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AAT 1
The inaugural AAT was held on Sunday, I am not putting the full description here because it will just draw traffic from search bots. Suffice to say, it was won handsomely by Emily Sanderson, with a gallant runner up in Julia Sanderson. Diana, Caroline and Nigel took the Mary & Paul rôles (harsh but fair,…
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Swelling the gourd
A long overdue visit to Manchester encompassed a trip to see many of Paul’s old haunts, hugely changed now of course. We were there to see and hear Paul Gilbert at Sound Control, just off the Oxford Road, right beside where the Haçienda had been, by the Rochdale Canal and the Cornerhouse. After a…
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Dei’l tak’ the hindmost
Continuing on the ILFI theme we went to the Walled Garden for lunch and then for a long walk in the Devilla Forest. As with the rest of the northern hemisphere just now, the autumn colours are stunning. Wildlife seen included roe deer, a teeny tiny frog, Canada Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Pheasant, Pink…
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Olds and news
Continuing our explorations of the nearby walks and towns in Fife, we went back to Craigencault Ecology Farm and then down to Kinghorn.
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Helical
A glorious early autumn day, after a walk on Aberdour beach we called in by the Kelpies, got the only free car park space (thank you to Grandma Lil, who exerts her influence from upstairs at times like these). Despite the pylons and power lines, there are an infinite number of photo opportunities, although it…
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Beggar’s mantle
If you haven’t already gathered, we live in the Kingdom of Fife, which King James VI described as “beggar’s mantle fringed wi’ gowd”, a reference to the fishing and trading villages of the coast. Whilst it’s a handy and memorable phrase, especially in terms of the economics prevalent at the time, it has been superseded. Not…
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Naming the Day
Some photos from the Naming Day ceremony for Genevieve Louisa Richardson.
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Reception on board Britannia
Last night I was honoured to attend the reception hosted by the Consul General of Russia in Scotland, Andrey Pritsepov, on board the Royal Yacht Britannia, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first Arctic Convoy, Dervish. Surviving veterans and recipients of the Ushakov medal, Russia’s highest naval award, were guests of honour. I have…
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Days, out
And to start with, this daft as a (paint) brush video from the much missed Kirsty MacColl, I’m assuming any similarity to Mary Poppins is intended. 80s cover of a Kinks number. On Friday after another Fringe show in yet another venue which turned out to be nowhere near its box office, we were upstairs…
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No singularity
I just looked up singularity and it so does not mean what I thought it did, but get this:- Mathematical singularity, a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined or not “well-behaved”, for example infinite or not differentiable. If the thought of a badly behaved mathematical object doesn’t make you smile on…