2018
Christmas Market 2018
We went in to the Christmas market today so that Marwyn could get her annual fill of bratwurst. Good weather,
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Advent candles
After a couple of weeks of horrible cold I’m beginning to feel a bit more Christmassy – here’s our Advent
Harps of Gold 2018
First rehearsal today for the Harps of Gold concert – book early to get a ticket! An acticity of the
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Fiddle Festival 2018
Another great Scots Fiddle Festival. We went to all three concerts, every one was excellent. The Friday evening concert started
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Physics
Fusion energy in 5 years?
Hmmmm …. fusion energy appears to be getting closer than I had thought. Let’s see how this goes. Article on
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‘Oumuamua as a bit of alien space hardware
image from https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1737/ Today I came across something on the web that’s actually interesting. It’s on the spaceweather.com website that I
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AI and robotics
Droid running over obstacles !
This is pretty impressive – so much so that I’m saving it here and have added a new category to
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Last bit of summer?
A glorious day today, I had time for a quick Edinburgh circuit by bike after we had been shopping. I
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New tune
When I was recording the Brudmarsch efter Axel Inge after Halsway, a tune came to me. I finally got round
Busking at a wedding
The band played at a wedding this evening in Borthwick Castle – not our usual type of venue (church halls,
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More dots for tunes!
This has just arrived from Sweden – many thanks Olov Johansson of Väsen – posted on 1 October and arrived
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Castlelaw Hill, Pentlands
After a break since earlier this year, I got out walking again with Anne – we did a little walk
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Fiddle
Buskers at Greenbank Ceilidh again
I enjoyed playing with the Greenbank Buskers again for the annual youth ceilidh. The fiddle needs its exercise! Here’s the
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Masonic Arms Session
We were through in Gatehouse and went to the Masonic Arms for their regular Thursday evening session. We had been
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Edinburgh Scandi Session
An absolutely great session today, with a lovely mix of instruments. When I stopped playing to listen it sounded great
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Plant life returns to Greenbank
Apart from Steff’s sparkly Christmas tree plant, we haven’t had any plant life in the house for ages. I decided
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Cornwall 2018
We moved on from Devon to Cornwall, where we stayed in Mevagissey. We saw the Eden Project, which was really
Eden Project
We were in Devon and Cornwall after Halsway, and somewhere I have wanted to visit for a long time is
Devon 2018
After Halsway we has a few days in Devon and Cornwall. In Devon we stayed at the Duke of York
Halsway 2018
Early September means the annual Halsway nyckelharpa meeting. This year Marwyn attended as a non-participant (i.e. groupie!) and enjoyed the