out there, but the clouds just won't let it happen.

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · yesterday

🧵Harold Alzana was born Harold Davis OTD 19 September in 1917, in Maltby, South Yorkshire. His legendary journey from the coal mines to global circus stardom was a family affair. Trained by their father on a low wire in their back garden before moving to the States. Harold and his

Vintage color lithograph poster from the late 1940s or early 1950s for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, featuring the high-wire act The Great Alzanas with a date-tail for Yakima, Washington Image: The Circus Ring of Fame,

Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · yesterday

A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in Orkney during World War Two. The Ring of Brodgar stone circle features on the cover of the book and in the story. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-blork/i...

This modern image looks across a large part of the ring of stones forming the Ring of Brodgar. There’s a heather bank in the foreground, part of the ditch surrounding the ring, and the line of a loch can be seen beyond the ring, with land and hills beyond the loch. There’s patchy cloud in the sky and the ring is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the top right corner.

Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hadrian's Wall, watercolour by Rowland Hilder (1905-93).

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 3d ago

Given this view from Roulston Scar you can easily see why the 24.5 hectares, Iron Age promontory fort was constructed here. It was the largest of a series of such forts that ran along the west and north edges of the Hambleton Hills. Recognised as a monument of national

The view north from Roulston Scar is of the Hambleton Hills. Image: Scott Robinson CC BY-SA 2,0

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 2d ago

Tomorrow (19th September) is #TalkLikeAPirateDay and your annual reminder that when we talk the way we talk when we're talking like a pirate, it's because of a film that was based on a book, inspired by an earlier book, inspired by a real life pirate from #Orkney! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️👇

An illustration of a pirate with a tricorn hat and a bushy moustache

Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 2d ago

When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in central Scotland and the far north-west, with Ullapool in Wester Ross having a background role. Available as a Kindle, Kobo, Apple or audiobook. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/thr/index.html

The image shows a harbour in the foreground and on the right with a series of pontoons connected by a walkway and accessed by a ramp. Above and to the left is a quayside with red and white barriers visible and beyond that is a street with parked cars and mainly white two-storey buildings on its far side. The front cover of ‘The High Road’ is shown in the top right corner.

Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 4d ago

What are your favourite three? Mine are: • Balderdash • Discombobulated • Fiddlesticks #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 3d ago

After heavy rain, it would be rude not to.

This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 3d ago

This is one of four rather amazing cast iron lamp bases outside the former Dennistoun Public School (now St. Denis' Primary) in the East End of Glasgow. #glasgow #architecture #metalwork #ironwork #dennistoun #glasgowschools #architecturephotography

Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 3d ago

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Lochinver in Sutherland is visited by the two main characters in their hunt for a murderer. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.arachnid.scot/book-bos/ind...

The image shows a view along a street in a settlement. A row of two-storey traditional houses comes in from the right edge of the frame and extends towards the centre, with a sign for a SPAR shop part way along. Cars are parked in bays cut into the pavement. There are more buildings on the left, in the distance beyond a petrol station. In the background is a conifer-covered hill. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom left corner.

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 4d ago

🧵Before its modern regeneration, Clarence (now Leeds) Dock played a crucial role in Leeds’s industrial development and the wider Victorian Industrial Revolution. Built in 1843 by the Aire and Calder Navigation Company, it was the largest dock in the city. Its primary role was as a

The image shows an evening view of Leeds Dock (formerly Clarence Dock) in Leeds, featuring modern waterfront apartments, office buildings, and a narrowboat moored along the pier. Image: Tom Blackwell CC BY-NC 2.0

Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 4d ago

BBC News - Cumbria Mountain Rescue team 'stretched further than ever' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cumbria Mountain Rescue team 'stretched further than ever'

Mountain Rescuers voice the challenges they face as preventable callouts continue to rise.

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵@threadinburgh.scot · 4d ago

It's a shame we can't have nice things because one operator has a monopoly on all the lowland east coast ports from which you might sail to Europe 🤷‍♂️

Map from Forth Ports' website showing it has all the Ports on the Forth plus Dundee on the upper Tay.

BBC headline "Plans for Scottish ferry to mainland Europe scrapped. Plans to resurrect a ferry service between Scotland and mainland Europe have been scrapped. Forth Ports said it had concerns over the "long-term viability" of the proposed route between Rosyth in Fife and Dunkirk in northern France."

Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 4d ago

A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in Orkney during World War Two. The characters visit Ness Battery near Stromness and see the amazing murals on the walls. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/blork/index....

This modern image shows some of the murals painted in the mess hall during the war. The ceiling is off-white and supported by trusses and the floor is red. The lower walls are dark brown, but the upper walls are entirely covered by rural English scenes. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the bottom left corner.

Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 5d ago

Sunshine after the rain... This 1930s Robert Eadie watercolour reminds me of this week's weather. St Vincent Street at Renfield Street - but Eadie really has captured that magic west of Scotland light, after the rainclouds have departed, the sky scrubbed clean, and the sun comes keeking out.

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 5d ago

🧵This remarkable 15th-century glazed earthenware tile was discovered during excavations at the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey, York, and is now held by the Yorkshire Museum. The tile is particularly unusual because it bears a moralising poem written in middle English Gothic script,

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 5d ago

Happy Birthday to @AgathaChristie - born #otd (15th September) in 1890. 🎉 She said that she came up with her ingenious detective plots by sitting in an old-fashioned bathtub eating apples. It was a core part of her technique. She got the seed of an idea, then fleshed it out.

A black and white photograph of an old rolltop bath. Agatha Christie's head is poking out at one end and there are 3 half-eaten apples sitting on the rim of the bath

Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 5d ago

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Wigtown plays an important role in the story as the hunt for a spy builds towards its climax. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...

This modern image shows Wigtown County Buildings and Town Hall in the heart of Wigtown in Galloway. Across the bottom of the frame is a grass bowling green which slopes noticeably down to the left. Beyond it is a large red stone building that is eight bays wide and two tall storeys in height. On its left end is a tall clock tower. The land drops away behind the building. The sky is mainly blue but the side of the building facing us is in shadow. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the top right corner.

Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 6d ago

Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire (England) 'Mike Dales' image & reconstruction mock-up. First Monastery was founded in 651AD. #WhitbyAbbey #EnglishChurches #HistoryRebuilt

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 6d ago

🧵Early subscription libraries in Yorkshire emerged in the 18th century. These libraries allowed middle-class members to pool money to buy and preserve books. The most important example is The Leeds Library, founded in 1768 and the oldest surviving proprietary subscription

The Leeds Library, founded in 1768 and the oldest surviving proprietary subscription library in the country. Image: Michael D Beckwith, Public Domain.

North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 6d ago

The first objects of the West Yorkshire Hoard were found by detectorist Frank Andrusyk near Leeds #OTD in 2008. The early medieval hoard comprises four gold rings, one with a garnet, a gold brooch fragment, gold ingot fragment and lead spindle whorl. 📸Leeds Museums and Galleries

The West Yorkshire Hoard spread out for display.

Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 6d ago

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. The hunt for a murderer leads to Bettyhill on the north coast of Sutherland. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

The image shows a view down past trees and bracken to a scattered settlement occupying the lower part of a broad valley that narrows in the top right of the frame where a road leads out of it. The roof of a stone house with crowstepped gables can be seen in the lower left, while in the centre of the frame is a white church set in a graveyard. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · last wk.

Lindisfarne, a place I have loved visiting over the years. Where once it sailed beneath the northern skies, Now weathered wood beneath the stillness lies. The sea has claimed the echoes of its past, While winds through broken timbers whisper fast.

Iconic upturned herring boat shed located near the harbour on Holy Island (Lindisfarne) in Northumberland, This photograph has a really strong sense of age, decay and forgotten history. old wooden boat that has been left on the land, its curved hull now serving almost like a small shelter or shed. The timber is heavily weathered, the paint is peeling away, and the roof covering has deteriorated badly. The closed wooden door adds to the impression that the boat has been given a second life rather than simply abandoned. Image: Herring Boats, Lindisfarne Harbour, Holy Island, Northumberla, Stuart Smith, CC BY-SA 2,0

Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · last wk.

Those nice people at Scottish Field bought some of my photos for their 2027 calendar. This one (like 99%) was taken on a dog walk.

Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 7d ago

An epic train journey across Europe. Make a cup of tea, and have a wee meander through this lengthy thread. Interested in taking trains and making connections across Europe? The #LongestTrainEU has you covered.

Jon Worth@jonworth.eu · 2w ago

Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread! This journey starts Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 and ends Lagos 🇵🇹 18 trains, 100 hours 9 minutes, 4008km as crow flies, 6281 route-km Project background: longestjourney.crossborderrail.eu Follow live: longestjourneylive.crossborderrail.eu

Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · last wk.

‘The Stockholm Run’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland and Sweden during World War Two. Melville House in Fife was a top-secret wartime HQ and is visited by three of the characters. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-tsr/ind...

The image shows a slightly oblique modern view of Melville House. It is a large seven-bay wide mansion that is four storeys in height. It has a sand-coloured harling and a grey slate roof. There are wings that extend out of the frame of the photograph. The front cover of 'The Stockholm Run' is shown in the top left corner.

Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · last wk.

Saltcoats Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) @undisscot.bsky.social image & reconstruction. Built around 1590 on land given to a Lord for killing a wild Boar. The gatehouse copied elements of Dirleton Castle making it look a more ancient build. #SaltcoatsCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt