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The theme chosen for the Cole Alternative Christmas Cake, 2019.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200401_000846.jpg20200401_000846For this special person's birthday. From a photo taken after we'd gone for a snowy dip in Loch Clunie. February, 2020.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200318_100935.jpg20200318_100935The Isle of Lewis, post-dip, at the end of a wonderful four days of cycling with this bunch of babes.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200228_003351.jpg20200228_003351For my friends' wedding. A stroll we had when they visited St Andrews.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/celidan_painting-e1530139172692.jpgCeliDan_paintingA wedding present for my sister and her handsome walking buddy, DD. Sunshine in Pembrokeshire!2023-03-18T11:30:24+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/my-research/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/698a2655.jpeg698A2655Trying to figure out if we'd hit gold/peat in the Peruvian Amazon, in 2019. With many thanks to Dado Galdieri - https://www.instagram.com/dadogaldierihilaea/.2023-03-18T11:00:33+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/2023/03/16/for-peatlands-sake/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-1.pngimage-1https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image.pngimage2023-03-17T10:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/curriculum-vitae/2023-03-12T19:50:34+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/the-action/2023-03-03T23:23:52+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/get-in-touch/2023-03-03T23:07:23+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/2022/09/18/the-importance-of-being-interdisciplined/2022-09-18T20:50:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2022/02/10/i-apologise-for-going-green/2022-02-13T21:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2021/12/12/tea-party-for-peat/2021-12-12T10:22:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2021/11/30/a-guide-to-building-interdisciplinary-bridges/2021-11-30T23:28:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2021/11/25/was-it-a-cop-out/2021-11-25T23:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2021/09/25/all-about-energy-landscapes/2021-09-25T22:24:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2021/08/20/from-steaming-swamp-to-blanket-bog-were-live/2021-08-20T10:25:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2021/06/07/from-steaming-swamp-to-blanket-bog-photography-exhibition/2021-06-07T13:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2021/04/19/the-future-of-southeast-asias-tropical-peatlands/2021-04-19T06:52:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2021/04/19/talking-transdisciplinarity/2021-04-19T06:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2021/03/19/round-the-world-in-eight-peatlands/2021-03-19T09:47:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2021/01/07/highs-of-bogs-2020/2021-01-07T20:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/12/01/showcasing-my-research-on-the-bog/2020-12-01T19:38:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/11/27/is-it-really-renewable-for-peats-sake/2020-11-27T18:57:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/08/13/tools-of-the-interdisciplinary-trade-the-write-up/2020-08-13T19:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/06/03/worldpeatlandsday-the-first/2020-06-03T11:30:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/03/22/spot-the-difference/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/outreach_prejoseph-1.pngOutreach_preJosephhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/outreach_prejoseph.jpgOutreach_preJosephhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/outreach_postjoseph-1.pngOutreach_postJosephhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/outreach_prejoseph.pngOutreach_preJosephhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/outreach_postjoseph.pngOutreach_postJoseph2020-03-22T00:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/03/21/making-an-impact-in-uk-environmental-policy/2020-03-21T23:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/03/18/fare-forward-women/2020-03-19T06:51:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/02/03/a-story-of-flaming-bogs-in-borneo/2020-02-04T13:03:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/02/04/report-from-the-latest-gathering-of-the-tpwgroup/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/woman-laying-out-fish-to-dry-central-kalimantan-indonesia.-photo-by-sara-thornton.jpgWoman laying out fish to dry, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Sara Thorntonhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img-20200130-wa0012.jpgIMG-20200130-WA0012https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img-20200130-wa0005.jpgIMG-20200130-WA00052022-11-18T13:09:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/01/11/tools-of-the-interdisciplinary-trade-a-workshop-at-bes2019/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20191212_1401241-e1577057808797.jpgFeatured Image -- 2177https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20191212_1402142-e1577057572187.jpg20191212_140214[2]2025-01-30T01:59:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/01/10/friend-and-fao/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_20191018_091733581_hdr.jpgIMG_20191018_091733581_HDRhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_20191016_132655819.jpgIMG_20191016_1326558192020-01-10T12:31:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2020/01/09/jungle-book-part-ii/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20191102_173514.jpg20191102_173514https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20191114_121853.jpg20191114_121853Some of the incredibly strong women in Nueva Pandora, who were carrying kilos of palm shoots that they’d just harvested in the leach-infested swamps, back to their homes 30+ minutes away, without wellies. We stood and watching in awe as we set up a plot, in wellies.