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Taken last August n the Scottish lowlands, penning some reflections on our hike...
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"Vanity Corners" - My Shortlisted Nature Poem
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I forgot myself in the grass today
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Water Book Club with Dr Amanda Tuke & Jen Ratcliffe
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Summer Rain - Boater Country Diary #1
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The Boater’s Country Diary: nature-led notes from life on the water
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Come catch a wave \ud83c\udf0a I'm Jen, I share dreamy musings about nature from my wandering water-cradled narrowboat in the UK ✨Longlisted Walking In The Dark 25/ Shortlisted WC Nature Writing Prize 24/ Finalist Porthleven Prize 23 \ud83d\uddde️ BL Waterwaysworld etc
Author, naturalist, campaigner; winner Wainwright Prize (The Flow); Guardian Country Diarist; columnist @ British Wildlife; latest book A River Running Through You; WIP Old Nows. Support my work here if you're able https://ko-fi.com/amyjanebeer
Writer, editor and Guardian country diary. Author of Land Beneath the Waves.
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