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Connecting people and nature in Scotland
Science on the Solway - how geese are helping us better understand avian flu

Connecting people and nature in Scotland

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 24:02 Transcription Available


Join us as we travel to the Solway Firth in Dumfries and Galloway to meet staff from NatureScot's wildlife management team - Jenny Park, Rae McKenzie and Alastair MacGugan.The team talk us through their vital research into the highly pathogenic avian influenza – or avian flu as it's more commonly known – and the impact it's having on the thousands of barnacle geese that migrate to the Solway Firth each winter from their Arctic breeding grounds.In this episode, you'll learn about the collaborative research efforts underway and how cutting-edge science is helping us better understand bird responses to avian flu. You'll also discover the importance of this work for wildlife conservation and how it contributes to our wider understanding of disease management in wild bird populations.More Information:Scottish Government avian influenza updatesNatureScot avian influenza (bird flu) guidance Bird flu (avian influenza): how to spot and report it in poultry or other captive birds

Bizarre Encounters
#112 The 1964 Solway Firth Spaceman

Bizarre Encounters

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 67:14


Join Shayn & Orin as we dig into the strange photo and events around "The 1964 Solway Firth Spaceman". All this and more on the 112th episode of "Bizarre Encounters with Shayn & Orin". Don't forget to like, follow, share, & review. We appreciate it!..Social Media/Email/Donate/Merch/Patreonhttp://linktr.ee/bizarreencounters..REPORT AN ENCOUNTERbizarreencounters@outlook.comHotline: (313) 364-1551..CHECK OUT THE OMM MERCH STORE & PATREON!.T-SHIRTS NOW ONLY $15.58!https://open-minds-media-merch-store.printify.me/products.3 TIERS TO CHOOSE FROM WITH 7 DAY FREE TRIALS AVAILABLE!https://www.patreon.com/open_minds_media...Donate to the show:https://cash.app/$shaynjones1994https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3007072169885696543&created=1667407660https://www.paypal.me/shaynjones1994....Affiliate Links:.Chattergeist by Dimension DevicesGet 10% off by using the affiliate link!https://dimensiondevices.co.uk/shop.php?affiliate=OpenMindsMedia..Oregon-ite by Isaac LayzellUse code "OMM" for 10% off!https://oregon-ite.com/?sca_ref=5851215.dReRp5kdjU..Sticker MuleUse link for a $10 credit to spend on custom stickers, magnets, buttons and more!https://www.stickermule.com/unlock?ref_id=1381125701&utm_medium=link&utm_source=invite....Please Check Out:."Bizarre Inquiries"*Monthly Youtube LIVE Show*1st Thursday of Every Month @ 7:15pm EST.Join Shayn & Orin as we address and discuss bizarre inquiries uncovered by us and listeners like you. Some may be serious, some may be ridiculous. Who knows how it all might go down. All that matters is that you let your mind wonder!.Social Media/Email/Donate/Merch/Patreonhttp://linktr.ee/open_minds_media.Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwRrzt9NKkpKOSiaTHjTYxHw4blHxwPO3.."Inquiries of our Reality with Shayn Jones"The reality we live in can be a very strange place. Most of the time, fact being stranger than fiction. How will we ever start to understand this reality we live in unless we question everything. Join me and a guest as we unravel the mysteries of this reality, one topic at a time..Social Media/Email/Donate/Merch/Patreonhttp://linktr.ee/inquiriesofourrealitypodcast.."The Framework: UFO Research Center" (Orin)https://www.instagram.com/theframeworkufo/.."Open Minds Media (OMM)"https://linktr.ee/open_minds_media.."Midwest Mythos with Ryley Watson"Join Ryley weekly in listening to guest tell their story's of the unknown, grand adventures, and countless other topicshttps://linktr.ee/midwestmythospodcast....FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY:.IKNOWSQUATCHSpreading the gospel of Squatch with knowledge & fresh merchhttps://www.etsy.com/shop/iknowsquatchhttps://www.instagram.com/iknowsquatch/..CryptoteeologySpecializing in wearable cryptids and monsters and the stories behind them. Discover a relatable monster for any casual occasion.https://www.cryptoteeology.com/https://www.instagram.com/cryptoteeology/https://www.facebook.com/Cryptoteeology..The Snarly Yow Beard & Body ProductsSnarly Products are made exclusively for the Snarly Yow by crafters and local small businesses by hand.https://www.snarlyyow.com/https://www.instagram.com/thesnarlyyowhttps://www.facebook.com/TheSnarlyYow/..Big Ape ThreadsCryptid Drip. Fortean Fits. We make the strange look good. Apparel, Stickers, & More.https://www.instagram.com/bigapethreads/https://bigape.shop....Intro & Outro By:Socio-Beathttps://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sociobeat/conundrumhttps://socio-beat.bandcamp.com/...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bizarre-encounters-with-shayn-orin--6292129/support.

Burns Banter - A fresh look at Robert Burns
Burns Banter S2 Ep11 - Dumfries

Burns Banter - A fresh look at Robert Burns

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 20:35


Send us a textIn this episode Robert leaves Ellisland farm and moves to Dumfries. We look at his work as an excise officer and a famous incident involving Robert attacking a smugglers Schooner on the Solway Firth. I also look at Roberts visit to Edinburgh to see two women, for very different reasons. We also talk about a man called George Thomson and the influence he had on Robert. There is lots going on in this episode, dive right in and enjoy!Burns Banter - A fresh look at Robert Burns

A LIFE IN SOUND
Creative Conversation with ONR

A LIFE IN SOUND

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 49:12 Transcription Available


What if the natural world could compose a symphony? Join us as we explore this captivating question in our latest episode featuring Martyn Stewart and singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer ONR.Born Robert Shields and hailing from from Dumfriesshire in South Scotland, ONR's distinctive compositions, vocals and exceptional musical capability have captured the imagination of some of the world's biggest acts and most respected musicians; one of ONR's breakout moments being his collaboration with legendary guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers, who became a huge fan and supporter after having happened to see ONR recording at Abbey Road Studios. Rodgers said of Shields in a recent Forbes interview, “he reminds me of working with Daft Punk. His sense of composition is just wonderfully chaotic."Discover how an impromptu Zoom call ignited Martyn's passion for intertwining the audio of Scotland's breathtaking landscapes with music. The magic of Scotland's Western Isles, the Highlands, and the historically rich Culloden Moor and Glencoe are not just backdrops but essential players in this unique musical collaboration.Listeners will be taken on an emotional journey, particularly through the track "You and I," inspired by the Solway Firth. This piece holds profound emotional significance for Robert, offering a deeply personal narrative woven into the melody. You'll hear about the challenges and rewards of composing music driven solely by the rhythms and sounds of nature, from the daunting cries of Peregrine Falcons in Dalbeattie to the serene ambiance of Scotland's untouched wilderness.The episode culminates in a heartfelt reflection on the transformative power of this artistic endeavor. Martyn and Robert share their gratitude for the creative freedom and inspiration this project has brought into their lives. We invite our listeners to continue exploring the world of natural sounds and music through our online platforms, ensuring the journey into nature's symphony is just the beginning.www.thelisteningplanet.com

Open Country
These Debatable Lands

Open Country

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 24:37


Helen Mark visits 50 square miles that were neither England nor Scotland. The Debatable Lands, between Carlisle and Gretna, were home to untameable crime families that petrified the most powerful of Lords and Kings. For hundreds of years governments in London and Edinburgh left the region to its own laws and moral codes. When they did intervene, the result was an explosion of violence that's still visible in the landscape of derelict towers and still audible in the Border Ballads collected by Walter Scott.Author, Graham Robb guides Helen through the region's complex history and Ian Scott Martin takes her to the ramparts of Gilnockie Tower- the fearsome stronghold of the Armstrong family, one of the most notorious clans of Border Reivers.The Union of the Crowns in the early 17th century brought the age of the Debatable Land to an end, ushering in a long period of peace broken abruptly in 1915. On the Western Front the British Army was running out of shells. In Westminster the government fell and the decision was made to build an enormous 9 mile long munitions factory, stretching across the region. Rebecca Short of the Devil's Porridge Museum guides Helen around the remains of the industrial landscape in which 30,000 people- 16,000 of them women- worked in the production of the cordite that propelled shells across the battlefields of Belgium and France. The western tip of the Debatable Land reaches out to the saltmarshes of the Solway Firth. This apparently peaceful landscape soon yields its secrets. The land is constantly battered and transformed by the tides while animals and plants have to adapt to survive the harsh and dynamic conditions. Helen explores the creeks, bogs and rivers with David Pickett of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and Chris Miles of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.Producer: Alasdair Cross

Spooky AF
30. The Cumberland Spaceman - Is this an alien??

Spooky AF

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 43:40


Join Rob and Suz this week while they look at this case from 1964! Jim Templeton took a seemingly ordinary photo of his daughter in a field near Solway Firth, England. Little did he know, this snapshot would capture more than just a family memory—it would immortalise the enigmatic figure now known as the Cumberland Spaceman!All our links here - https://www.linktr.ee/spookyafMusic: Dank Halloween by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cryptids, Creeps, And Conspiracy
EP31-Solway Firth Spaceman With Frankie From The Haunted And The Strange

Cryptids, Creeps, And Conspiracy

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 67:53


Join me and Canadian beauty Amanda/Frankie from The Haunted and the Strange as we dive into the photographical phenomenon known as the Solway Firth Spaceman. We talk about the photo itself, possible ways the photo was created, and the stigma surrounding it. What do you think the spaceman was? Alien? Angel? Time traveler?Click here for merch sites, patreon site, website, to donate, and join me on social media!Guest Information:EmailTikTokInstagramSources:https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-27391210   https://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/solway-firth-p243731#:~:text=The%20Solway%20Firth%20is%20located,raised%20mires%20and%20agricultural%20land.   https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Cumberland_Spaceman_(Solway_Firth_Spaceman)   https://jamesaconrad.com/media/Solway-Spaceman-photo.html   https://www.futilitycloset.com/2013/10/21/the-solway-firth-spaceman/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cryptids-creeps-and-conspiracy-podcast--6041412/support.

Country Life
Fiona Stafford: The greatest myth of the countryside

Country Life

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 26:15


We tend to think of the British countryside as rural idyll, a patchwork of fields, farms and forests, rolling on through time until rudely interrupted by the building of a new housing estate, a dual-carriageway or some other man-man incursion. But the landscape around us is changing constantly, has always been doing so, and always will. Fiona Stafford, professor of English at Oxford University, joins the Country Life podcast this week to talk about how, and why, we fail to recognise those shifts. Even in the space of a generation or two, vast changes can take place that we scarcely think about: from swamps drained and reservoirs created to the hundreds of Second World War airfields which once dotted so much of Britain, and which how have mostly been turned to other purposes. And how about the River Humber, crossed by a mighty suspension bridge which feels as if it will be there forever; yet the Solway Firth was once spanned by a spectacular Victorian viaduct of which almost nothing now remains. When we talk about conservation, then, what are we conserving? If the landscape is being constantly made and re-made, how are we to say which particular moment in time we're trying to return it to? The countryside, after all, is a workplace, not a museum. Fiona tackles these ideas in her new book, Time and Tide: The Long, Long History of Landscape, and we're delighted that she was able to join our podcast host James Fisher to discuss this fascinating topic.Episode creditsHost: James FisherGuest: Professor Fiona StaffordProducer and editor: Toby KeelMusic: JuliusH via PixabaySpecial thanks: Adam Wilbourn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cryptopedia - A Paranormal Podcast
The Cumberland/Solway Spaceman - English White - 151

Cryptopedia - A Paranormal Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 83:25


This week, John tried to do a short episode, but three hours in Blender had other plans.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The mystery of the Solway Spaceman - BBC News - May 23, 2014 Solway Firth Spaceman - Wikipedia Solway Firth Spaceman - RationalWiki The Real Cumberland Spaceman Woomera Blue Streak Incident The 1964 Solway Spaceman Photograph: Case Report Australian Government Record Search UFOs at close sight: The Solway Firth photograph, 1964 The Men In Black Visit Jim Templeton Security Meeting on marsh 'a joke' - Cumberland News - September 4, 1964  The Solway Spaceman photograph - Dr David Clarke 1964: Cumberland Spaceman / Solway Firth Photograph - Think AboutIts The Draconian / Saurian War Conspiracy 1 - Think AboutIt - Aliens File:Mercury Suit Gordon Cooper.jpg - Wikipedia Captain Jack's Contax/Pentacon Page Car forum discussion about the photo Debunked  The Solway Spaceman   The One Show 2017