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20191129_142807.jpg20191129_142807Bees - many and everywhere.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_6443.jpgIMG_6443Our visiting Jiiri team posing with Nueva Pandora’s home team, the Leuuakus, after a long football match (and a long day in the swamp!). I am indebted too all of these people for their help and kindness over many days in the jungle.2020-01-10T12:05:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2019/07/22/sucked-in-to-the-swamps/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/whole_group_veinte.jpgWhole_group_Veintehttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dael_veinte.jpgDael_Veintehttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/chambira_plot.jpgChambira_plothttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/anna_aguajal.jpgAnna_aguajalhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5585.jpgIMG_55852019-07-22T16:38:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2019/05/01/learnings-from-an-unexpected-haven-of-tropical-ecology/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/paedinburgh.jpgPAEdinburghHaving fun with Project Awesome Edinburgh, at sunrise, on Calton Hill. They meet there every Wednesday. Well worth joining in.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/edinburgh_sunrise-e1556740611488.jpgEdinburgh_sunriseA picture from Calton Hill, pre-BESt jog. (Excuse the wonky angle - I'm good at those!)2019-05-01T20:03:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2019/04/07/un-cap-the-brexit-can-and-unleash-the-worms/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190220_103716.jpg20190220_103716https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190131_084119.jpg20190131_0841192019-04-07T22:52:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2019/04/07/las-turberas-de-peru/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190402_121603.jpg20190402_121603https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190402_120222.jpg20190402_1202222019-04-08T20:22:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2019/04/07/small-town-blues/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190302_171346.jpg20190302_171346https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190302_170550.jpg20190302_170550https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190121_080718.jpg20190121_080718https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190124_075726.jpg20190124_0757262019-04-07T22:30:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2018/12/18/coming-to-the-end-of-condatis/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_5134.jpgIMG_5134https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_4619.jpgIMG_4619One of the many beautiful forests I've visited this year, in the Heart of Borneo. https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_5133.jpgIMG_51332018-12-18T02:08:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2018/12/18/just-awesome/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20180727_061316.jpg20180727_0613162018-12-18T01:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2018/10/28/action-for-all-sorts-plus-conservation/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180830_100208.jpg20180830_100208https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180830_124926.jpg20180830_124926The lily ponds at beautiful Stackpole.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180830_123315.jpg20180830_123315Tom’s sea-horse in the leaves (promise).https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180830_100452.jpg20180830_100452Contemplating conservation….https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180830_070445.jpg20180830_070445Skinny-dipping at sunrise.2018-10-28T22:57:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2018/10/25/what-we-did-in-a-decade/2018-10-25T07:31:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2018/10/04/telling-tales-of-many-ps/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ignite_screen-e1538679309117.pngIgnite_screenReeling off about peat at Ignite Liverpool! (Note the 1 view - that was me!)https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ignite_slide.pngIgnite_slide2018-10-04T18:58:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2018/08/02/time-for-tea-in-java-part-ii/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180718_092150.jpg20180718_092150https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img-20180719-wa0000.jpgIMG-20180719-WA0000The Indonesia Condatis team outside the Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun Salak (TNGHS) Offices: Pak Lilik, Erlan, Jenny, Jane, Pairah and me.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180716_152817.jpg20180716_152817Our party stopped to view the wildlife corridor we are proposing to model using Condatis, between Mount Halimun and Mount Salak, within the National Park.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180718_112346.jpg20180718_112346The edge of the rainforest bordered by a tea plantation, within Mount Halimun Salak National Park, West Java, Indonesia.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180718_113305.jpg20180718_1133052018-08-05T17:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2018/08/02/business-cards-butterflies-and-boats-in-borneo-part-i/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_4537.jpgIMG_4537https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_4630.jpgIMG_4630The first river crossing. We didn’t realise there were about a dozen more to come. Each time it was so refreshing to wade through thigh-deep water; a welcome relief from the tropical humidity. Thankfully my camera avoided any refreshing dips though!https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_4486.jpgIMG_4486Travelling by boat to the village (kampung) of Sikalabaan, about two hours up-river from Kampung Salong, where the road ends.