Grace Hurford PhD

@ghurford

mountaineer, chutney/ cake maker, based in UK Lake District.❤️EU ; trying to be 💚; v lecturer in health policy leadership/MBA dissertation sup RKCollege Zurich.😷 masking until we get st vaccines. #LongCovidAdvocacy

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Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· 7d

Oh god so thats why I’m using trekking poles it’s NOT osteoarthritis my surgeon will be so relieved.. 🙄

A woman up a mountain using trekking poles clearly social contagion 😂

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· 7d

He’s not wrong about Rosebank according to experts including Dr Jasmine Wakefield

Rosebank will do nothing to lower UK energy bills or strengthen energy security. 90% of Rosebank’s reserves are oil destined primarily for international markets. Rosebank's minimal gas reserves could reduce UK gas import dependency by just 1% on average - and only if none is exported.
Rosebank's total lifetime emissions are estimated at 254 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent, nearly 70% of the UK's entire annual emissions in 2024.
Rosebank is incompatible with the UK's commitments under the Paris Agreement to limit warming to 1.5°C. Existing global oil and gas reserves already far exceed what can be safely burned in a world committed to limiting warming to 1.5°C, making new fields, like Rosebank, incompatible with this aim.
UK taxpayers effectively shoulder over 80% of Rosebank's development costs through generous tax reliefs, while the primary financial beneficiaries, Equinor, and Shell, paid essentially zero UK tax in 2024.
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Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· 9d

Washing pegs perched like birds on the line #HoheTauern 🇦🇹 dawn’s early light

Early morning mist in valley, seen from the eave of a 300 year old farmhouse perched precariously on an Austrian hillside. 5 clothes pegs are hanging from a wire.

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· 21d

That looks like a quality mask too… 👏 healthIsWealth

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· 21d

Prince William and Kate Middleton are known to love Holkham beach in Norfolk and regularly visit the sprawling sandy dunes with their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, over the school holidays. The idyllic spot offers miles and miles of unspoilt golden sand, with nearby pinewoods offering a refreshing respite from the heat

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· 22d

Wow. Just look at this graph and tell me what is *not* being mentioned www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/coron...

A graph with a big jump in diabetes cases in 2021-22 to 2024. Correlates with Covid infections.

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jul 12

❤️ 🇳🇴

Huge cliffs towering above the village of Reine with little red fishing houses on stilts above the sea.

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jul 9

Just got back, it’s lovely and cool 🥶

A mountain climber in a warm hat and jacket overlooking the spectacular summits around Reine , Lofoten Islands

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jul 9

If there’s any better way to tackle summer salads I haven’t found it yet @nigella.bsky.social #LakeDistrict 🇬🇧

Watermelon, feta cheese and black olive salad in a red onion and lime dressing , tumbled with parsley and mint in olive oil.

Feet above a warm Lakeland tarn with warm fern streaked mountains and hot hazy blue sky above

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jul 6

I’ll pick some up on way back from Reine if that’s helpful? 😂❤️ 🇳🇴

Pale blue skies and bright blue seas ringed by little red houses on stilts, wth the jagged Lofoten peaks circled around

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jul 2

Finally made it to the Lofoten Islands just breathtaking hikes and views 🇳🇴❤️

Looking down onto Reine from the summit of Reinebringen (1900 built steps extraordinary)

Descending from Munken Nord top towards Sörvagen through sunny meadows and endless blue lakes with granite slabs scattered across the hillsides

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jun 29

#Farge 🙄

Petition: “Make Farage President.
Make Keir Starmer resign.”
Why was this petition rejected: “it’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK government or Parliament to do.”

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jun 26

I dunno .. duty free wine in Oslo looking good this evening

1.5 litres of duty free Chill out Chenin Blanc for 179 kroner (@£15 )

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jun 19

Well I’m querying it, their take on “swathes of returning reform voters” is wildly inaccurate.

There was v little movement between left and right since 2024

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jun 18

And the actual data courtesy of @joncooper-us.bsky.social

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jun 16

If we look at wastewater residue I’m afraid the UK is top of the charts. “The highest rates of cocaine use are found in Spain (13·3%), the UK (11%), and Denmark (9%),” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Table E: Aggregated trends in cocaine residues in seven EU cities’ wastewater, 2011–24 (data reproduced from the European Union Drugs Agency sewage analysis core group.) UK is highest (red) at 64%

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jun 15

Sigh

A broken Uk/ EU heart with the words “not in my name”.

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Jun 7

A brief window of sunshine between the showers

A bike on a bench above Derwentwater with blencathra behind . Cloudy wth blue gaps and a hint of sunshine

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· May 30

Brilliant new paved path (2024) linking High Tove to High Seat #LakeDistrict #Thirlmere

Pristine paved path looking south through the bog ..bounded by a receding fence line with blue skies above

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· May 29

Yup

The path to the Shenneval bothy with heavy grey skies above

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· May 27

Great news for one of my favourite mountains… last week it was in the murk though…

Tumultuous grey blue skies above a jagged ridge line of mountain with slivers of snow still in the gullies. Foreground is a boggy hillside.

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· May 24

Cartoon: a long queue for the comforting lies desk. No one queuing for the unpleasant truths desk.

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· May 22

Don’t worry weather’s terrible up here 😂

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· May 17

Sun still shining in the far NW 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Loch Broom, yellow flowers and green meadows

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· May 15

Snowy on A’Chailleach today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Snowy rocky summit slope with a hiker against a tumultuous cloudy sunny and blue sky

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· May 11

Cruising 🚲 through Newlands Valley today 🇬🇧 Lake District

Blue skies and fluffy white clouds above Robinson and Hindscarth . Bright green fields dotted with sheep in foreground.

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· May 10

Scrambling in the Lake District - sunny but a chilly easterly wind. Didn’t see a soul: even the sheep were in the valleys busy watching the Fred Whitton bike 🚲 race.

A climber emerges on the lower slabs of Cam Crag ridge with blue skies behind. Langstrath beck snakes along the valley and the pointed peak of Harrison Stickle can just be seen against the skyline.

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· May 8

You’re an inspiration to the next generation too… #illustration #universityOfCumbria proud mama

Grace Hurford PhD@ghurford· Apr 29