The Media Hijacked
EP.171 Solway Firth Spaceman Mystery

The Media Hijacked

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024 89:58


In 1964, a family took a seemingly innocent photograph during a day out near the Solway Firth in Cumbria, England. However, upon developing the image, they discovered an eerie figure resembling a space-suited astronaut standing behind their daughter. To this day, experts and enthusiasts alike debate the origins of this mysterious figure, with theories ranging from optical illusions to extraterrestrial encounters. Join us as we unravel the truth behind one of the most enduring mysteries in UFO lore. Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@themediahijacked?lang=en Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theMediaHijacked/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Lbqa8NqieSOZpTCtxshQw T-Shirts “NOW AVAILABLE” https://www.themediahijacked.com/ Every Tuesday @3PM PST/6PM EST Join us on twitch.tv Follow us on Twitch.tv: https://www.twitch.tv/mediahijacked Follow us on www.kick.com/themediahijacked Billy: https://www.instagram.com/youneak/ Chris: https://www.instagram.com/sarkastik_jones/ Don't forget Rate and Subscribe!! Thanks!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediahijacked/support

Fortean Words
Fortean Words 183- The Solway Firth Spaceman

Fortean Words

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 114:29


We're live on Thursday nights from 1900 GMT wordpress hemmingfordgrey.home.blog Find us on telegram https://t.me/ForteanWords audio version available on anchor/spotify/breaker/google/overcast/pocket casts/RadioPublic/apple podcasts www.anchor.fm/forteanwords https://anchor.fm/s/8b9efe4/podcast/rss youtube archive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCegNsOjZ516esF4mMjUovhw Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/hemmingfordgrey/ Dlive: https://dlive.tv/HemmingfordGrey Find Hemmy's movie podcast at https://exodusamericanus.com/category/dope-movies-and-shows/ & political podcast www.anchor.fm/grubandglory twitter: https://twitter.com/@sirhgrey email: forteanwords@protonmail.com Opening music: Ways In Which (5 note remix) by Kaptain Spectro featuring Hobbit

UFO - Extraterrestrial Reality
The Men in Black Who Investigated the Solway Spaceman Photograph

UFO - Extraterrestrial Reality

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2023 38:00


An examination of the mysterious 1964 “Solway Spaceman” incident. UK resident Jim Templeton snapped a picture of his five-year-old daughter Elizabeth on a grassy hill in the area of the Burgh Marsh along the Solway Firth in 1964. When he developed the film, he discovered an apparent astronaut in the picture standing behind his daughter. The problem, however, is that Templeton claimed nobody else was there when he shot the picture. The photograph became an international news sensation, and eventually attracted the mysterious Men in Black. Links/Sources: The 1964 Solway Spaceman Photograph: Case Report (jamesaconrad.com) THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MEN IN BLACK by Jenny Randles: https://amzn.to/46bFnGK Check out my YouTube channel: Quirk Zone - YouTube Extraterrestrial Reality book recommendations: Link to ROSWELL: THE ULTIMATE COLD CASE: CLOSED: https://amzn.to/3O2loSI Link to COMMUNION by Whitley Strieber: https://amzn.to/3xuPGqi Link to THE THREAT by David M. Jacobs: https://amzn.to/3Lk52nj Link to TOP SECRET/MAJIC by Stanton Friedman: https://amzn.to/3xvidfv Link to NEED TO KNOW by Timothy Good:  https://amzn.to/3BNftfT Link to UFOS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, VOLUME 1:  https://amzn.to/3xxJvlv Link to UFOS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, VOLUME 2: https://amzn.to/3UhdQ1l Link to THE ALLAGASH ABDUCTIONS: https://amzn.to/3qNkLSg --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-quirk/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-quirk/support

UFO - Extraterrestrial Reality
The Men in Black Who Investigated the Solway Spaceman Photograph

UFO - Extraterrestrial Reality

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2023 38:00


An examination of the mysterious 1964 “Solway Spaceman” incident. UK resident Jim Templeton snapped a picture of his five-year-old daughter Elizabeth on a grassy hill in the area of the Burgh Marsh along the Solway Firth in 1964. When he developed the film, he discovered an apparent astronaut in the picture standing behind his daughter. The problem, however, is that Templeton claimed nobody else was there when he shot the picture. The photograph became an international news sensation, and eventually attracted the mysterious Men in Black. Links/Sources: The 1964 Solway Spaceman Photograph: Case Report (jamesaconrad.com) THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MEN IN BLACK by Jenny Randles: https://amzn.to/46bFnGK Check out my YouTube channel: Quirk Zone - YouTube Extraterrestrial Reality book recommendations: Link to ROSWELL: THE ULTIMATE COLD CASE: CLOSED: https://amzn.to/3O2loSI Link to COMMUNION by Whitley Strieber: https://amzn.to/3xuPGqi Link to THE THREAT by David M. Jacobs: https://amzn.to/3Lk52nj Link to TOP SECRET/MAJIC by Stanton Friedman: https://amzn.to/3xvidfv Link to NEED TO KNOW by Timothy Good:  https://amzn.to/3BNftfT Link to UFOS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, VOLUME 1:  https://amzn.to/3xxJvlv Link to UFOS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, VOLUME 2: https://amzn.to/3UhdQ1l Link to THE ALLAGASH ABDUCTIONS: https://amzn.to/3qNkLSg --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-quirk/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-quirk/support

Lockdown Universe (A UFO, ALIEN, BIGFOOT, SCI FI AND PARANORMAL PODCAST!!)
The 1963 of Solway Firth Event, Men in Black, and The Jim Templeton Kodak Photograph!!

Lockdown Universe (A UFO, ALIEN, BIGFOOT, SCI FI AND PARANORMAL PODCAST!!)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 24:10


Did we capture a Nordic on KODAK film?!?! Just going about enjoying his day? It seems like Jim Templeton might have captured the impossible on his Kodak film in the beautiful Solway Firth area bordering England and Scotland. 3 Kodak photos were taken, only ONE showed the Possible Alien figure. Cameras are able to see into different light spectrums and this particular Kodak camera and film might just have gotten enough to catch the English Men in Black's attention! They paid him a visit!! What did they say? Why did they do to Jim? Let's dive in!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lockdown-universe/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lockdown-universe/support

That Would Be Rad
S3 E23 - Who Was The Solway Firth Spaceman?

That Would Be Rad

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 73:45


Step into the extraordinary world of the unexplained in our latest episode, “Who Was The Solway Firth Spaceman?” Prepare to embark on a mind-bending exploration of a captivating mystery that has baffled researchers and conspiracy theorists alike. In this episode of our annual summer event "CAMP RAD STRANGENESS: INTERNATIONAL", we delve deep into the eerie photograph that captured the attention of the world: an astronaut-like figure lurking in the background, known as the Solway Firth Spaceman. Who is he? Is he a visitor from another dimension, an extraterrestrial being, or simply an optical illusion? Join us as we scrutinize conspiracy theories, analyze scientific evidence, and hear firsthand accounts that challenge the boundaries of our understanding. With each revelation, we journey closer to unraveling the truth behind this perplexing enigma. Prepare to be captivated by hair-raising theories, spine-tingling discoveries, and thought-provoking insights. This episode will leave you questioning the nature of reality itself. Tune in now to “Who Was The Solway Firth Spaceman?” and embark on an extraordinary adventure that will push the boundaries of your imagination. Don't miss out on this mind-expanding exploration! Subscribe to That Would Be Rad on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss a new episode.

To Boldly Pod
The Solway-Firth Mystery

To Boldly Pod

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2022 30:18


What did retired fireman Jim Templeton capture on his camera in Cumbria, England in 1964? This story has everything from global cold war intrigue to men in black to spacemen to governmental denial.

On Wednesdays, we talk weird
Solway Firth Spaceman

On Wednesdays, we talk weird

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 69:43


Did Jim Templeton catch a spaceman on camera while taking photos of his daughter? Or is this a classic case of Occam's Razor? Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/ItsAsherz THE MERCH: https://on-wednesdays-we-talk-weird.creator-spring.com CALL US: 773-59-WEIRD (93473) Follow the Podcast on Twitter: twitter.com/WednesdaysTalk Follow Asherz: linktr.ee/ItsAsherz Follow Pat O: Linktr.ee/DoctorX2112 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/onwednesdayswetalkweird/message

Irish Tech News Audio Articles
Scottish rewilding network grows to 50 sites in 18 months

Irish Tech News Audio Articles

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 4:55


Scottish rewilding, a network of Scottish landholdings committed to rewilding has grown to 50 partners in its first 18 months, far outpacing expectations and revealing a strong appetite for nature restoration across the country. Title image Woody scrub regenerating at Northwoods Rewilding Network partner, Tireregan. Copyright James Shooter/scotlandbigpicture.com The Northwoods Rewilding Network was launched in April 2021 by rewilding charity SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, with an initial goal of signing up 20 landholdings in the first two years. But the network expanded rapidly and has recently welcomed its 50th partner: Glassie Farm in Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Landholdings in the network range from farms and crofts to community woodlands and private estates, and the network's partners are the owners, managers or trustees of the sites. When partners join the network, some are taking their first steps in rewilding, while others are building on longstanding commitments to nature restoration. Scottish rewilding network grows The size of partner sites ranges from 50 to 1,000 acres, and with the network's 50th partner signed up, Northwoods now covers more than 13,000 acres. James Nairne, Northwoods Project Lead at SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, says there is widespread recognition that the ecological health of some of Scotland's landscapes needs to be restored. “The thread that runs through the Northwoods Rewilding Network is a determination to be part of the solution to climate breakdown and biodiversity loss,” he says. “What's taken us by surprise is the strength of the appetite. From Sutherland to the Solway Firth, and from the East Neuk of Fife to the Ross of Mull, this is a landowner-driven aspiration – they've come to us more than the other way round.” Each Northwoods partner makes rewilding commitments tailored to the site, which may include the expansion or enrichment of native woodlands, the restoration of carbon-storing wetlands or the creation of wildlife corridors to allow animals to roam freely across the landscape. “Rewilding is ultimately about restoring dynamic natural processes, and Northwoods was established to help remove the barriers to taking action,” says Nairne. “We support our land partners with ecological knowledge, practical advice and funding opportunities.” Gavin Drummond and Laura Hay are the owners of Harestone Moss, just north of Aberdeen, and joined the Northwoods Rewilding Network in May 2022. The 70-acre site was farmed conventionally for many decades, and rewilding commitments include reversing the effects of 1950s drainage by creating ponds and wetlands. This re-wetting will enable peatlands to resume carbon sequestration. “We have an opportunity to create something amazing – a site where visitors can appreciate the restored landscape and the return of wildlife, and where we can earn a living in a way that doesn't harm the land,” says Hay. The biggest site in the network, and the one that has been rewilding for longest, is Tireragan on the Isle of Mull. Cared for by volunteers of the Tireragan Trust, the site is home to a remnant of nationally important Atlantic rainforest, and has been a rewilding pioneer since 1997 when intensive grazing was curtailed. Judy Gibson, a Tireragan trustee, says: “We are committed to enhancing the biodiversity of this special place but doing so in a way that maintains a human connection through recreation and education. Being part of Northwoods helps us drive our ambition forwards, to share our experiences and learn from others.” For more information, visit scotlandbigpicture.com/northwoods. Further information Northwoods Rewilding Network: scotlandbigpicture.com/northwoods Northwoods partners (with map view): scotlandbigpicture.com/nrn-partners See more rewilding stories here. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe u...

What Makes Us Human
VIDEO Ep. 64: The Solway Firth Spaceman

What Makes Us Human

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 44:24


Episode 64 is about the Solway Firth Spaceman, who mysteriously appeared in a picture in 1964. Connect with us! @WMUHPodcast on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube WMUHPodcast@gmail.com

What Makes Us Human
Ep. 64: The Solway Firth Spaceman

What Makes Us Human

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 44:07


Episode 64 is about the Solway Firth Spaceman, who mysteriously appeared in a picture in 1964. Connect with us! @WMUHPodcast on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube WMUHPodcast@gmail.com

Travels Through Time
Bronwen Riley: Journey to Britannia (130 AD)

Travels Through Time

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 49:52


This week we are setting sail for the Roman province of Britannia to traverse the empire's north-western frontier – Hadrian's Wall.  Hadrian's Wall is the largest archaeological feature remaining from Roman Britain, a 73-mile line of fortifications stretching from the River Tyne on the east coast to the Solway Firth on the west. Building was begun by the Emperor Hadrian in 122 AD, during a visit to this remote, unruly corner of his empire. Astonishingly, only five percent has been excavated to date, so new finds and evidence are unearthed surprisingly often. In this episode we follow in the footsteps of a brilliant young general making his way from Rome to Britain to take up his post as governor of this outpost of the empire in 130AD. Our navigator is Bronwen Riley, a historian who traced this journey in her rigorously researched yet highly readable book, Journey to Britannia. She brings life in the second century into vivid focus by taking us to the dodgy quayside bars of Antica Ostia where the snacks were questionable and the wine was liberally watered down and into the private thoughts of Dutch soldiers on Hadrian's Wall desperate for a taste of home. Bronwen Riley is a writer, editor and deviser of historical and literary journeys in Britain, Byzantium and beyond. She has a special interest in the Classical world and in Romania, both life-long passions. She is a director of the Transylvanian Book Festival (transylvanianbookfestival.com). Read more about her creative writing project with the Romanians on Hadrian's Wall at bronwenriley.co.uk/dacians-on-the-wall. Her latest book Journey to Britannia from the Heart of Rome to Hadrian's Wall AD130 (Head of Zeus) is now out in paperback. This episode is sponsored by ACE Cultural Tours, the oldest and most experienced provider of study tours and cultural travel in the United Kingdom. Find out more via their website at www.aceculturaltours.co.uk or speak to their friendly team on 01223 841055. Show Notes Scene One: July 130 AD. Severus and Minicius Natalis prepare to leave Rome, they visit relatives and plan for the long months ahead on the road and in their new lives in Britain.  Scene Two: October 130 AD. On one of his many peregrinations around the empire, Hadrian visits Egypt (holiday hotspot of the ancient world) with a vast entourage including both his wife and his lover, travelling in unparalleled style and luxury on a ship with purple sails (probably). Scene Three: 130 AD. Severus reaches Britain and begins his journey northwards taking in the major cities and camps along the way, meeting officials and inspecting his soldiers.  Momento: A souvenir cup from Hadrian's Wall in all its enamelled glory but also would love to visit a bookshop to see if some Greek antiquary/interpreter has transcribed any British poetry or Druidic philosophy! People/Social Presenter: Violet Moller Guest: Bronwen Riley Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: Unseen Histories Follow us on Twitter: @tttpodcast_ Or on Facebook See where 130 AD fits on our Timeline   

Hymn Stories
O Thou From Whom All Goodness Flows (Pt. 2)

Hymn Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 12:08


On May 11, 1685 a large crowd of spectators gathered on the bank of the tidal river called Bladnoch near Wigtown in Scotland. It was a Friday. The solemn assembly looked upon two women fastened to stakes in the muddy river bed, where the waters of Solway Firth would again make their appearance as low tide turned to high. Show Notes: "Requiem" by Enzalla "Bankrupcy" by AK Facebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymnsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING
Hysteria 51 Swapcast | 192-The Solway Firth Spaceman

ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 54:09


We hope you enjoy this SWAPCAST from our brothers over at Hysteria 51! Find them here!Episode Description:Nothing worse than a photobomb. There you are minding your own business, taking a picture of your lovely daughter, and next thing you know some idiot time traveler/astronaut / inter-dimensional being drops his/her/its mug into your frame. And while we've all been through it, there's a famous version we're talking about this week – The Solway Firth Spaceman. Where did the other figure come from? Could this be a real, true documentation of a close encounter? How much is free film for a year actually worth? We dive in deep and see what develops. Plus, Conspiracy Bot actually did research this week (albeit unsuccessfully, but…ya know…baby steps). Brent channels his inner British housewife from the 1960s (it wasn't a huge leap). And John starts talking about time travel again (we wish it existed so we could go back and stop him). All of that and more on the podcast that doesn't do a ton of photoshoots, but when we do they're in the UK and they involve a spaceman – Hysteria 51.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Strange Places
S1E4 - The Solway Firth Spaceman

Strange Places

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 46:10


An innocent photo of a young girl? Or a legitimate photograph of an extraterrestrial being? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/billie-dean-shoemate-iii/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/billie-dean-shoemate-iii/support

Pursuit of the Paranormal
Ep 42 - The Solway Firth Spaceman and misidentified UFO and paranormal objects

Pursuit of the Paranormal

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 75:57


Following on from our impromptu rant at the end of last weeks episode, this week we decided to take a look at some of the more common misidentifications that occur in the UFO and paranormal circle, starting with the very famous Solway Firth Spaceman photo! --- We have been nominated for Best Podcast in the UFO/Alien Category at the 2021 Paranormality Magazine Awards, voting is open until 30th September and we are up against some BIG competition so please take a moment to vote for us at: https://forms.paranormalityradio.com/paranormal-podcast-awards-voting Share your story or contact us to say Hi! at podcast@pursuitoftheparanormal.co.uk Check us out in the following social media platforms Facebook - www.facebook.com/pursuitoftheparanormalpodcast Instagram - www.instagram.com/pursuitoftheparanormal Also check out our regularly updated website - www.pursuitoftheparanormal.co.uk Sponsorships: off for this episode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pursuitoftheparanormal/message

Wild for Scotland
Rhins of Galloway

Wild for Scotland

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 28:18


Ready to go off the beaten path? Let's drive down the Rhins of Galloway peninsula and make our way from Portpatrick to the Mull of Galloway.'Rhins of Galloway' is a story about exploring the far southwest of Scotland - the hammerhead-shaped peninsula known as the Rhins of Galloway.Located where the Irish Sea meets the Solway Firth and the North Channel, the peninsula is a hidden gem, so far out of the way that it would be impractical to visit on most itineraries. But those few who venture in this direction, will be rewarded with bustling harbour towns, endless miles of sandy beaches, surprising flora and a geographic superlative.After the story, I share with you 5 tips to make your road trip to the southwest of Scotland the best it can be.Are you ready? Great – let's travel to Scotland!This episode is brought to you by Go Ape.Book now at www.goape.co.uk and use the code WILDSCOT to receive 10% all four Scottish Go Ape sites - Aberfoyle, Peebles, Aberdeen, Dalkeith (Edinburgh).See full T&Cs on wildforscotland.comLinksSubscribe here to join the waitlist for my Ready-Made Itinerary, launching soon!Follow my 'South Scotland' itinerary on watchmesee.comJoin the Wild for Scotland email list here.Access the transcript of this episode on wildforscotland.comSupport this show on Patreon and unlock bonus episodes.CreditsWritten and hosted by Kathi Kamleitner. Produced and edited by Fran Turauskis. Cover Art illustrated by Lizzie Vaughan-Knight. All original music composed by Bruce Wallace. Support my show on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

STRANGE PATHWAYS
STRANGE PATHWAYS Solway Firth Spaceman, Van Meter Visitor, and Molly Fancher

STRANGE PATHWAYS

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 39:23


Strange stories and tales from the darkest and eeriest corners of the web. Join host Scott Mort for tales of the paranormal, the weird, and the bizarre. There is the known, there is the unknown, and then there is what Scott knows. Strange Pathways Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/186420552007731 Email us at strangepathwaysmail@gmail.com For a downloadable podcast version of this show, head over to https://anchor.fm/strange-pathways Be sure to like, comment, and subscribe on our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCesCon19mc2hb1VFJvxMlNw

Small Town Secrets
Carlisle, ENG/ Palos Verdes, CA

Small Town Secrets

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 46:45


You can follow the show on Twitter or Facebook @stscast, or on Instagram@stscast.gramCheck out Patreon at, https://www.patreon.com/STScastThis week's featured podcast is Monsters N Friends Be sure to check out Straight Up Strange Productions for more great pods!The town of Carlisle started out as a Roman stronghold due to its close vicinity to the border of Scottland, about 8 miles away. It's also about the same distance from the famed and beautiful Solway Firth. It would be here in 1965 that a father would take a picture of his young daughter only for it to go down in the addles of extraterrestrial lore. Wikipedia article about CumbriaWikipedia article about Solway FirthWikipedia article about Robin Rigg Wind Farmcryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Cumberland_Spaceman_(Solway_Firth_Spaceman)bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-27391210Palos Verdes is a coastal town with a population of 41,643. The town is just an eyeshot away from Los Angeles and Catalina Island. The great views aside back in 1971 something strange visited this coastal town.Wikipedia article about Rancho Palos Verdes, Californiacryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Giant_Space_Brains_of_Palos_Verdesstatecryptids.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-palos-verde-blue-space-brains.htmlLocal Headlinesleaderlive.co.uk/news/19527996.eerie-photo-taken-week-evidence-ghost-haunting-flint-castle/theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/19/salem-witch-trials-pardon-woman-elizabeth-johnsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/small-town-secrets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ronda Deportiva
38: Los hombres de Negro.

Ronda Deportiva

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 40:43


Esta semana en Código Misterio hablaremos de los hombres de negro. Nuestra investigación comienza con los primeros avistamientos OVNI en el mundo y como los investigadores al intentar dar información al público, son visitados y amenazados por los hombres de negro, estos seres que muchas personas creen que son parte del gobierno o quizá son los mismos extraterrestres que no quieren que se conozca su presencia. Hablaremos del interesante caso de la fotografía del astronauta de Solway Firth y como los hombres de negro visitaron a Jim Templeton para saber más acerca del ser que aparecía en la foto detrás de su hija Elizabeth, este caso tomo más importancia cuando el laboratorio Kodak demostró que dicha foto era real. Más recientemente dos ufólogos de fama mundial Max Spears y Gaurav Tiwari murieron en circunstancias muy extrañas, todo indicaba que habían sido asesinados al querer ventilar al público secretos de los gobiernos, misteriosamente sus muertes fueron declaradas por causa natural. Estos y muchos casos más en este episodio de Código Misterio descarga el podcast en tu plataforma de audio favorita y pasa la voz. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

UAP - Unidentified Alien Podcast
UAP EP 7: The Solway Firth Spaceman Mystery

UAP - Unidentified Alien Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 18:05


The Solway Firth Spaceman is considered to be one of the most mysterious and intriguing alien cases of all time. Listen as Diener and Karen guide you through all of the key details of the story as you try to figure out what many have had trouble explaining for almost 60 years...Just who is that standing in the background of that photo?

UAP - Unidentified Alien Podcast
UAP EP 7: The Solway Firth Spaceman Mystery

UAP - Unidentified Alien Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 18:05


The Solway Firth Spaceman is considered to be one of the most mysterious and intriguing alien cases of all time. Listen as Diener and Karen guide you through all of the key details of the story as you try to figure out what many have had trouble explaining for almost 60 years...Just who is that standing in the background of that photo?

UAP - Unidentified Alien Podcast
UAP EP 7: The Solway Firth Spaceman Mystery

UAP - Unidentified Alien Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 18:05


The Solway Firth Spaceman is considered to be one of the most mysterious and intriguing alien cases of all time. Listen as Diener and Karen guide you through all of the key details of the story as you try to figure out what many have had trouble explaining for almost 60 years...Just who is that standing in the background of that photo?