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180711_142429-1.jpg20180711_142429 (1)Jenny presenting the concepts of Condatis to the participants of our training workshop at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_4723.jpgIMG_4723The kind residents of Kampung Sikalabaan, in Sabah’s Heart of Borneo region, showed us around their community forest and farmland for the day.2018-08-04T09:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2018/08/01/that-pa-thing/2018-08-01T22:25:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2018/06/06/my-boggest-achievement-of-2017/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/orang_bog.jpgOrang_bogMy winning ORANGUTAN costume, in all of it's glory pre-bog.2018-06-06T22:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2018/05/23/that-indonesian-peat-prize/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/fig-2.jpgA new oil palm plantation under development, at the edge of a protected peatland (with remnant peat swamp forest visible in the background). How far into the peat dome the plantation extends, and thus the extent of impact, will be measurable using the new mapping techniques. https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/fig-1.jpgAn area of deforested, drained and burnt peatland, converted into smallholder agriculture, within a Biodiversity Concession, Central Kalimantan province. Mapping of these activities, and the depth of peat on which they are happening, will assist with planning more responsible landscape management. 2018-05-23T21:18:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2018/05/09/one-of-the-things/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180412_151011.jpg20180412_151011Red-red, the food of the Ghanaian gods.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180413_174335-1.jpgHow Ghana does sunset.2018-05-11T17:43:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2017/06/09/the-three-ps-in-parliament/2017-06-09T00:47:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2017/04/17/power-from-peat-in-rwanda/2017-04-17T22:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2017/02/02/happy-world-wetlands-day/2017-02-02T22:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160731_162013760.jpgimg_20160731_162013760https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160731_074718890_hdr1.jpgimg_20160731_074718890_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160731_074718890_hdr.jpgimg_20160731_074718890_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-03-21-07-28-03.jpg2016-03-21 07.28.03Thanks, PA superstars.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-03-21-07-27-39.jpg2016-03-21 07.27.39https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-03-21-07-27-36.jpg2016-03-21 07.27.36https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-03-21-07-27-27.jpg2016-03-21 07.27.27So much colour. Even more love. Just awesome.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-01-30-08-16-51.jpg2016-01-30 08.16.51https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-01-30-13-28-261.jpg2016-01-30 13.28.26And the sun shone on Brighton Beach, as always. I only made it in to calf-height. Wimp.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-01-30-08-16-08.jpg2016-01-30 08.16.08The view I woke up to from our camping spot, just below the Ditchling Beacon. No rain, after a whole night of it!2017-01-18T22:57:26+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/urban-ninja/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160604_123218484_hdr.jpgimg_20160604_123218484_hdr2017-01-18T22:56:16+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/fan-y-big-wild-camp-wander/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161231_131140762.jpgimg_20161231_131140762https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161231_1257004582.jpgimg_20161231_125700458https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161231_102326482.jpgimg_20161231_102326482https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161231_082251495.jpgimg_20161231_082251495https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161230_194256944.jpgimg_20161230_194256944https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161231_125821656_hdr.jpgimg_20161231_125821656_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161231_125706616.jpgimg_20161231_125706616https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161231_1257004581.jpgimg_20161231_125700458https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161231_125700458.jpgimg_20161231_1257004582017-01-17T21:54:13+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/winter-surf-turf/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161113_122517285_hdr.jpgimg_20161113_122517285_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161112_163641341.jpgimg_20161112_163641341https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161112_161532161_hdr.jpgimg_20161112_161532161_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161112_155715940.jpgimg_20161112_155715940https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161112_111254260_hdr.jpgimg_20161112_111254260_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161112_110305953.jpgimg_20161112_110305953https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161112_154337859_hdr.jpgimg_20161112_154337859_hdr2017-01-17T21:36:23+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/coastal-ultra-series-2/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161030_143134756.jpgimg_20161030_143134756https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161030_114006873_hdr.jpgimg_20161030_114006873_hdrAbbotsbury's swanneryhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161030_104519507_hdr.jpgimg_20161030_104519507_hdrGreen and fresh air.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161030_101550583_hdr.jpgimg_20161030_101550583_hdrAbbotsbury Abbeyhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161030_101217487.jpgimg_20161030_101217487https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161029_173831776.jpgimg_20161029_173831776Chesil Beachhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161029_160619799.jpgimg_20161029_160619799Bellougi spotting.