Matthew Scott

@mscottcumbria

Retired. Living a blissful 2nd life of happiness in Cumbria with my wife Fiona. Interests: photography, history, books, film, space, music.

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Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· 2d

Just got to find our colander…..rest of kit working ok. Just need the clouds to thin out a bit more 🤞

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· 6d

Fascinating cloudage seen from Lake Windermere this evening. #clouds #lakedistrict

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· 15d

Early start today. Airport run for family. Breakfast by Moon light.

A bright Moon just above the shadows of a line of trees, with some cloud illuminated to either side.

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· 16d

Ah crap. Such sad news about Glen Hansard. Farewell Sir, and thank you. “Falling Slowly” is exactly what Fiona & I did - and ‘Once’ is part of our story; our romance; our love. We won’t ever forget you. 💔♥️💔♥️

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· 18d

How wonderful. Well done. Former (mostly reformed…,but only mostly) ex-feral Coral cat sends greetings to you and to Treacle.

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· 21d

Fiona’s office view tonight. Side Pike from The New Dungeon Ghyll. 💚

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· 25d

Hey @bethrigby.bsky.social you keep saying that Prime Ministers normally take office after General Elections. I’ve been a voter since 1980. I know what you say is utterly untrue. 👇🏼 Since this chart we’ve also had Truss & Sunak as ‘non GE’ Prime Ministers. Do better. fullfact.org/news/unelect...

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· 26d

Solitary fisherman. Devoke Water in Cumbria. 15 June 2026 (I resisted the temptation to shout ‘stop winding!’ @bobmort.bsky.social 😉🙂) #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #DevokeWater

A wide view of Devoke Tarn in the foreground, with a solitary fly-fisherman casting his line whilst stood in the water. A stone-built boathouse in the mid distance. The English Lake District high mountains in the background showing through hazy cloud.

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Jun 21

Solstice Eve photos from home. Sunset afterglow above the Lake District fells, Venus shining in the 2nd one. The setting Moon. A starlight sky after Midnight, with hints of the Milky Way through wispy high cloud still lit by the Sun. #nightsky #solsticeeve #cumbria

Silhouetted hills and mountains in the distance with a band of orange light above them, blending to a twilight blue sky.

Silhouetted hills and mountains in the distance with a band of orange light above them, blending to a twilight blue sky. The planet Venus showing as a small white dot at mid right of the sky.

The Moon half lit by Sun light against a dark black night sky background

A wide angle view of the night sky with a tree in the foreground at bottom right. The 3 stars of the ‘Summer Triangle’ asterism are most prominent with a band of stars and dust from the Milky Way running across the picture along with wispy cloud that has a pink tinge from the earlier Sun set.

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Jun 8

Coral cat does love the garden that Fiona has made here; as do I. 😻😍

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Jun 6

And we’re off. First Windermere Lake Cruises @windermereboats.bsky.social evening buffet cruise of 2026 with Fiona Music In The Lakes @fionamusiclakes.bsky.social 🙂⛴️🌅🎶

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· May 30

Well, that’s beautiful. We’ve got one so far 😬🤣

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· May 30

Lots of Painted Lady butterflies in the garden this week. May well be a release of hatched specimens from the primary school just down the road 💚

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· May 29

Lovely evening - looking toward home from the car park of The Pheasant Inn at Casterton.,

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· May 4

Spending time quietly in our garden, watching the birds. Trying to improve my ability to photograph them through leaves & blossom, now Spring is fully here. Brings me peace and calm. #gardenbirds #bluetit

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· May 3

Raining here in Westmorland but plenty of song at 5:40am. Sparrows, blackbirds, chiffchaff, dove, pigeon, & wren most obvious but song-thrush, blackcap, chaffinch, & blue tit too.

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Apr 21

Loving the view of #redscrees from our front window tonight, with mini clouds above. ☁️

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Apr 19

A Sunday morning minute of peace from our garden.

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Apr 18

Leaves & blossom showing nicely as Spring arrives here on the hill. 💚🪷🪻🌺

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Apr 14

A lovely walk yesterday up High Rigg to mark what would have been my dear friend Jamie Normington's 54th birthday. 1st Wainwright of 2026. Snow on Helvellyn range. Toasted his 'wild & precious life' at the top. He sent us a dipper to watch in St John's Beck as we walked back to the car.

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Apr 9

Last night I drove Mrs S & two of her friends to Blackpool - so they could see a musical at the Opera House. I had a chippy tea whilst sat on the promenade at Anchorsholme. Took some Sun-set views. It was hard to tell where the sea ended and the sky began. 1st two are Canon DSLR lastvonevis iPhone.

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Mar 26

I am fortunate to have a lovely garden in a semi-rural location, and the time to sit in it to watch nature. It calms me. Connects me. Eases my mind. I know what a great privilege it is to be so lucky. 4 of our bird visitors this morning. #gardenbirds

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Mar 24

I’ll have to read/watch it again now. Source of one of my favourite literary quotes: “There was nothing dishonourable in not being blown about by every little modern wind. Better to have worth, to entrench, to be an oak of one's own generation.” Made a ‘fan visit’ to Smiley’s home a few years ago.

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Mar 24

11 years ago my nephew & I ran a ‘dunking resilience test’ on various biscuits - via a FB exchange. He from his canal longboat in Cheshire, me from Stratford on Avon. This 👇🏼 was the remnant of a dual test; bourbon vs malted milk. As captured by my beloved late wife Michele 😬 I think hobnobs won.🤔

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Mar 17

St Patrick’s Day greetings to all. The Sun has returned to the hill in celebration

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Mar 9

If you have ANY financial products with Prudential UK or M&G Plc then I urge you to move them. Prudential continue to be utterly useless in dealing with payment of a whole life policy written 'in trust'. My CEO complaint has been upheld but STILL they throw more barriers up to payment. #prudential

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Feb 26

Pouring down here in South Lakeland. So warming myself with memories of St Lucia last month. #BirdOfTheDay #WideOpenWings

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Feb 10

The largest windjammer in the world, ‘Royal Clipper’, seen sailing in the distance from the deck of ‘Chronos’ - the ship on which we sailed from St Lucia to Grenada. 📷 taken whilst moored off Canouan, Caribbean. #Canouan #Chronos #RoyalClipper #Caribbean #JanuaryTravels

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Feb 10

Juvenile Brown Booby - flying alongside Chronos, the sailing ketch on which we travelled from St Lucia to Grenada. #StLucia #Caribbean #JanuaryTravels

Matthew Scott@mscottcumbria· Feb 10

Green-throated Carib hummingbird #StLucia #Caribbean #JanuaryTravels