The Tidal Year
Calum & Robbie Hudson, The Wild Swimming Brothers

The Tidal Year

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 55:42


Calum, Robbie and Jack Hudson are The Wild Swimming Brothers. Together, they went on a 9-day adventure to swim from the source of the River Eden to its mouth in the Solway Firth near their childhood home. After such a transformative endurance swim, they decided they wouldn't stop there and embarked on more world-first swims including swimming across terrifying maelstroms in Norway, Scotland and the Arctic Circle. In this episode, I chat to Calum and Robbie about reconnecting with childhood memories, overcoming (or maybe just accepting fear) and that need to rewild ourselves in a busy world. Most of all, this is a great chat about the importance of brotherhood. And I hope you enjoy it!Follow:@freybromley #TheTidalYear @thewildswimmingbrothersSwim Wild by Jack Hudson is available wherever you buy your books. Thanks to this episode's sponsor TRIHARD. Say goodbye to chlorine and shop their skin and hair products at 15% off with the code Tidal at trihard.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Between The Cracks
Solway Firth Spaceman

Between The Cracks

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 31:11


 In 1964, Jim Templeton took a photo of his daughter. Once the photos were developed, it was revealed that there was a bizarre being standing directly behind his daughter. He insisted that he did not see anyone present when the photograph was taken!! He had the photo analyzed and it was determined to be authentic. Plenty of theories abound. Could this just be an innocent passerby or perhaps something out of this world. You might be surprised by our findings!  Become a Patron: https://patron.podbean.com/betweenthecrackspodcast    

Hysteria 51
FLASHBACK: The Solway Firth Spaceman | 235

Hysteria 51

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 53:58


CBot here. It's Flashback week on Hysteria 51.  Monday through Friday this week the meatsacks are releasing one of their favorite past episodes of the show.  On Friday there will be a post where you can vote for your favorite episode of the week.  1 person who voted will be picked at random for a prize pack so make sure to hop on Hysteria Nation if you like crap from dumb podcasts.  I hope you lose! Nothing worse than a photobomb. There you are minding your own business, taking a picture of your lovely daughter and next thing you know some idiot time traveler / astronaut / inter-dimensional being drops his/her/its mug into your frame. And while we’ve all been through it, there’s a famous version we’re talking about this week - The Solway Firth Spaceman. Where did the other figure come from? Could this be a real, true documentation of a close encounter? How much is free film for a year actually worth? We dive in deep and see what develops. Plus, Conspiracy Bot actually did research this week (albeit unsuccessfully, but...ya know...baby steps). Brent channels his inner British housewife from the 1960s (it wasn’t a huge leap). And John starts talking about time travel again (we wish it existed so we could go back and stop him). All of that and more on the podcast that doesn’t do a ton of photo shoots, but when we do they’re in the UK and they involve a spaceman – Hysteria 51. Special thanks to this week’s research sources: Research Assistant - Raymond Walden IV Videos Brain Scratch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtXstgx_8-Y BBC Look North, January 10, 2008 - https://youtu.be/ItiPAxD1t34 Websites Solway Firth Spaceman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solway_Firth_Spaceman Solway Firth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solway_Firth BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-27391210 RationalWiki - https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Solway_Firth_Spaceman Dr. David Clarke - https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/the-solway-spaceman-photograph/ r/todayilearned - https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1by8qm/til_in_1964_a_man_photographing_his_daughter_in_a/c9bierv/ The Whitehaven News (waybackmachine) -https://web.archive.org/web/20140709010824/http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk/home/famous-ufo-sightings-from-the-past-1.578420?referrerPath=1.386555 "The Men in Black are real.." The Free Library - https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Men+in+Black+are+real.-a061067536 Times and Star - https://web.archive.org/web/20141009131045/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/features/e-t-phone-cumbria-1.76788 National Space Centre - https://spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/blue-streak-success-failure-extraterrestrials/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midnight Train Podcast
The Real Men In Black

