Kristian Scott
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One thing I miss about social media is posting random thoughts and photos.
This 'micro-blog', which is a bit of an experiment, serves to scratch that itch.
Sponds Thrill
3rd February 2025
It snowed. A lot. It's all gone now, but here's a recent shot from (I think) my favourite spot in all of the Peak District. Also the highest point of 'The Gritstone Trail'.
Ugly pretty New Year
2nd January 2025
And off we go again, Happy New Year everyone! Took some lovely photos over November and December but forgot to post. Here's a bad photo of the sun rising on 2025, properly phoned this one in.
Kinder Croissant
25th October 2024
"The mountains are calling, and I must go." Probably my last chance this year to get back to the highest point of the Peak District, which is confusingly called 'Kinder Low'.
It's me, hi.
23rd August 2024
Finally got a hair cut, time to embrace the greys and pattern baldness. Since I left the short hair space, hair gel seems to have been replaced by 'texturising sea salt spray' and it's double the price.
Wandering Olden
19th August 2024
Hoo hoo! Oddly, but unsuprisingly move love of Norway started at Epcot Center, Florida. 37 years after first visiting the Disney version of this beautiful country I was able to experience the real thing.
O Canada!
29th July 2024
Feel very lucky to have spent eight wonderful days in Toronto, mostly in a professional capacity but with some fun thrown in. Lake Ontario blew my mind, like an inland sea. Here's my favourite shot, which I took from the ferry to Ward's Island.
Sailing through 2024
8th July 2024
I'm officially awful at updating this blog, but I will try to remember. Have travelled around the UK a few times this year and spent a week in New York City! Off to Toronto this weekend. Oh, and we've joined a sailing club! Paddle boarding is my new jam, only fallen in once.
Aft of Arvia
31st January 2024
January was uneventful, bleak and I didn't take many photos (never a good sign). So here's a snap from the early hours of Christmas Eve aboard the Azura, Mount Teide in the distance.
Sunset on 2023
18th December 2023
I'll soon be 'wrapping up' for Christmas and setting sail towards warmer climes. Here's some mildly festive Lyme Park deer to round out the year. See you in 2024!
A Long December
6th December 2023
Yes, I'm still in this chair. Recovering from a cold so working from home by the fire listening to records, what a treat.
Summer leaves, autumn falls
24th October 2023
Ahhh, my much neglected blog. We've finally had our fireplace repaired (only took ten months), and so once more I can inhabit 'Dad's Chair' and warm my feet.
Shaw Cairn
25th August 2023
Although mostly back in the office, Fridays at home offer walking opportunities. This is a favourite spot, the very top of the hill opposite our house. It has a fascinating history, an ancient burial ground from over 4000 years ago. I like to eat sandwiches here.
Historic Reading Room
26th June 2023
A special treat to work at the John Rylands Library for an hour before the general public was admitted. Feel blessed to work for, and in this environment.
Sunset over Mellor
15th May 2023
Spring is evolving into summer, and so most nights we get a beautiful golden hour where the sunset is mirrored on Mellor.
In my hometown
8th April 2023
Took a late evening walk around my teenage stomping ground and paid my respects to 'The Bard'. Stratford upon Avon after dark still holds a special magic.
Bollinhurst geese
27th January 2023
Needed to blow off the Friday cobwebs so boots on and up to Black Rocks, then down Bollinhurst reservoir which is finally full again. I pulled out my camera just as the geese flew over.