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161029_142244286.jpgimg_20161029_142244286Blackberry war paint for Golden Cap.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161030_153010123.jpgimg_20161030_1530101232017-01-17T20:57:58+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/yestival/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161023_123814429.jpgimg_20161023_123814429https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161023_091451244.jpgimg_20161023_091451244https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161022_181541596_hdr.jpgimg_20161022_181541596_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161022_181532112.jpgimg_20161022_181532112https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161022_181522226_hdr.jpgimg_20161022_181522226_hdr2017-01-17T20:31:38+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/sixteen-bridges/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img-20161007-wa0042.jpgimg-20161007-wa0042https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img-20161007-wa0032.jpgimg-20161007-wa0032https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img-20161007-wa0030.jpgimg-20161007-wa0030https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img-20161007-wa0021.jpgimg-20161007-wa0021https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img-20161007-wa0012.jpgimg-20161007-wa0012https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img-20161007-wa0005.jpgimg-20161007-wa0005https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img-20161007-wa0015.jpgimg-20161007-wa0015https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160924_185001141_hdr.jpgimg_20160924_185001141_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160924_184948136_hdr.jpgimg_20160924_184948136_hdr2017-01-17T20:20:25+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/the-two-peaks-one-carpark-challenge/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160607_174918209_hdr.jpgimg_20160607_174918209_hdrGood old welcomed Rosie.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160607_171733749.jpgimg_20160607_171733749A bit of a view on the descent.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160607_171139824.jpgimg_20160607_171139824Peat! (Blanket bog to be specific.)https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160607_150046157.jpgimg_20160607_150046157The summit?https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160607_092147135.jpgimg_20160607_092147135https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160606_200811771.jpgimg_20160606_200811771https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160606_174605447.jpgimg_20160606_174605447https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160606_215513522_hdr.jpgimg_20160606_215513522_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160606_213548183_hdr.jpgimg_20160606_213548183_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160606_203006715_hdr.jpgimg_20160606_203006715_hdr2017-01-17T19:58:19+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/mount-trus-madi/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160823_081301745_hdr.jpgimg_20160823_081301745_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160823_070924126.jpgimg_20160823_070924126Pitcher plants galore!https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160823_090631039.jpgimg_20160823_090631039https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160823_083122237_hdr.jpgimg_20160823_083122237_hdrA walk of snakes and ladders, minus the snakes (that we saw).https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160823_083054769_hdr.jpgimg_20160823_083054769_hdrWe climbed over that.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160823_081519167.jpgimg_20160823_081519167And we climbed over this (in the dark).https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160823_055253728.jpgimg_20160823_0552537282017-01-17T19:49:04+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/sunny-cycle-3/2017-01-16T23:15:27+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/sunny-cycle-2/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160717_211441891_hdr.jpgimg_20160717_211441891_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160716_113553463.jpgimg_20160716_1135534632017-01-16T23:09:54+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/sunny-cycle-1/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-05-29-17-29-42.jpg2016-05-29-17-29-42https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-05-29-12-52-30.jpg2016-05-29-12-52-302017-01-16T23:08:15+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/the-beautiful-brecon-beacons/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img-20160514-wa0005.jpgimg-20160514-wa0005https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-05-16-13-45-14.jpg2016-05-16-13-45-14https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-05-16-13-18-49.jpg2016-05-16-13-18-49https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-05-14-17-35-47.jpg2016-05-14-17-35-47https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-05-14-17-02-00.jpg2016-05-14-17-02-00https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-05-13-19-03-29.jpg2016-05-13-19-03-29https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-05-13-13-37-24.jpg2016-05-13-13-37-242017-01-15T23:11:44+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/skis-steps/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160416_191258446_hdr.jpgimg_20160416_191258446_hdr2017-01-15T22:46:54+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/2017/01/12/part-of-the-missing-carbon-sink/2017-01-13T11:49:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/the-highlands/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160722_185905732_hdr.jpgimg_20160722_185905732_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160722_181408368.jpgimg_20160722_181408368https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160721_162725755.jpgimg_20160721_162725755https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160722_162927