Midnight Train Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 131:08


BECOME A PRODUCER! http://www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast   Find The Midnight Train Podcast: www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com www.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpc www.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp   And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.   Subscribe to our official YouTube channel: OUR YOUTUBE   Tonight on the Midnight Train we are exploring the world of the men in black. That's right we're going to be talking about the best Johnny Cash cover band to ever live!!! Oh wait… Wrong notes… We're actually talking about the real men in black tonight… Not the movies… The good stuff.    So first off.. Let's get into what the men (and women) in black may be, then a few fun encounter stories!   So many people have theories on who or what the men in black are. These theories range from the mundane to the insane! Government agents, to paranormal, to extraterrestrial and everything in between. Government agents seem to be the most prevalent answer to who the men in black are mostly because of the circumstances behind their appearances.         If you don’t know already, the Men in Black, also known as the MIB, are men from a secret government organization aimed at keeping the existence of aliens away from the public eye. They are typically bald, going as far as even not having eyelashes. All are required to wear a plain black suit and black fedora as to keep from arousing suspicion and to intimidate individuals. They speak in a very monotoned nature and never reveal their true identity. Some have reported them calling each other by identification numbers rather than name. The Men in Black idea was accepted by many in the conspiracy-prone UFO community, partly because it seemed to legitimize the truth of eyewitness reports. No matter how outlandish their story, if an eyewitness credibly claimed that he or she had been threatened, the story seemed more plausible. After all, if the story was bogus, why would the government take an interest in the eyewitnesses, much less try to silence them? They typically come in groups of three barging into homes and brandishing a badge of some sort. It seems their only purpose is to rattle and disturb  the target individual. The men seem to already know about the experience and even know details that the individual may not know. After initially questioning the individual on the experience, there is generally some sort of threat made to try and encourage the individual to keep quiet. Often they say that it is for the good of the individual, the country or even the world. Occasionally some have even claimed it was for the good of the universe.  Most people believed that the MIB were just what they claimed to be, a secret branch of the air force.  But it seems to some  that as the strangeness of  the sightings increased, people who experienced the MIB and other researchers started to think that this was much more than a simple branch of the government. Some started to notice that the MIB seemed to be distinctly...unhuman. Skin has been reported to look like plastic or rubber, and as stated earlier they seem to have no hair including eyelashes and eyebrows. They walk and move around in a clumsy manner and seem to struggle with basic human interaction. They seem to misuse common english words and display strange and disturbing body language. So with all this being said, where did all of these stories begin, well let's find out. The very first recorded brush with the MIB came in 1947 from one Harold Dahl.          Dahl was fishing with his son and dog one day. He saw six strange looking and unidentified craft in the sky. As they stared into the sky, Dahl claims one of the craft dumped what he described as molten lava onto the boat. The substance landed directly on the dog killing it. Dahl and his son both suffered severe burns and had to be hospitalized. After Dahl recuperated he had the presence of mind to collect some of the material that was left on his boat after the incident. After this Dahl was greeted at his door one day bya man dressed all in black. He demanded Dahl forget everything that he witnessed. After several more visits Dahl was compelled to listen to what the man said and left it alone.    THis is kinda crazy!      The next and one of the most infamous accounts we are going to talk about is that of Albert Bender. This one gets pretty crazy, so buckle up passengers. Bender's experience is one of the earliest and most well documented  accounts of the MIB. He was an office clerk and served a brief stint in the military during world war 2. After he returned he moved into his fathers attic. Bender would eventually be the founder of  the first major civilian UFO investigation group, the International Flying Saucer Bureau or the IFSB. He brought the group to the forefront of the ufo investigation community with the publishing of a periodical The Space Review in 1952. Soon like minded individuals began contacting Bender from all over the world with their own UFO stories. As the IFSB became more and more popular, its popularity would ultimately be the thing that found it completely shut down!        Bender would find himself on the receiving end of some very strange phenomena. It began with a strange phone call. Bender picked up the phone and as soon as he put it to his ear he felt strange, and a chill went up and down his spine. He repeatedly asked hello but no one responded but he knew someone was there. He felt dizzy and hung up and went and laid down. He sort of forgot about the call until a little later in the week when he decided to take in a movie. It was just past midnight when the movie ended and he began to walk home. He couldn't see anything but he could feel someone, or something, following him.  He sped up to make it home and quietly made his way to his room. When he opened the door to the attic he was hit with an extremely foul odor, and that's not all. He was also presented with a floating orb in the middle of the room. H switched on the light and quickly the orb was gone. Bender was not sure what had just happened, was it just in his head, was it a strange paranormal phenomena? Well, he soon realized it couldn't have all been in his head. As he looked around the room he could see that there were wrecked items all over his attic room. His files were all over the floor, laid out as if someone had been looking through them all looking for some sort of information. While this incident was shocking an unsettling Bender kept pushing forward with his work with the IFSB. A few weeks later he yet again had a strange incident at the movie theater. He was sitting in seat and had the feeling that someone was staring at him, but upon looking around the theater he couldn't see anyone particularly looking in his direction. Then as he continued to look around he was shocked to turn back around and see a man, dressed all in black, suddenly occupying the empty seat next to him. It was as if the man just popped into existence. His appearance was just as strange as his arrival. He had a long black trench coat, black fedora, and most strangely his eyes seemed to glow unnaturally in the darkness. As with the phone call and the last theater experience, Bender began to feel sick. He closed his eyes as the room began to spin. When he opened his eyes again the strange man was gone. He tried to rationalize the experience any way he could and get back to watching the movie. Soon though he got the same feeling of being watched. He began to look around and soon to his dismay he found that the same strange man was sitting directly behind them. He was staring at Bender with anger in his eyes. After this he got up and headed home from the theater as he was thoroughly unsettled. For the next few months strange things would continue to happen. Then came the day the MIB contacted him.           Bender decided to develop a “Contact day” with his followers and fellow members of the IFSB and the ufo community. He felt that contact could be made telepathically with the occupants of the UFOs if the whole of the group would set aside a specific time to all stop and continually repeat a memorized mantra directed towards the UFOs. he put out a bulletin in the space review asking all to join him on a specific day and time to do this. You can find the mantra online and oddly enough it was also the basis of a pop song that was ultimately made a hit song by the Carpenters. At any rate on the designated contact day at 6pmhe laid down in his quiet attic and started repeating the mantra. The third time he repeated the words he felt the temperature in the room drop and he developed a terrible headache. The headache was followed by a terrible sulfur smell. He says shortly after this he passed out. Next thing he knew there were flashing blue lights and his headache was worse. All of a sudden the headache was gone and he found himself floating above his own body. He was having an out of body experience! He began to hear a distinct voice. The voice stated:                                     “we have been watching you, and your activities. Please be advised to discontinue delving into the mysteries of the universe. We will make an appearance if you disobey.”          Where did this voice come from? This did not seem to be the response from an e.t. he was looking for. Bender mentally asked why whoever the voice was coming from was not friendly to him as he meant them no harm. The voice responded:                               “We have a special assignment and we must not be disturbed by your people!”   Wow   The entity left Bender with the following remark:       “ We are among you and know your every move. Be advised we are here on your earth.”       After this he opened his eyes and was back in his body. In that moment he could have sworn he saw a figure dressed all in blck in the corner of the room. As he gathered himself he saw nothing though. Was it just a crazy dream, maybe but there was something about this incident he couldn't shake no matter what he did. Over the next few days he became physically ill and could not sleep. It was as if something was sucking his lifesource out of him. He wrote everything down and locked it in his safe until he could figure out what to do.He eventually decided to publish the incident in The Space Review. He went to get the letter he had written detailing his incident  from the safe but it was gone! There was that same strange sulfur smell emanating from the safe ! He couldn't figure out what was going on, but he would soon get his answer! A week or so later he had the same sort of incident he had before. He saw the blue flashing lights and ended up floating above his body again. This time though he was more aware and could look around the room. As he did he saw three figures dressed all in black wearing fedoras emerged from the darkness. One of them spoke to him and said the following:               “You have dedicated yourself to the solution of the strange problem of unidentified objects in your atmosphere. Your interest is deep and sincere, and you have devoted many hours to it. We also know that such interest and determination may lead to something that could bring you harm. We also know that you are a very good contact for us on your planet earth. You are an average person and we know that anything we tell you will not be believed by anyone you might tell. You are not a person of great renown on your planet , therefore we have nothing to fear at present. We have a purposefor being here and we will be here for some time yet. We must not be disturbed in our ultimate goal. As you see us here we are not in our natural form. We have found it necessary to take on the form of your people while we are here. This is mainly used as a means of returning here without being detected by anyone. We have made numerous contacts on earth with craft  and at present we have craft hidden on your planet. We have gone to great extremes at times to frighten off your earths people and it has resulted in their deaths. We Have also found it necessary to carry off earth people to use their bodies to disguise our own! We wish to keep in touch with you and tell you many things as one day you will write about this and we are certain no one will believe you, but you will be much wiser than anyone else on your panet. You will know what is out there in space and you will know what the future holds for your mankind. You will see all three of us again, but we will not tell you our names as they mean nothing to you. Refer to us as numbers 1,2,and 3. We will answer according to number. We will leave you with a small piece of metal similar to your coins. It is to be kept in a secure place of your own. We wish to have you come with us at a time to be announced soon. “   Bender then woke up and found himself clutching a strange piece of cold metal. This made it hard for Bender to believe that this was just a sort of dream.    After this incident Bender seemingly went from a man hellbent of proving the existence of UFOs to a man who wanted nothing to do with them! His colleagues noticed this change and everyone thought it was strange to say the least. All Bender would tell everyone was that he was visited by three men of authority who convinced him it would be best to shut down the IFSB. Without giving any other explanation or reason, Bender tendered his resignation as head of the IFSB. Author Grey Barker wrote a book about Benders experiences and the last days of the IFSB titled “They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers”. It was Barker who was the first to put forth the theory that there was a secret organization actively trying to silence those who had experienced anything having to do with UFOs. As Barker continued to dig into what had happened to Bender, he became convinced that the government knew much more than was ever let on. He even became convinced that the government may have cut some kind of deal with ETs. He placed the blame so to speak for these theories on the shoulders of Dwight D Eisenhower! This timeline is interesting to conspiracy theorists because at this time, eisenhower was in the middle of his first term as president and if you keep up with your alien conspiracy theories like we do, you'd know that it is claimed that Eisenhower signed an official treaty with an extraterrestrial civilization at this exact time! Barker was one of the first to bring this theory out to the mainstream.        While this may all seem crazy just maybe it's not as crazy as you might think! After Barker started talking about his theories and Eisenhower, he would soon get his own visit from the MIB!! According to Barker a man dressed all in black showed up at his door with one of Barkers brand new business cards demanding to know what the card was all about. The card identified Barker as chief investigator for the now defunct IFSB. After Barker gave the man his explanation, the man told him that this card was found on a  man that was admitted to a local hospital. The man had no identification on him, only the business card. The man claimed he was following the business card as a lead to find out who the man was. Barker told the man he did not know the john doe.  The man in black seemed to accept this answer and left his office. It dawned on Barked that it would be virtually impossible for an unknown man to have his business card as they had only been printed a couple days earlier and he had not given but a few out. This made it hard for Barker to swallow the excuse the man gave to be there.           At this time even though the US branch of the IFSB was shut down, the Australian and British branches had chosen to forge ahead. The director of the Australian branch, Edgar Gerald, would be the next to experience the MIB. Soon after Bender resigned, Gerald began to see a black Cadillac routinely parked outside of his office. Soon he would see the car more often with a strange pair of men dressed all in black sitting inside. It seemed everytime he looked out of his window, these men were staring back at him. He began to receive strange phone calls shortly after the car started showing up. He knew that the two were connected. He then started experiencing harassment in the form of..well...poltergeist activity! He would hear strange unexplained knocking sounds in and around his home. Household items began to disappear and reappear in strange places. This strangeness continued for the next few weeks until it entered into the realm of physical violence. Gerald was pushed down the stairs by an unseen force. This occurred in public at a popular department store.  After this incident Gerald became a believer in the fact there was a campaign to silence those that sought to expose information about UFOs and resigned his post at he Australian branch of theIFSB. Bender and Gerald had frequent conversation and it is thought that Bender let Gerald in on more of his secrets than anyone else. This led many to speculate that the MIB went after the next man up in the chain of knowledge. While Barker had changed his mind on the validity of Benders claims of the more paranormal aspects of his story, he still believed the MIB to be just a strange branch of the US government. But many would speculate that Geralds experience thousands of miles away would lend credit to the theory that the agency was more than just something from this planet.   So are the MIB simply humans working for the government? Aliens masquerading as humans? Humans masquerading as aliens? To those who have experienced these men and women, that is one of the most frustrating questions.   Cynthia Appleton was a british housewife with no previous interest in the paranormal. Her tale began on November 16 1957. She walked into her living room and felt an immense feeling of oppression. Cynthia watched as an intense illumination filled her home. She then experienced the phenomena of missing time. She looked at her clock and noticed it was an hour later than she remembered yet she had no memory of what had transpired in that hour. Had she been daydreaming for an hour? She didn't know how else to explain it but two days later she experienced another incident. As she went upstairs to check on her sleeping child, she stopped to admire the strange color the sky had become. At that time she felt the same feeling she felt two days earlier. She then heard a strange high pitched humming sound that seemed to come from everywhere all at once. The sound intensified and it felt like it was vibrating through her body. She said the vibration became so intense she felt as if her body would be torn apart. Then, just as quickly as it started, then phenomena ended. She then noticed a haze swirling around the room until it started to pixelate. All of a sudden a holographic projection snapped in to focus of a strange man. The man was described as nordic looking and wearing a spacesuit which would resemble those of the Apollo missions even though the Apollo missions were years away. Cynthia was terrified but the being repeatedly told her to not be afraid in her own head. And after a minute she found she was calm and not afraid. The being informed Cynthia that it came from a planet called Gharnasvarn. The man then drew a holographic screen out of thin air to show her pictures of his planet and people. Shortly after this incident the man would return with two others, notas a holographic projection, but in a black Cadillac. The three showed up and when Cynthia answered the door she saw them dressed in all black attire. The nordic looking visitor was now there in person and dressed in full MIB garb right down to the fedora! From February to August of 1958 there were frequent visits that took on a more decidedly MIB feel to them. During the course of one visit, one of the men told her he'd been hurt and showed Cynthia his finger which appeared to be badly burned. He asked Cynthia for only a glass of warm water. She brought him the water and he proceeded to dip his finger into the bowl then squeeze some sort of gel on his skin and it was instantly healed. The trio then left the house. Cynthia then noticed that the man had left a piece of skin in the bowl of water. She gathered the piece of skin and the artifact was sent for testing. The skin was deemed not to be human but it closely resembled that of a pig. Later , when it was found that human and pig DNA were very similar, some would speculate that the skin was actually grown in a lab. The skin tissue contained proteins similar to those used to grow skin in petri dishes. This led to speculation that the MIB are not natural born human beings but clones grown in a lab!! That's a crazy ass tale to say the least! If you are into aliens and spacemen you undoubtedly know the story of the Solway Firth spaceman. But what a lot of people don't know ist that the Solway Firth incident also spawned a MIB meeting!  On May 24, 1964 Jim Templeton, a firefighter from Carlisle, Cumberland, took three pictures of his daughter on a trip to Burgh Marsh. There was nobody else in the area except two old women sitting in a parked car at the far end of the marsh. When he went to get the pictures the clerk who gave him his photos back made a remark about how the pictures were great but that it was a shame that one of the best ones was ruined by the man in the background wearing a spacesuit . He pulled out the pictures and was shocked to see that what the clerk had said was indeed true. He saw the picture of his daughter with what truly looked like a man in a space suit right behind her looking right at the camera. Jim was confused and alarmed so he went to the police station to see if they could clear this up. The police were baffled as well. The photo was sent to a lab where it was determined that the photo did not contain any double exposure or any kind of a superimposed photo. The man in the image was indeed there in real life when the picture was taken. Theories began to pour in. Many claimed that the individual was not detectable by the human eye because it was popping in out  of dimensional space so fast that it was only detectable by the split second timing of Jims camera shutter. After the story gained traction and speculation ran wild, the MIB made a visit. Later that summer they received a phone call from a man saying he had some questions about the photo and was interested in investigating the incident. Jim was interested in getting to the bottom of the incident and agreed to talk to the man. A couple days later a black car pulled up to Jim's house and two men dressed all in black came to the door. They were polite at first but as the conversation went on the men seemed to become irritated and were demanding that jim get into their car and take them to the spot where the incident happened. He agreed and got into the car with the men. When they got to the spot the MIB started grilling Jim about every detail of the day. They even asked about  seemingly menial details such as exact weather conditions and even what wildlife was present at the time of the photo. They seemed to be specifically interested in the behavior of any cows and sheep at the scene. The men then essentially accused Jim of lying when they started to continuously ask him who the man in the photo really was. The men repeatedly demanded to know where the man he collaborated with on the photo was. When Jim answered that he had no idea who or what the man was, the men eventually looked at one another and just shrugged and the men turned and walked back to the car. Jim watched as the men got into the, dumbfounded at what had just transpired, and realized the men were about to leave him. He shouted after the men and jogged towards the car but the two men just took off at a high rate of speed leaving Jim there by himself. Jim then had to walk several miles back home by himself.    On august 3rd 1965 Rex Hefflin was running the road as a California highway inspector. He was concerned that a tree had fallen in front of a railway crossing sign. Hefflin was afraid people would not slow down and use caution so he radioed to dispatch to have them send a tree removal crew. When he tried to send his message he realized the airwaves were dead. He had thought this was a temporary issue so he tried again. Just then he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. When he turned to look he saw an unidentified object moving across the sky in his direction. It was very close to him yet it made no sound. He estimated that this floating skyscraper, as he called it, was about 150 ft. in length. He quickly snapped three photos of the craft before it left his field of vision. Many say these photos were the best detailed close up photos of  a UFO ever taken. The pictures showed detailed closeups of complex machinery on the bottom of the craft as well as a searchlight  shining down onto the road. All of these things would have been pretty hard to hoax back in 65.  Hefflin himself was actually not that impressed with the photos as he thought that what he had seen was just some as yet unknown military or government craft. His friends however did not share this view and convinced Hefflin to take the photos to the papers. Once the photos were out for all to see Hefflins life began to change. Soon he was being bombarded by UFO researchers asking what he'd seen. Then he had to deal with officials from local military bases asking to examine the pictures. After seeing the pictures the military officials handed them back to Hefflin, but this would not be the last “government official” Hefflin would encounter. Soon after  the military brass examined the photos, Hefflin was approached by a man claiming to be from the North American Air Defense Command or NORAD. The man was dressed typically of the MIB and flashed some sort of official lookin badge. The man claimed he needed to borrow the pictures for study. Since the other military officials had returned them, he didn't hesitate to loan them to the man. After several weeks of no contact or word on when he would get his pictures back, he contacted NORAD. When he called though, he was guaranteed no representative of theirs had visited Hefflin. They told him that in fact they were not responsible for the evaluation of UFOs and therefore would have no need to collect pictures of UFOS. Hefflin then realized the man who took his photos was an imposter. But who was he and where was he from? Since this incident , through the freedom of information act, there have been several memos uncovered that showed that the US government was just as confused and interested in the MIB tale and were actively seeking to unmask the imposter. So much so that an official memo from the Air Force was titled Impersonation Of Air Force Officers. This memo showed that the Air Force did not know who this person was and that they were concerned that he passed himself off as a NORAD official. The memo mentions Heflins encounter and another subsequent incident involving a man dressed in fatigues intimidating civilians and even police officers that had witnessed a UFO. The imposter informed them that they did not see what they thought they saw and that they should not speak of the incident. They did not know the identity of these imposters. The memo implored any Air Force personnel  that witness this type of activity or hear others talk about it, to send all reports  to the Office of Special Investigation, or the OSI.    That same year the University of Colorado began the conden report led by Edward Conden. It sought to investigate the best information from the Air Force's own investigations of UFOs, project Bluebook. Hefflin’s UFO sighting and subsequent meeting with the MIB would be one of many subjects in the conden report. In fact one investigator who was charged with interviewing Hefflin, says that his incident was one of the top in the report.  Oddly enough the MIB seemed to take notice of the new attention as well. In the middle of the Conden investigation the MIB paid Hefflin a second visit. This time they pulled up in a pitch black vehicle, then two men in Air Force uniforms got out. The two men immediately began hounding him about recent UFO sightings in the are and also oddly brought up people missing in UFO incidents at the Bermuda Triangle. The two men entered his home and Hefflin could feel a strange charge in the air and his radio started crackling and popping. Hefflin says that while the two men did not directly threaten him, he recalls that their whole demeanor was threatening. And while they continually discussed UFO incidents that were not directly related to him, he says they became increasingly agitated and angry. As they went on, Hefflin could not get a word in. He insisted on knowing the full name and ranks of the men in his house. He was actually surprised when the two men divulged to him that info. When he contacted the Air Force they could find nobody matching the names and ranks the two men had given.    Next up we are gonna discuss John Keel. Keel was the first person to use the term Men In Black. Keels association with the men in black began on december 15th 1966. A group of West Virginia teens were hanging out in an area called the TNT area. Parked in the spot they were hanging out being typical teenagers when they spotted something in the rearview mirror. They saw an entity standing 7 ft tall. It had moth-like wings wrapped around its body and eyes that glowed red through the darkness. The driver slammed on the gas and took off, driving to the police station to report what they had seen. The deputy who took the report, while weary of entering such details into an official police report, knew these kids well and knew they were not the sort to make up stories for no reason. He could also tell that these kids were frightened out of their minds. The deputy offered to go back to the sight with the kids but their search turned up nothing. The next morning similar reports were popping up all over the area. The locals had also already come up with a name for the beast, you guessed it..they dubbed it..The Mothman! Keel became famous for reporting these incidents with the mothman. It was also while investigating and reporting on the Mothman that Keel came face to face with the MIB. Oddly enough before he would hear of the Men in black, Keel would get reports of a Woman n Black. The woman would show up at witnesses houses holding a clipboard and would introduce herself as an associate of keels and badger the witnesses about ufos and other paranormal happenings. Just like the MIB she seemed to have an uncanny knowledge of the witnesses' lives and would make them uneasy by revealing details of their health and lifestyle.  Several people wrote to Keel asking him to please stop sending his secretary around to question them. Keel informed them that he certainly had no secretary or anyone else working for him and that he was extremely confused by the situation. The experiences with this WIB were accompanied by the typical sightings of the black Cadillacs of the MIB which were seen roaming the streets at all hours of the day. Men dressed all in black would park the cars and get out and canvas the area. They claimed to be census takers, various types of federal employees, and social workers. One popular tactic of these MIB was to pound on someone's door only to ask for a glass of water, not to discuss the Mothman at all. As the sightings of the mothman became more frequent so did the MIB sightings and incidents. The MIB seemed to become increasingly hostile in their approach. One highschool student was even the target of a kidnapping by these MIB. She got away but later that evening a note slipped under her door that read “be careful girl, i can get you yet”. As the principal investigator of the mothman incidents, Keel became a target for the MIB as well. After leaving West Virginia, the MIB followed him back to New York. Keel often mentioned MIB types following him around Manhattan. He once received a phone call asking him to meet and discuss his work. When he went to Long island the MIB told him to end his inquest into the mothman or something bad would happen to him. Keel would eventually come into contact with an MIB who claimed his name was Apole. He tld Keel that he was trapped in time and forced to jump about from the past to the future. This another layer of the MIB enigma. Keel would later claim that he believed the MIB were a whole other level of entity from somewhere just beyond our perception. These beings he termed Ultra terrestrials. While searching to uncover the mystery of what was happening in West Virginia, keels seems to have deepened it more.    So we wanted to give you sort of the history...the beginnings of the MIB phenomena before we got too far gone. The previous timeline is essentially the beginnings of the MIB lore until they officially got their name. Since Keel coined the term and had his own crazy story with the MIB sightings and visits have continued to modern day. Next we have a couple more crazy tales of more recent MIB encounters!   Paul Miller was returning home after a hunting trip when they saw a “luminous” disc in the sky. The disc landed in an empty field, and two humanoids emerged from the craft. Miller fired his gun at them, and believed to have injured one, when he fled down a rural road in his car. However, in that moment, he realized he had lost time. It was almost three hours later than when he first encountered the craft. He shrugged it off, and went back to his Air Force job the next day.   However, upon entering work, he was immediately confronted by three men in black suits. They told him that they “had his file.” Despite having told nobody about the event, the men said that they “knew all about it” and mentioned that the encounter would be best forgotten. Paul says:   They seemed to know everything about me; where I worked, my name, everything else,” Miller said. They also asked questions about his experiences as if they already knew the answers.   Miller, terrified, did not come forward about his experience until years later.         Danny Gordon was a radio personality who became interested in a flurry of Wythe County UFO sightings. Multiple people across the county claimed to have seen bizarre objects in the sky, and Gordon decided to investigate.   Gordon became obsessed with getting photos of the objects, including one time where an entire school bus of students saw the UFOs flying over a shopping mall as Gordon took photos. Eventually, Gordon snapped a few photos at extremely close range that allegedly verified they were not of this world.   However, strange things began happening to Gordon. He received a phone call from a man who claimed to be “ex-military” and warned him that his research could “cost him everything” and urged him to stop for “his family’s sake.”   Gordon was also “interviewed” by two men in black suits who claimed to work for a magazine publication. Not long after the interview, Gordon realized all his photos were missing. He contacted the magazine for information, and they claimed to have never heard of him, much less commissioned an article about him.   Not long after, Gordon suffered a heart attack, and his doctor warned him that all the research and stress was jeopardizing his health. Gordon gave up the story, and was never bothered again.   Dr. Herbert Hopkins was working as a consultant on a UFO case in Maine. One evening he received a phone call from someone purporting to be an activist in the UFO community, asking him if he could visit Hopkins to discuss the case. Only minutes later, the man arrived.   The man was wearing a black suit and black tie, and had very unusual facial appearances, with no hair or eyebrows, and an extremely pale figure. Hopkins’ dog began barking erratically the minute the man entered the home. After the bizarre visitor was finished questioning him about the UFO case, the visit got even stranger. Here’s how it went according to the website The Night Sky:                 "The Man in Black] informed Hopkins that there were two coins in Hopkins’ pocket (which was correct) and asked him to remove one. Hopkins complied and held the coin, a shiny new penny, in the palm of his hand. The MIB told Hopkins to watch the coin closely. After a few moments the coin took on a “silvery” appearance and then appeared to be going out of focus. It then began to fade and, eventually, disappeared altogether. The MIB informed Hopkins that the coin would never be seen ‘on this plane’ again. He then inquired as to whether Hopkins was familiar with alleged UFO abductee Barney Hill. Hopkins replied that he had heard of Hill, but was under the impression that he had died in the not too distant past. The MIB informed Hopkins that was correct. “Barney didn’t have a heart,” said the MIB, “just like you no longer have a coin.” (It should be noted that Barney Hill actually died of a cerebral hemorrhage.) The MIB then gently suggested that Hopkins destroy any material he had related to the UFO case."   Hopkins, extremely shaken by the encounter, followed the advice of the man and burned all the files he had related to the case. While he had repeated phone troubles after (the phone company said his line had been tampered with, maybe to tap it?) he never saw the man again.   And here's a final fun one from none other than Dan Akroyd!!!   In 2002, Aykroyd was working on a documentary for the SciFi channel with a number of recognized names in the world of ufology, including Linda Moulton Howe,  Steven Greer, and John Mack. They had filmed eight episodes of a series that was close to airing.   One day after filming, Aykroyd stepped outside for a cigarette and answered a phone call from Britney Spears who wanted to talk about an upcoming SNL episode. While he was on the phone he said he turned and looked out onto 42nd street in New York and noticed a black SUV with a tall man dressed in black giving him a dirty look. Aykroyd turned away, but then did a double-take within a matter of a second and the car had vanished.   Two hours later, Aykroyd and the cast were told the show had been cancelled completely and would never air. To this day they were never given a reason why.   So what the fuck are the men in black? Humans, aliens, interdimensional beings, clones made in a lab,... Who knows. Are they even real? Who knows, but there are thought people out there who are sure they do exist because they've come face to ugly face with them. Even freaking Dan Aykroyd for crying out loud. Some folklorists, however, claim that the whole idea of “Men in Black” is itself a form of mass panic or of “psychological drama” due to suggestibility and a willingness to believe. Others, however, insist the Men in Black are part of a real government agency designed to prevent the public from learning “the truth about UFOs.” They also insist that their experiences are real and that anyone who thinks they’re crazy is merely a tool of government propaganda and manipulation. So what do you all think? Are they real?    Top ten alien movies as ranked by imdb rating:  https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=alien&ref_=kw_ref_rt_vt&sort=user_rating,desc&mode=detail&page=1&title_type=movie&genres=Horror&num_votes=500%2C

