I was in Edinburgh yesterday for the Open Doors Day and the best photo opportunity had to be from The Nelson Monument on Calton Hill. The view north over the Observatory to the Firth of Forth The view to Salisbury Crags and the Scottish Parliament Edinburgh is really beautiful, interesting coastal city especially if you [...]
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s post about the promotion of the recently non existent “Artic Wonderland” of Scotland’s Winter sports locations comes news of a hoax about Porthemmet beach in Cornwall. The Porthemmet site describes the beach as “the best kept secret in Cornwall, a virtual tropical beach due to the proximity of the [...]
Visit Scotland’s campaign portraying Scotland as a Winter Sports mecca has been criticised as misleading potential visitors. There’s hardly been any decent snow cover in the north of Scotland for years. I know when our son attempted to go snowboarding a couple of years ago it was all slushy hardly the “Artic wonderlands” mentioned on [...]
I’ve just uploaded my Guide to Aberdeenshire. One of the highlights on my trip to the area was the visit to Crathes Castle Gardens one evening. Crathes Castle gardens I was very impressed by the beauty of the Banffshire coast in the north east of the county and recommend that you visit this area. Portsoy, [...]
My interview with Bloginterviewer is now online. Bloginterviewer aims to bring you an insight into the most interesting bloggers. You’re asked questions such as why you started blogging and advice for other bloggers. You can vote for the Europe a la Carte blog at the link below.
“Traffic”, on the Artist Trail at the Berwick Film Festival, is a series of miniature moving models recreating scenes from the films that the artists, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy watched together. The tiny cameras placed on the electronic sculpture transmit the action to a screen behind.
This afernoon I was a volunteer custodian at the 17th century Cromwellian Church of the Holy Trinity and St Mary, one of the venues on the Artist Trail at the Berwick Film Festival. Parish Church, Berwick upon Tweed William Hurt’s “Even as you see me now” is playing on a continuous loop in the Vestry. [...]
Changing Faces was shown on a screen suspended from the Royal Tweed Bridge this evening as part of the Opening Event at the Berwick upon Tweed Film Festival. The film shows faces of the young people of the Berwick area. It was made to emphasise the future of Berwick, to look forward not just back. [...]
This afternoon I’m a volunteer custodian at the Bankhill Icehouse on the Artist Trail at the Berwick Fim Festival. The Icehouse was built in the 18th century, it was a large commercial icehouse, mainly used to store fish. Entrance to Bankhill Icehouse The film here is “The Soundmaker” by the German artist, Julian Rosefeldt, which [...]
I’ve been anxiously looking at the weather forecast because I am a volunteer custodian at the exposed Coxon’s Tower, part of the town walls, on the Artist Trail from 12.00 – 14.00 this afternoon. I’ve been told that there will be a tent for me to seek shelter. Fingers crossed, so far, it’s dry and [...]
