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A Weekend in Thurso

I had a delightful weekend in Thurso with the Bon Accord Camera Club, exploring various scenic locations. The trip included visits to Bettyhill, Portskerra Harbour, Melvich Beach, and several sites on Day 2 despite challenging weather. I enjoyed local markets, took numerous photos, and savoured my journey home through beautiful landscapes.

Spectra 2026

Its once again that time of year, Spectra has returned to Aberdeen! I always love the lights festival and endeavour to go at least twice if I can, just to experience it all properly. This year I was even invited to an LNER launch event on the Thursday evening through the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce, …

Aberdeen January Snow

As has been widely reported, we had a little bit of snow in Aberdeen recently, as I’m writing this there’s a little on the rooftops from a more recent dusting we had, but it is already starting to disappear. While I couldn’t go far I did manage to get off work early enough to wander …

Victoria Park Market 10th August 2025

This last weekend Victoria Park once again hosted it’s annual market, featuring lots of stalls from around the town and shire, and again I went for a wee gander and a wander. Some stalls that were there, but I also took the opportunity to just get some general photos of people enjoying the park, and …

A hike up Bennachie

When the heavens align and the Sun shines in Aberdeenshire I like to try walk up hills, the most recent of which was a trip to Bennachie in mid January. Normally I’d use the back of Bennachie car park and route but as it’s closed for Forestry I had to actually go up the steep …

A New Years Day Walk through the Snow

Happy Hogmanay! Happy New Year! Guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr! Welcome to 2025, hope everyone has recovered from their hangovers by now. I’m in Germany for the New Year and went on the customary New Years Day Walk, and after 4 days of fog and no visibility the sun finally managed to come through and …

Winter Solstice at Beach

A belated happy winter solstice, the days are finally getting longer here in Aberdeen, and with a sunrise of 8:46 it’s high time in my opinion. I went to go see the sunrise, and enjoy a coffee down by the beach. Not many pictures as I just spent the time enjoying the view over the …

November Highlights: Autumns Closing Hurrah

Duthie Park Winter Gardens, a true spectacle year round, but when it’s pouring with rain and freezing cold the warmth offered by the green houses makes the plants that bit more spectacular Going back to my roots and doing more street style stuff has been fun, especially when combined with discovering the really rather excellent …