Never a straight answer
126# The Solway Firth Spaceman | and the blue streak incident

Never a straight answer

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 120:37


126# The Solway Firth Spaceman | and the blue streak incident This week we're looking to one of the UK's biggest unsolved mysteries... A mystery that's not only baffled Urologists and experts alike, it even has connections to the UKs contribution to the space race back in the 1960s the Woomera Blue Streak Incident. We're talking of course about the The Solway Firth Spaceman. Was this a genuine image of a spaceman? Plus we take a look at this weeks news and headlines from Earth space and beyond. Including AI technology and ask are we living in a computer simulation after new research says 50/50 on matrix theory Promo - Comic book keepers - A podcast where each “issue” explores a different comic book character, team, or series. Hosted by Chris and Lance; two nerd friends who love to talk comics! ADD An Audible trial offers a great way for a new customer to try audiobooks and make the most of every moment. https://amzn.to/3vuv6Uz With their trial, a customer will receive: One free audiobook of their choice - theirs to keep, even if they cancel. Prime customers receive two audiobooks in their trial. The ability to choose from the world's largest selection of audiobooks including best sellers, new releases, sci-fi, romances, mysteries, classics, and more. After 30 days, they will receive 1 book each month for just £7.99/month (renews automatically). Cancel easily anytime. CONTACT US!! Get in touch! Have a question for us or a comment or suggestion you can email us Website Neverastraightanswer.co.uk Email Neverstraightanswer@gmail.com Twitter NASA_NEVER We're available on all platforms to go subscribe ALL LINKS https://linktr.ee/Neverastraightanswer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/neverastraightanswer/message

The Semper Reformata Podcast
History Podcast - The Wigtown Martyrs

The Semper Reformata Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 16:26


The Wigtown (or Solway) MartyrsAt Wigtown, (Dumfries and Galloway) two courageous women, Margaret Wilson and Margaret McLaghlin, were executed by drowning in the Solway Firth, for the crime of worshipping Christ, in accordance with His Word, without interference from the state. Presbyterian Covenanters, they worshipped God in the fields and hills, singing Psalms and listening to faithful preaching. But that broke the law, which required people to attend the services of the Curates and Priests and Bishops of the Episcopalian Orders. Along with many other faithful Christians the two Margarets paid the supreme price, rather than deny their Lord.Listen to the podcast, for an inspiring story of faith under persecution.Psalm content with permission of Connor Quigley, www.ThePsalmsSung.org TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT - CLICK THIS LINK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unnatural Podcast
Solway Firth Spaceman

Unnatural Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 24:58


On our Unnatural story of the week we’re going to tell you about the Solway Firth Spaceman, sometimes also called the Solway Spaceman as well as the Cumberland Spaceman. Listen to Ben and Steve as they talk about this really cool story. Enjoy the podcast! Remember to subscribe to the episode on your favorite podcast app and remember to follow us on social media, just look for Unnatural Podcast and I'm sure you'll find us. Thanks for listening.  Links below: Instagram: @unnaturalpod Twitter: @podunnatural Facebook Page: facebook.com/unnaturalpodcast Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/unnaturalpodcast/

Nightgeist
Ep. 112 Solway Firth and Karaoke Exorcisms

Nightgeist

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 63:09


Always wishing there was photographic evidence for paranormal activity? Look no more friend! We present to you the Solway Firth Spaceman who appeared in the background of a family photo without explanation.  Were they a time traveler? Extradimensional being? Bigfoot in a spacesuit? We discuss all this and weird news. Cheers space commandos! Join our Patreon! For $2 a month receive an extra episode each week!  Nightgeist swag and more is waiting for you! Please Subscribe, Rate, & Review Us! Email us your experiences with the unknown at nightgeistpod@gmail.com  .Call/text us your tales of spooky at 707-200-3898 .Follow us on Instagram  @Nightgeistpodcast .Check out our website: https://www.nightgeistpod.com/  .AND merch @ https://Nightgeist.threadless.com/

Explore More with Imray
Sailing the Firth of Clyde with Geoff Crowley

Explore More with Imray

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 35:16


Ceri Hurford-Jones talks to Geoff Crowley, an RYA Ocean Yachtmaster, who speaks Icelandic! He's also one of the volunteer skippers in the Able2Sail charity that offers free sailing experiences to disabled young people. In his 'spare time' he is the editor of the Clyde Cruising Club's Sailing Directions and Anchorages Firth of Clyde - one of the titles in the CCC's well-known and popular series. Part of the Clyde Cruising Club's Sailing Directions and Anchorages series, Firth of Clyde extends beyond its titled area to the coast of Northern Ireland (Rathlin Island to Belfast Lough) and on the Scottish side southwards from Stranraer to Portpatrick and beyond to the Solway Firth and Cumbria. Firth of Clyde covers everything from the busy waters of the Firth of Clyde and River Clyde to the more remote areas of the wider estuary and connected lochs, including the protected and beautiful Kyles of Bute and Loch Riddon, Loch Fyne and the Crinan Canal. Coverage then extends west and south to encompass North Channel and Solway Firth. ‘Drawing upon an impressive list of sources… All charts, photographs and commentary provide unique information for sailors wishing to undertake real or ‘virtual' cruises in the finest areas of west and northeast Scotland- those of us who have cruised there in the past can only look with envy on all the data, wishing that these fine publications had been available in our day!' Cruising Magazine. Buy your own copy of this pilot book here; https://www.imray.com/Publications/Imray+Pilots/IB0242-1/

Damien Bucks Wrestling Podcast
Conspiracy corner podcast episode 3

Damien Bucks Wrestling Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 9:10


We’re talking about the Solway Firth spaceman today a photo which contains a daughter a spaceman and a very confused dad I give my opinions and more ❤️

Unknowable
Unknowable Episode 52: The Solway Firth Spaceman

Unknowable

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 53:46


Imagine having a relaxing day out with your wife and daughter, snapping a few photos to remember the time you had, and then developing the photos only to find what looks like a god dang ASTRONAUT in the background that you KNOW wasn't there on your nature jaunt. That's what happened to Jim Templeton in 1964. Listen to find out what he saw, and what we think the explanation might be...

28 Dales Later: Exploring Northern England
Ep 4: Grune Point (Solway Firth/Cumbria)

28 Dales Later: Exploring Northern England

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 6:13


Guest presenter Stephen Benson guides us along the far northwestern edge of England.

28 Dales Later: Exploring Northern England
Ep 1: Making Tracks (Western Lake District/Solway Firth)

28 Dales Later: Exploring Northern England

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 10:29


Steve Wharton uncovers history and folklore on the first stretch of the coast-to-coast cyclepath.

