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Jan Wiltshire is a nature writer living in Cumbria. She loves to explore coast, islands and mountain landscapes. Sharing the immediacy of personal experience and her curiosity about the natural world. A chronicle through the seasons, through the years in times of change. Her website is a resource and an archive. See her nature writer's blog.
She likes to share the inspiration of the Natural World. Her local patch, her study area, is Scout Scar. On 12th June 2024 Westmorland and Furness Council barred access via the Brigsteer Bridge. Five months later we're still waiting for an interim plan and a date when access will be restored to walkers, runners and cyclists. In the meantime she campaigns for the right to roam, access to access land, a safe, direct and familiar way to the countryside on our doorstep. Go to My Books for details of her printed books Cumbrian Contrasts and About Scout Scar. Book covers show recurring themes of flora, fauna, geology, farming and conservation, season and weather. There are maps and introductory chapters. Also an introduction to A Lakeland Experience with Derwent Langdale Ullswater Kentdale Atlantic Odyssey an exploration of Achill Island and the Armada Coast of County Mayo, Ireland. History and natural history meet here in a short, on-line book. Islands and Coast: Search (top right) enter the subject you seek Archive (Blog Page, right hand side) Farne Islands and Dunstanburgh Castle archive May 2016 Solway archive November 2016 St Bees Head, Whitehaven archive March 2019 Inner Hebrides: Islay, Jura, Colonsay archive July 2017 Outer Hebrides archive June and July 2015 Cromarty Firth, Spey Bay, Troup Head archive May 2018 Isle of Man archive September/October 2018 Walney Island, South Cumbria recurrently Other Writing - including Orkney Orkney Shetland Shetland The RIver Kent, reading a landscape click on highlighted and underscored titles - for your personal use only. Please respect copyright throughout this website Jan would like to hear what you enjoy in her work so why not get in touch? Jan Wiltshire |