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Laughing Badger: Whale watching
"Like most sightings of wildlife of any description, nothing is guaranteed"
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Laughing Badger: Foraging for fungi
"As we enter prime mushroom time these things need to be taken seriously."
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Laughing Badger: Writing and reminiscing
"With a few million published words and thousands of articles, there have been many memorable moments, but nothing compares to my wonderful Oaf Tales."
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Laughing Badger: Into The Deep
"Like a kid in a sweet shop I was transfixed behind the glass as a parade of Titans swam up to me for a nosey, including a stingray close enough to kiss."
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Laughing Badger: Mary, Queen of Scots
"This is where my own experience of famous people having passed through my house pales into insignificance."
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Laughing Badger: Barons and Buittle
"We had just returned from afternoon tea with the Laird of Buittle Castle, as you do"
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Laughing Badger: Shetlands' wildlife photography trips offer 'wow' factor
Guests observe rare birds, killer whales and dolphins while otter photography itineraries are a speciality.
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Laughing Badger: From soup to sonnets, sorrel is integral ingredient
A nutritional powerhouse or the subject of poetic musings, wood sorrel can be traced back to the Middle Ages and beyond
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Laughing Badger: Wildlife and wildflowers
"Plants that are widespread and medicinally potent invariably acquire a large number of folk-names, and the foxglove’s many names are a case study in our ancestor’s imaginations."
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Laughing Badger: Tracks throughout time
"Old farms and weavers cottages and the remnants of enclosed fields, now edged with newer developments which link the new and the old of this lovely northern town I now call home."
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Laughing Badger: Norse mythology
"Raven symbols include intelligence, adaptability, partnerships, guidance, transformation, and prophecy."
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Laughing Badger: Clever corvids
"A cocky cartoon crow, carrion by name, walked like John Wayne into town."