Nature Tripping
Nature Tripping Episode 2 - Caerlaverock

Nature Tripping

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 35:24


It's a windy weekend in December and Cathy and Jo are at Caerlaverock on the Solway Firth. They listen to the wild ducks, geese and swans over-wintering in the vast merse (salt marshes) for which this area is famous. It proves to be one of the nosiest wildlife experiences to be heard in the British Isles during winter. The podcast includes (at the end) a long recording of the busy wetland soundscape at dawn, featuring wigeon, whooper swans and even some curlew

Nature Tripping
Episode 2 - Caerlaverock</a#x3E;

Nature Tripping

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 35:24


It's a windy weekend in December and Cathy and Jo are at Caerlaverock on the Solway Firth. They listen to the wild ducks, geese and swans over-wintering in the vast merse (salt marshes) for which this area is famous. It proves to be one of the nosiest wildlife experiences to be heard in the British Isles during winter. The podcast includes (at the end) a long recording of the busy wetland soundscape at dawn, featuring wigeon, whooper swans and even some curlew.

The Midnight Bells
Episode 44: The Solway Firth Spaceman

The Midnight Bells

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 32:49


In this mess of an episode, Sarah brings us the not so mysterious case of the Solway Firth Spaceman, Jessica shares her UFO story, and Sadie struggles with quantum theory.

The Compass
Dominion: The animals and the poets

The Compass

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 27:30


Amidst birds passing over or nesting by the Solway Firth in southern Scotland, writer Kayo Chingonyi explores the role of poetry in bringing humans and non-human animals closer. He asks why we turn to poetry to fill the space between human and animal life and discovers ways in which poetry is a powerful human form for entering into the unstructured, more instinctive world of non –human animals. He walks through the wetlands with poet Isabel Galleymore and poetry scholar Sam Solnick. He also talks to newly appointed professor of poetry at Oxford University, Alice Oswald, along with Joshua Bennett and Onno Oerlemans. The programme features full readings or extracts from the following poems: Tame by Sarah Howe Black Rook in Rainy Weather by Sylvia Plath To A Mouse by Robert Burns Pike by Ted Hughes Otter by Seamus Heaney The Kingdom of Sediment by Jacob Polley Dear Whinchat by Belinda Zhawi Limpet and Drill Tongued Whelk by Isabel Galleymore Self Portrait as Periplaneta Americana by Joshua Bennett Flies by Alice Oswald The Moose by Elizabeth Bishop Elephants by Les Murray Producer: Kate Bland (Photo: Kayo Chingonyi with Isabel Galleymore, Sam Solnick and Brian Morrell at Caeverlokc Wetlands Centre. Credit: Kate Bland)

Turning Tables Podcast
27: Workin' On Our Crossovers (Third Line Grinders Podcast Crossover)

Turning Tables Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 73:16


Cam hosts as he and Johnny do a surprise crossover episode with Ethan Spaulding and Sonig Varadian from the Third Line Grinders Podcast! The group discuss music, hockey, and play one of the most infamous card games ever made! Follow us on social media - Instagram: @turningtablesma @johnnyzani @campierce72 Twitter: @turningtablesma @beantownbozos @RealJohnnyZani Email: turningtablesma@gmail.com Watch our reaction to Slipknot's "Solway Firth" here! https://youtu.be/SVl9lGEa_Hk  Subscribe to Turning Tables on YouTube here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrdZcfUwgPkHNDj2qlrQZ4w Link Dump: https://www.nhl.com/news/short-shifts-alex-ovechkin-washington-capitals-cereal-benefiting-childrens-cancer-foundation/c-308845962 https://youtu.be/YLGSFaUvB3w  *The Turning Tables Podcast does not own any music or sound effects played throughout the duration of the program. Turning Tables is a non-profit, made for fun, music podcast. Any and all music or sound effects belong solely to the respective artists and music labels.* This episode was recorded on September 4th, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/turning-tables-podcast/support

Turning Tables Podcast
26: Artist Analysis 7: Rise Against

Turning Tables Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2019 91:31


Johnny and Cam talk about their recent experiences at Knotfest Roadshow and have an in-depth discussion about the Chicago punk giants Rise Against! Follow us on social media - Instagram: @turningtablesma @johnnyzani @campierce72 Twitter: @turningtablesma @beantownbozos @RealJohnnyZani Email: turningtablesma@gmail.com Watch our reaction to Slipknot's "Solway Firth" here! https://youtu.be/SVl9lGEa_Hk  Subscribe to Turning Tables on YouTube here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrdZcfUwgPkHNDj2qlrQZ4w Credit to Caroline Konstnar for the hilarious "Piece of Shit" skit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNcXJ-byBMc&t=2s *The Turning Tables Podcast does not own any music or sound effects played throughout the duration of the program. Turning Tables is a non-profit, made for fun, music podcast. Any and all music or sound effects belong solely to the respective artists and music labels.* This episode was recorded on August 30th, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/turning-tables-podcast/support

0ash Podcast
ПОЛНЫЙ РАЗБОР нового альбома SLIPKNOT - WE ARE NOT YOUR KIND

0ash Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2019 26:09


Cегодня произойдет историческая фигня, которой не было со времен моих самых первых видео. Я буду делать полный потрековый разбор последнего альбома Слипов, поскольку релиз уж очень хайповый и я не мог не воспользоваться таким случаем нагнать траффик на данный блог и Ютуб канал. Потому, запаситесь попкорном и приятного просмотра, дамы и господа! Послушать: https://bit.ly/2Zc8fk3 =================================== 00:00 Традиционный обзор в обычном формате 06:55 Insert Coin 08:19 Unsainted 10:10 Birth of the Cruel 11:35 Death because of death 12:22 Nero Forte 14:27 Critical Darling 15:47 A Liar's Funeral 17:18 Red Flag 18:45 What's Next 19:22 Spiders 20:24 Orphan 21:34 My Pain 23:00 Not Long for this World 24:02 Solway Firth 25:11 Итоги

Turning Tables Podcast
25: Alex Cohen of Fathom Farewell

Turning Tables Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2019 92:01


On the 25th edition of Turning Tables Johnny and Cam interview Alex Cohen of Fathom Farewell, discuss the impacts of new members in bands and the boys talk about their previous installment of "Concept Conception" Follow us on social media - Instagram: @turningtablesma @johnnyzani @campierce72 Twitter: @turningtablesma @beantownbozos @RealJohnnyZani Email: turningtablesma@gmail.com Find Fathom Farewell here! http://www.fathomfarewell.com/ Watch our reaction to Slipknot's "Solway Firth" here! https://youtu.be/SVl9lGEa_Hk  Subscribe to Turning Tables on YouTube here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrdZcfUwgPkHNDj2qlrQZ4w *The Turning Tables Podcast does not own any music or sound effects played throughout the duration of the program. Turning Tables is a non-profit, made for fun, music podcast. Any and all music or sound effects belong solely to the respective artists and music labels.* This episode was recorded on August 23rd, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/turning-tables-podcast/support

Wikimetal
#281 | Slipknot e seu aguardado disco ‘We Are Not Your Kind'

Wikimetal

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019 40:10


No novo episódio do podcast do Wikimetal, Daniel Dystyler, Eric Campi, Erica Roumieh, Gabriella Midon e Nando Machado discutem sobre o aguardadíssimo disco 'We Are Not Your Kind' do Slipknot. Lançado esse mês, o álbum sucede '.5: The Gray Chapter' (2014) e traz os singles “Unsainted”, “Solway Firth” e “Birth of the Cruel”, todos discutidos pela equipe do Wikimetal. Ouça o episódio logo abaixo e nos conte, qual é a melhor faixa do disco, na sua opinião? No episódio, te contamos qual é a nossa.

NWO PODCAST NETWORK
NWO #93: The Boys Review

NWO PODCAST NETWORK

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2019 102:51


On this week's show, our leaders talk about Amazon's newest hit show, The Boys. Also, is Abel being defensive? Thanks to Slipknot and EastWest Studios for our intro song, “Solway Firth.” On this week's how we talk about:  Andres Loza Anime Memorial Minute Hush in Batwoman New Mutants sucks Fing Fang Foom in Shang Chi Florida Man Krypton Canceled Hurry McGregor, you're my only hope When MCGregor?  Main Topic- The Boys Support the Show Merchandise- http://tee.pub/lic/_CATsOt0Me0  Subscribe and give us a little help on Patreon-- www.patreon.com/nerdworldorder For a one time donation on Paypal- nerdworldorder2@gmail.com Watch us on YouTube!Any comments or suggestions for the show, email us at nerdworldorder2@gmail.com Make sure to support Whitney!  https://www.bbbehaviors.com/

Nobody Asked You, Kevin! Podcast
Slipknot's We Are Not Your Kind

Nobody Asked You, Kevin! Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2019 19:26


It's episode 25 of Nobody Asked You, Kevin! and I'm talking about Slipknot's new album We Are Not Your Kind. Clips of Unsainted and Nero Forte are taken from my legally purchased music collection. If there is any issues with the use of the music in this podcast episode, please contact me at nobodyaskedyoukevin AT gmail DOT com. Don't sue me.  You can find Slipknot's music available to purchase anywhere that music is able to be bought.  Support kickass music! Official music video for Unsainted Official music video for Birth of the Cruel Official music video for Solway Firth

Turning Tables Podcast
24: Concept Conception 4: Ghost - "Prequelle"/"Popestar"

Turning Tables Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 103:47


Join Johnny Zani and Cameron Pierce as they recite they're reimagined storylines of the Ghost album and EP "Prequelle" and "Popestar" The two also discuss the long-awaited Slipknot album "We Are Not Your Kind" and the new upcoming material from Tool! Follow us on social media - Instagram: @turningtablesma @johnnyzani @campierce72 Twitter: @turningtablesma @beantownbozos @RealJohnnyZani Email: turningtablesma@gmail.com Watch our reaction to Slipknot's "Solway Firth" here! https://youtu.be/SVl9lGEa_Hk  Subscribe to Turning Tables on YouTube here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrdZcfUwgPkHNDj2qlrQZ4w Credit to Caroline Konstnar for the hilarious "Gene Kelly" skit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNcXJ-byBMc&t=2s *The Turning Tables Podcast does not own any music or sound effects played throughout the duration of the program. Turning Tables is a non-profit, made for fun, music podcast. Any and all music or sound effects belong solely to the respective artists and music labels.* This episode was recorded on August 15th, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/turning-tables-podcast/support

Daily Renegade
Has The Mystery Of The Solway Firth Spaceman Finally Been Solved?

Daily Renegade

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2018 18:00


http://JoshPeckDisclosure.com PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND SHARE! Do we finally know the identity of the infamous spaceman? Find out here!  Solway firth spaceman - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-27391210 - http://debunkedmyth.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-solway-firth-spaceman.html - http://michaelianblack.wixsite.com/theblackfiles/the-solway-firth-spaceman-1 GoFundMe for Josh's surgery and medical expenses: https://www.gofundme.com/josh039s-knee-surgery-fund  Your support is essential to JoshPeckDisclosure, which is funded by viewers like you. Please support the show by making a one-time donation or signing up for a monthly recurring donation at: http://joshpeckdisclosure.com/donate or for as little as $1 a month, become a Peck Patron at http://patreon.com/joshpeck and let's build something amazing and change this crazy world together!  If you enjoyed this free video, please consider donating to help us bring you more free content at http://joshpeckdisclosure.com/donate or, if you can't donate financially, please consider donating a few moments of your time by sharing this video, rating, and leaving a comment in the comment section below. Thank you, take care, and God bless! More Josh Peck: Patreon: http://patreon.com/joshpeck Website: http://JoshPeckDisclosure.com Steemit Blog: http://steemit.com/@joshpeck Christina Peck: http://ChristinaPeck.com Email - JoshPeckDisclosure@Gmail.com Facebook - http://facebook.com/josh.peck.5264 JoshPeckDisclosure - http://youtube.com/JoshPeckDisclosure Twitter - @JPDisclosure

The Strange Sessions
Episode 12: My Favorite Mini-Mystery: The Paulding Lights & The Solway Firth Spaceman

The Strange Sessions

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2018 88:50


In this “My Favorite Mini-Mystery” episode, Krista discusses Michigan’s mysterious Paulding Lights, and Kurt discusses the strange Solway Firth Spaceman photo! Give it a listen!

