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 …

Spectra

A few weeks ago Aberdeen hosted it’s famous SPECTRA light festival, I managed to go on two seperate days to see it. The walk there took me past the train station and the abandoned BT building both of which are always great street photography targets The first day I went was the opening Thursday going …

From Fork to Feature: How I Enhanced a Gantt Chart Library

Beginnings There are many Gantt Chart Libraries out there, some good, some bad, many expensive. I came across https://github.com/MaTeMaTuK/gantt-task-react in several threads, and it was close to what I needed, but not quite perfect. I saw the potential, especially in how it rendered the Chart using SVGs, and decided I could add the necessary enhancements …

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 …