371_hdr.jpgimg_20160722_162927371_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160721_103554081_hdr.jpgimg_20160721_103554081_hdrhttps://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20160720_075558020_hdr.jpgimg_20160720_075558020_hdr2017-01-02T09:20:34+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/2016/12/11/thank-you-david/2016-12-14T21:07:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2016/12/11/still-time-before-the-flood/2016-12-11T23:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/a-tale-of-peat-and-other-stories/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/amaizeing-wedding.jpgamaizeing-wedding2016-11-04T15:56:39+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/musings/2016-11-04T15:26:38+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/2016/09/23/bog-snorkelling/2016-09-23T15:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2016/06/10/beyond-the-haze/2016-06-10T14:45:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2016/05/06/micca-materials/2016-05-06T16:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/holi-colour/2016-04-05T22:43:30+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/scorchio-swim-2/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-04-03-08-33-31.jpg2016-04-03 08.33.31https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-04-03-09-28-44.jpg2016-04-03 09.28.44My swimming spot. Looks about the temperature that it was. But it was somehow glorious.2016-04-05T22:22:04+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/crooked-camp-out-2/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-03-19-08-58-56.jpg2016-03-19 08.58.56https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-03-19-16-04-30.jpg2016-03-19 16.04.30https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-03-19-09-02-04.jpg2016-03-19 09.02.042016-04-05T22:08:00+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/the-20-miler/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-03-25-18-30-38.jpg2016-03-25 18.30.38https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-03-20-13-07-30.jpg2016-03-20 13.07.30We were very ready for some Hollyhock scrambled eggs by this point, and more tea, obvs.2016-04-05T22:04:52+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/2016/04/05/fledging-the-nest-an-early-career-event-for-the-next-generation-of-conservation-ecologists/2016-04-09T17:27:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2016/03/14/its-not-rocket-science/2016-03-14T11:19:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/six-sisters-do-seven-sisters/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_20160228_140430331.jpgIMG_20160228_140430331https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_20160228_140421876.jpgIMG_20160228_140421876https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_20160228_111222131.jpgIMG_20160228_111222131A run along the Seven Sisters turned into a casual marathonic plod all the way from Eastbourne to Brighton. It was a stunning day, and a stunning run.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_20160228_171737138.jpgIMG_20160228_1717371382016-02-29T22:36:14+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/2016/02/24/my-name-is-peat/2016-02-24T23:03:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/soggy-cycle-1/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-14-07-56-18.jpg2016-02-14 07.56.18And Happy Valentine's Day!https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-13-16-39-35.jpg2016-02-13 16.39.35One of the less sunny summits I've made on the Ditchling Beacon. We didn't stop for long for fear of the Chill Monster getting us.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-14-16-26-471.jpg2016-02-14 16.26.47The Black Stallion, my Mary Poppins bag and I arrived home, about 36 hours and 120 miles after we left it.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-14-12-57-461.jpg2016-02-14 12.57.46Quite liked the name of this road (somewhere in Sussex).https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-14-12-57-46.jpg2016-02-14 12.57.46https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-14-16-26-47.jpg2016-02-14 16.26.47https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-14-09-31-53.jpg2016-02-14 09.31.53https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-14-09-32-09.jpg2016-02-14 09.32.092016-02-21T23:06:13+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/new-river-run/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-21-16-55-07.jpg2016-02-21 16.55.07A 15.9 miles run from Turkey Street, down along, over and almost in the New River to it's end point in Angel, passing by some beautiful parts of London I never knew existed. 2016-02-21T22:50:52+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/2016/02/01/the-afc-team/2016-02-01T00:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/camp-out-1/2016-01-31T20:20:02+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/beyond-the-bog/scorchio-swim-1-roma/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-01-23-12-28-23.jpg2016-01-23 12.28.23https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-01-23-13-53-28.jpg2016-01-23 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22.19.562015-12-18T18:05:34+00:00weekly0.6https://lydiaescole.com/2015/11/24/379/2015-11-24T07:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2015/08/27/372/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-06-30-16-01-10.jpg2015-06-30 16.01.10A maturing sugarbeet field in East Anglia.2015-08-27T16:38:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2015/08/14/caged/2015-08-14T12:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lydiaescole.com/2015/08/14/retreating-from-peat/https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/psf1-edge_of_fragment.jpgPSF1-edge_of_fragmentA degraded tropical peatland in Borneo, with an approximately five year old oil palm plantation in the distance.https://lydiaescole.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/psf1-edge_of_fragment-1.jpgPSF1-edge_of_fragment 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