Rob Campbell

@robcampbell15959

robcampbellmedia.com Writer of fact & fiction, journalist, historian, PhD, coach, mentor. Bristol Folk House tutor, history journal editor. Published in Bath Short Story Anthology. Debut novel CENTURY out now

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Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· 1d

what a bizarre experience - went out to a suitable spot with the colander and found another half dozen people doing the same. Lots of chat and laughs and, of course, the eclipse. Learnt two things as well: how to spell colander, and that ours was better than anyone else's.

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· 1d

somebody bought one of my books in the past week. Go on, own up - who are you?

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· 6d

reading this beautiful little gem by David Gladwin, published by Road Song Books roadsongbooks.com based in North Devon. I know you should never judge a book by its cover, but I might also buy Into My Arms just because of the design quality.

on the right is a book with called Coldwell and a cover in red and white text with a white space in the top two thirds and a black and white hill and tree landscape in the bottom third. On the left is a flier using a similar design but advertising a book called Into My Arms by Estelle Phillips

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· 12d

pink sun setting on #Dartmoor #Devon last night. The particularly pointy tor in the centre of the pic is Great Links

a line of pink hills in the distance under an evening sky - foreground is trees and hilly fields

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· 27d

some lovely art hanging in the latest exhibition by associate members at the #Penwith Gallery in St Ives, #Cornwall. I particularly like this one of almond blossom in Spain's #Alpujarra mountains. Yeah okay, my wife painted it but I like it anyway. penwithgallery.com

an oil painting, in semi-abstract style, showing pink blossom of almond trees and dark trunks in a meadow

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· 27d

someone's only gone and bought another of my books. That's 52 so far, and each one shows as a little spike on the publishing tracking software. I reckon I know more or less who bought each one, as well. Hello you! Royalties are now running at a massive £80 ...

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· 28d

that's a damned scary cat, and not likely to be easily repelled

four tubes of cat repellent showing the face of a fierce-looking black cat. a woman is looking over the row of tubes, from behind

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· 28d

Summer in Cornwall. The phone box museum at Portholland on the beautiful Roseland Peninsula; and one of the finest train rides ever, from St Erth to St Ives.

close up view of faded photos and notices pinned to the inside wall of and old British red telephone box. Home made models of yachts and anchors dangle from the ceiling

an old red British telephone box with its door open and sign saying museum, against a backdrop of a grassy bank and a row of stone cottages with a coastal vibe

a glimpse over the heads of two train passengers at an extensive golden beach and the sea- everyone's heads are turned to look at it

a sign saying don't feed the locals, beware of the gulls, attached to some iron railings overlooking a beautiful sandy beach. A seagull stands on the quayside just below the sign

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Jul 5

these four came over to say hi today

four creamy-coloured cows staring into the camera from about two metres away across some green vegetation

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Jul 5

hot horse tree. Ponies finding the shade on #Dartmoor today just down from Great Links Tor

several ponies gathered beneath a small tree on a hill covered in bracken, against a blue sky, suggesting that it is hot and the ponies are sheltering on the tree's shade

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Jun 29

I'm starting to edit a book for someone this week, stumbled across this image, and reminded myself that I promised we'd be using track changes. It's a page of corrections by James Joyce ('placed within the history of Joyce’s early serial publication of Finnegans Wake') uwm.edu/libraries/sp...

a page of printed words covered in hand-drawn lines and arrows with copious notes scribbled in the margin, adding up to a sense of intense amendments being made. It's a real mess.

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Jun 15

view from Westmill Tor on #dartmoor today

Picture frame is filled entirely with sweeping green, rough, rocky and steep moorland with no sky visible. In dead centre of the image there is a tiny figure in red

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Jun 13

for me, it was the cows

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Jun 5

I’m finding this kind of stuff increasingly annoying. Yeah it’s important, and deserves a current affairs slot, but in real life I still know very few people who are bothered about it. They’re mostly just living their lives, not wondering about the nature of national identity.

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· May 27

fields are being cut in West Devon and, bang on time as every year, a handful of Red Kites turn up and stay a week or two. I wonder where they come from and how they know when to come? No pic of kites as my phone can’t zoom that well #devon #redkites

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· May 26

I was just going to post some nice reviews of my book, was worried about blowing my own trumpet, but Chat GPT says I have no choice

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· May 24

super-green this morning along the upper Teign valley #devon #dartmoor

Vivid green leaves on trees, green grass, and glimpses of blue sky. Glimpse of river too.

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· May 21

just had a Willy’s ice cream at Cox Tor #dartmoor #devon

Rear view of a van with sign saying Willy’s Ice Cream, parked beside a steep hill on Dartmoor

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· May 19

Still space on this course at the Folk House in Bristol on which, amongst other things, I’ll be trying to convince students that editing my novel was sheer joy www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk/courses/how-...

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· May 12

“and that was Dr Oz and the underbabied”

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· May 10

cycled yesterday from Bratton Clovelly to Okehampton via Castle Cross and Pegasus Trail then back via Granite Way and Bridestowe then up the ridge by Way Barton and Wortham. Very nice it was.

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· May 10

this is fun. My debut novel is (so far) only in the hands of people who know me, and sometimes they send me a pic to prove they’re reading it. shorturl.at/iNt3R

The top half a book cover with the words Century, a novel, resting on a pair of knees in blue denim which appear to be those of someone laying in an orange hammock reading

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· May 8

Congratulations! Someone has also bought mine, which is a curious feeling.

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· May 4

out cycling on the northern fringes of #dartmoor #devon and stopped to look for the Way

Wooden signpost surrounded by lush green hedgerow with the word WAY on the vertical post next to a cross and atop
The post are signs poo ring to various villages

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Apr 28

The historical novel I’ve spent the past two years writing is out now. It’s called CENTURY. I’m self-publishing as it seems a waste to leave my first (and probably last) novel hidden, and because some people might enjoy it. That’s it, rather than money and fame (if only)! shorturl.at/iNt3R

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Apr 15

the ability of some people to shock anew each day is quite something

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Apr 13

can see forever from Yes Tor #dartmoor today. I imagine the little shed is a military one.

View from a high position of granite rocks in foreground then rapidly falling land covered in green grass (and rocks), then much further downhill moorland grasses bleached a sandy colour, flatter land in far distance. Sky mix of clear and cloudy

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Apr 9

this seems to be a fake

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Apr 3

put him in a room with Starkey and let them fight it out

Rob Campbell@robcampbell15959· Mar 27

I’m enjoying this quirky and readable little book about one of my favourite places. Some nice walks in there, too. And a witty title. I’m biased because the book is by a friend of mine BUT if you like #monmouthshire I am sure you’ll like his book!