Stephen Senn

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Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 14d

Today’s hike was from Gateside to Kinross town via West Lomond. #hiking #Fife #Kinross #Scotland

View of West Lomond, the highest hill in Fife.

The fantastic rock formation known as the Bunnet Stane.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 18d

This is not what we had in mind when filling the bird feeder.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 18d

Today is our last day in Marsden and our first day of rain. We have just had a stroll along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to the Standedge tunnel end. canalrivertrust.org.uk/canals-and-r...

The Marsden Shuttle approaching tunnel end.

Looking to Pule Hill, through which the tunnel passes.

Lock 39 on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal just to the E of Marsden.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 19d

View of area of moorland on fire above the Blakely Reservoir near #Marsden #Yorkshire The fire is recent. We passed this way on Monday and visited the waterfall nearby.

Looking down on old bridge and to Blakely Reservoir. The Pennine Way skirts to the right of the burning patch beyond the reservoir.

Waterfall by area of moorland that has now been burnt.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 19d

Today’s hike was a circular from Marsden taking in Shooters Nab. #hiking #Yorkshire

Looking to Pule Hill along the Blackmoor Foot Conduit.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 19d

There’s always one who’s a #Coldplay fan.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 20d

Presumably, a piña collider.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 21d

In all likelihood a favourite Bayesian beer.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 21d

Today’s hike was a circular with @dunniton.bsky.social and our wives taking in Cupwith Reservoir. #hiking #Yorkshire It was nice to catch up with old friends.

Marker stone with relief carving of a packhorse.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 23d

More pictures from today’s hike from #Marsden #hiking #Yorkshire

View of Pule Hill from The #PennineWay near Blakely Clough.

The Easter Gate Packhorse bridge near the end of the walk, scene from upstream.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 23d

The bracken on today’s hike was about one wife high. #hiking #Yorkshire

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 23d

Today’s hike was a circular from Marsden taking in Millstone Edge. #hiking #Yorkshire

Old gateposts looking to Wessenden Moor.

Waterfall, pool and stepping stones in the Shiny Brook Clough.

The dinner stone (a millstone grit formation on Millstone Edge) looking to the Castleshaw Reservoirs.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 24d

Today’s hike was a circular from #Marsden taking in the Easter Gate packhorse bridge. #hiking #Yorkshire

View of the Easter Gate packhorse bridge looking up the Haigh Clough beck.

Footpath between drystone walls leading up from Redbrook Clough.

View of the crags on Pule Hill. Crags at Nab End in the foreground.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 25d

We are in Marsden and today’s hike was the Butterly circular. #hiking #Yorkshire

View of the Butterfly Reservoir with bilberry plant in foreground.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· 28d

When two tribes go to war.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jul 13

Today’s hike was from Kingussie to Newtonmore via Loch Gynack #hiking #Scotland #Badenoch

A view across Loch Gynack to Creag Dhubh.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jul 12

Today’s hike was to the Uath lochans near Kincraig.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jul 10

Today we climbed Creag an Loin from Newtonmore #hiking #Badenoch #Scotland

Looking up a path by the Allt a’ Chaorainn (the burn of the rowan tree).

Creag Dubh with the Calder River in the foreground.

Looking E at the summit cairn of Creag a Loin with a glimpse of Loch Gynack R.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jul 10

Time flies. One fifth of a USA notched up today.

A young couple at a wedding about to cut the cake. For some baffling reason they are about to do so with the dull edge of the knife.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jul 9

Visited the Highland Wildlife Park today and received statistical education . 1) A bimodal distribution (are such camels more widely distributed than the unimodal variety?) and 2) a (bog standard) DAG.

Information board describing wetland loss.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jul 8

Today we hiked from Kincraig up The Suidh. #hiking #Scotland #Badenoch

View of the Cairngorms from the slopes of the Suidh

Looking to the Cairngorms from the summit shelter. Loch Insh R.

Looking back at the summit of the Suidh from a subsidiary summit and its cairn.

On the slopes of the Suidh Heather, dead wood and bracken.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jul 4

This afternoon we had a little stroll along the Calder river at Newtonmore doing part of the Wildcat trail. #hiking #Scotland #Badenoch

Looking upstream at the Calder River near the start.

Looking downstream at the little gorge on the Calder.

A view of the Monadh Liath (the grey mountains).

Looking to Creag Dubh of Clan Macpherson fame. https://newtonmore.com/creag-dubh/

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jul 1

This morning I have had a haphazard, albeit not entirely random, stroll in London. This afternoon I shall be giving a talk on randomisation that I hope will not be haphazard.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jun 28

Today’s hike was with the All Year Ramblers and from Inveruglas to Arrochar. #hiling #Scotland

The mountain known a A’ chrois with foxglove in the foreground.

A view of Ben Lomond a the Ptarmigan Ridge (R).

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jun 25

Today’s hike was from Silverburn to Carlops over S Black hill and the Kips. That was not the plan but someone has decided to build some serious deer fences on the route I was going to take. #Pentlands #Hiking

View of the Pentlands main ridge from near Green Hill L to R. W Kip, E Kip, Scald Law, S Black Hill.

looking back along the N Esk approaching Carlops. Orchids in foreground

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jun 19

Today we completed our exploration of the Finnish archipelago and the Åland archipelago by taking the Viking line cruise ship Birka through the Swedish archipelago to Stockholm. #hiking #Baltic

View of the four masted sailing barque Pommern in the harbour at Åland from deck 11 of the Birka.

A motor boat passing through a narrow strait in the Swedish archipelago.

A yellow car ferry passed on our cruise through the Swedish archipelago.

Colourful buildings in Stortorget in Stockholm.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jun 17

Today we hiked the nature trail on Järso and Nåtö, two islands that are linked to the main Åland island and to each other by bridges and causeways. #hiking #Åland

Sea thrift, granite rocks and the sea at Järso

A meadow of European yellow rattle and buttercups on Nåtö.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jun 15

Today we hiked from Amalia to the Church of St Brigitte at Lemland, passing over the granite pavements of Bistopberget en route. book.visitaland.com/en/lemland-c... #hiking #Åland book.visitaland.com/en/lemlandsl...

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jun 14

Today started rainy so we were limited to mere meanderings in Lemland later in the day. #Hiking #Åland

Evening light on an inlet near the bridge to Lumparland.

Evening light looking N across the meadows from Amalia.

Stephen Senn@stephensenn· Jun 14

Yesterday we hiked to the ferry at Galtby on Kökar took the ferry to Lågnäs on Lempland, passing Sottunga on the way, and continued our hike past the church at Lumperland. #hiking #Åland