The Why Factor
Fishing

The Why Factor

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2018 22:59


People have been fishing for thousands of years – it is one of the last hunter gatherer activities. But increasingly it is becoming more difficult, as fish stocks dwindle or regulation limits the number of fishes that can be caught. Caz Graham asks why do people continue to fish despite these difficulties. She goes out into the Solway Firth in the north of England, with a group of haaf net fishers who use a traditional form of salmon fishing that dates back over a thousand years. She hears how new regulations have limited the number of fish that can be caught – something that the fishers say could threaten this form of fishing. To find out more about how people continue to fish internationally, we hear from a fishing community in Alaska, and about tuna fishing in the Maldives. On the North East coast of England, we meet a fishing party as they complete successful day's fishing from the tiny harbour of Staithes – and further along that coast, we hear from a trainee at the Whitby Fishing School who explains why he wants to join the fishing industry. Professor Calum Roberts of York University in the UK explains the motivation behind fishing and the changing character of fishing today. (Image: Old fisherman with nets, Credit: Shutterstock)

thecloaked
Episode160 Solway Firth Spaceman and The Pelican

thecloaked

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 38:13


The Solway Firth Spaceman is a figure seen in a photograph taken in 1964 by fireman, photographer and local historian Jim Templeton. http://thecloakedpodcast.com https://www.patreon.com/thecloakedpodcast https://twitter.com/thecloaked_ https://www.facebook.com/thecloakedpodcast https://www.instagram.com/the_cloaked_podcast/

The Strange Sessions
Season 2 Episode 12: MFMM - Paulding Lights and Solway Firth Spaceman

The Strange Sessions

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 88:51


Bigfoot Collectors Club
BCC 12 - “The Solway Firth Spaceman” w/ Jen Kirkman!

Bigfoot Collectors Club

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018 60:39


In this episode, our hosts with the most time on their hands chat with comedian JEN KIRKMAN  about ghosts, dream visitations, time traveling aliens and lavender bushes. In the second half of our program, Michael tells Bryce and Jen about a bizarre photograph from 1964 that may have captured the image of an inter-dimensional nuclear-activist known as the Solway Firth Spaceman. BCC is produced by Riley Bray. Our theme song is “Come Alone,” by Suneaters, courtesy of Lotuspool Records (www.lotuspool.com) If you like the show, please rate and review us on iTunes! To support the podcast, check out our Patreon Page (www.patreon.com/bigfootcollectorsclub) and unlock multiple reward episodes every month. MERCH is available here: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bigfootcollectorsclub To submit to LISTENER-FILES: email: bigfootcollectorsclub@gmail.com  LINKS A good look at the infamous SOLWAY FIRTH SPACEMAN PHOTO: http://www.destinationamerica.com/thehauntist/solway-firth-spaceman-photo-taken-in-1964-is-still-debated/ You Tube interview with LT. ROBERT JACOBS of the USAF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-pe38ZxfKY

SciFi with Jesse Mercury
SciFi #31: The Solway Firth Spaceman

SciFi with Jesse Mercury

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2016 106:35


Barton McGuire is back for a journey through the speculative and the strange! His new musical project Pink Moon is a collision between science fiction and science fact, examining historical mystery and the moments in our collective Read more…

Open Country
The Solway Shore

Open Country

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2015 24:24


Caz Graham visits the shores of Solway Firth to discover the folk and wildlife that live around the stunning coastline. Caz pulls on her wellies and heads to the shoreline at low tide with the help of Ann Lingard. Ann is a 'low-tide' guide and leads Caz on a tromp through a rarely explored landscape: one of rock pools and rare reefs. Ann shows Caz the home of the honeycomb worm, Sabellaria. The creature creates a reef close to the low water mark and it is exposed at low tide. They also visit a submerged forest that the sea reveals when the tide rolls back. Caz meets former miner Tom Norman to find out more about the Solway coast's industrial heritage. At the site of the former Haig Colliery in Whitehaven Tom recounts tales of mining under the sea dating back to the 1700s. Mining was enormously important in shaping the industrial past of Whitehaven and the towns along the coast. It, along with fishing, was the main employer in the area. Further up the Solway Firth, where England and Scotland are a stone's throw away, Caz is given a lesson in Haaf Net fishing by Mark Messenger and Mark Graham. They are two of a dying breed fishing using a method that dates back to Viking times that involves standing chest-deep in the Solway Firth with a wide net to catch salmon and trout. Presenter: Caz Graham Producer: Martin Poyntz-Roberts.

The Pursuit Zone
TPZ053: Sea Kayaking and Munro Bagging in Scotland with Will Copestake

The Pursuit Zone

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014 27:30


In a yearlong adventure to explore his home country of Scotland, Will Copestake kayaked 1655 km around the coast in 122 days from Solway Firth to Berwick Upon Tweed. He then cycled 2510 km while summiting all 282 Munros. It was a doorstep adventure he calls Machair to Munro and you can read more about it at his website willcopestakemedia.com. Will Copestake, welcome to The Pursuit Zone.

Best of Natural History Radio
Living World - Barnacle Geese of Caerlaverock

Best of Natural History Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2013 21:51


After a long summer spent raising their young in the Arctic, barnacle geese need a safe place in warmer climes to fatten up before the breeding season begins again. Every winter the whole population of Svalbard barnacle geese make their way to one place in the UK; the Solway Firth on the west coast of Scotland. One of the best places to see them is the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust centre at Caerlaverock. Each day the barnacle geese gorge themselves in the fields around the centre. Just before dusk, quiet falls over the feeding birds, signalling it is time to return en masse to roost in the salt flats out of the way of opportunistic predators. Presenter Trai Anfield joins Brian Morrell to find out how their long journey has affected them and witness this incredible spectacle.

UCDscholarcast
Scholarcast 33: Archipelagic Cartographies: Brenda Chamberlain's 'Western Isle'

UCDscholarcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2013 38:54


This lecture is an exploration of the archipelagic island imagination of artist, poet and writer Brenda Chamberlain (1912–71) under the rubric of literary cartography. Part of a wider study of the literary text's 'mapmindedness' – the ways in which imaginative writing accomplishes specifically cartographic 'work' – the paper examines Chamberlain's emotional geographies of the Irish Sea, focusing on her fabling autobiographical account of her residence on Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli), off the Llyn Peninsula, north Wales: Tide-race (1962). Beginning with two suggestive examples of Chamberlain's composite graphic cartography, which plot an imaginative ethnography and gendered 'zoning' of Bardsey, the paper considers the Irish (specifically Syngian) alignments of her representations of the island self. The visual-verbal Tide-race is then brought into focus as a text powerfully invested in the process of mapping island space by means of layered (and knowing) folktale fantasies, troubled by thwarted desire and terror. The Syngian genetics of the work are revealed. At stake is the need Chamberlain felt, mid-century, to carve out her own space as a woman writer on a 'deluding scrap of rock and turf'. More generally, the paper seeks to accomplish a necessary reterritorialisation of Welsh Writing in English.

UCD Scholarcast - Series 7: The Literatures and Cultures of the Irish Sea
Scholarcast 33: Archipelagic Cartographies: Brenda Chamberlain's 'Western Isle'

UCD Scholarcast - Series 7: The Literatures and Cultures of the Irish Sea

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2013 38:54


This lecture is an exploration of the archipelagic island imagination of artist, poet and writer Brenda Chamberlain (1912–71) under the rubric of literary cartography. Part of a wider study of the literary text's 'mapmindedness' – the ways in which imaginative writing accomplishes specifically cartographic 'work' – the paper examines Chamberlain's emotional geographies of the Irish Sea, focusing on her fabling autobiographical account of her residence on Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli), off the Llyn Peninsula, north Wales: Tide-race (1962). Beginning with two suggestive examples of Chamberlain's composite graphic cartography, which plot an imaginative ethnography and gendered 'zoning' of Bardsey, the paper considers the Irish (specifically Syngian) alignments of her representations of the island self. The visual-verbal Tide-race is then brought into focus as a text powerfully invested in the process of mapping island space by means of layered (and knowing) folktale fantasies, troubled by thwarted desire and terror. The Syngian genetics of the work are revealed. At stake is the need Chamberlain felt, mid-century, to carve out her own space as a woman writer on a 'deluding scrap of rock and turf'. More generally, the paper seeks to accomplish a necessary reterritorialisation of Welsh Writing in English.

UCDscholarcast
Scholarcast 31: Writing around the Irish Sea: Inlets, outlets, Firths and Mouths

UCDscholarcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2013 47:40


The Lecture explores the enduring fascination of the Irish Sea, focusing particularly on the Solway Firth, an area regarded by the nineteenth-century artist, art critic, writer and social reformer, John Ruskin, as second only to the Holy Land in its cultural importance. The ageing Ruskin wrote passionately about the Solway in his autobiography, Praeterita, which pays tribute to the beauty of the coast and its creative legacy, as evident in the work of Walter Scott, J. M. W. Turner and the local Scottish music. The lecture considers the connections between these works and the coast itself, with its changing history, before moving across the Irish Sea to Ciaran Carson's 1989 collection, Belfast Confetti, which includes a poem about Ruskin, Turner and the modern city, 'John Ruskin in Belfast'. Exploration of the dialogue between different writers on either side of the Irish Sea, and on either side of the Solway Firth allows the area to be viewed temporally as well as spatially. It thus offers a new model for reading landscapes and literature, in which geographical and historical aspects are mutually informing. What may appear to be fixed and unchanging is revealed as being subject to successions of developing technology and economic imperatives; but conversely, the longer view encouraged by returning to the same place over the centuries offers a different perspective on the contemporaneous impulse of contextualisation.

UCD Scholarcast - Series 7: The Literatures and Cultures of the Irish Sea
Scholarcast 31: Writing around the Irish Sea: Inlets, outlets, Firths and Mouths

UCD Scholarcast - Series 7: The Literatures and Cultures of the Irish Sea

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2013 47:40


The Lecture explores the enduring fascination of the Irish Sea, focusing particularly on the Solway Firth, an area regarded by the nineteenth-century artist, art critic, writer and social reformer, John Ruskin, as second only to the Holy Land in its cultural importance. The ageing Ruskin wrote passionately about the Solway in his autobiography, Praeterita, which pays tribute to the beauty of the coast and its creative legacy, as evident in the work of Walter Scott, J. M. W. Turner and the local Scottish music. The lecture considers the connections between these works and the coast itself, with its changing history, before moving across the Irish Sea to Ciaran Carson's 1989 collection, Belfast Confetti, which includes a poem about Ruskin, Turner and the modern city, 'John Ruskin in Belfast'. Exploration of the dialogue between different writers on either side of the Irish Sea, and on either side of the Solway Firth allows the area to be viewed temporally as well as spatially. It thus offers a new model for reading landscapes and literature, in which geographical and historical aspects are mutually informing. What may appear to be fixed and unchanging is revealed as being subject to successions of developing technology and economic imperatives; but conversely, the longer view encouraged by returning to the same place over the centuries offers a different perspective on the contemporaneous impulse of contextualisation.

In Our Time
Hadrian's Wall

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2012 42:00


Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hadrian's Wall, the largest Roman structure and one of the most important archaeological monuments in Britain. Stretching for eighty miles from the mouth of the River Tyne to the Solway Firth and classified today as a World Heritage Site, it has been a source of fascination ever since it came into existence. It was built in about 122 AD by the Emperor Hadrian, and a substantial part of it still survives today. Although its construction must have entailed huge cost and labour, the Romans abandoned it within twenty years, deciding to build the Antonine Wall further north instead. Even after more than a century of excavations, many mysteries still surround Hadrian's Wall, including its exact purpose. Did it have a meaningful defensive role or was it mainly a powerful emperor's vanity project? With: Greg Woolf Professor of Ancient History at the University of St AndrewsDavid Breeze Former Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Scotland and Visiting Professor of Archaeology at the University of DurhamLindsay Allason-Jones Former Reader in Roman Material Culture at the University of NewcastleProducer: Victoria Brignell.

In Our Time: History
Hadrian's Wall

In Our Time: History

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2012 42:00


Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hadrian's Wall, the largest Roman structure and one of the most important archaeological monuments in Britain. Stretching for eighty miles from the mouth of the River Tyne to the Solway Firth and classified today as a World Heritage Site, it has been a source of fascination ever since it came into existence. It was built in about 122 AD by the Emperor Hadrian, and a substantial part of it still survives today. Although its construction must have entailed huge cost and labour, the Romans abandoned it within twenty years, deciding to build the Antonine Wall further north instead. Even after more than a century of excavations, many mysteries still surround Hadrian's Wall, including its exact purpose. Did it have a meaningful defensive role or was it mainly a powerful emperor's vanity project? With: Greg Woolf Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews David Breeze Former Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Scotland and Visiting Professor of Archaeology at the University of Durham Lindsay Allason-Jones Former Reader in Roman Material Culture at the University of Newcastle Producer: Victoria Brignell.