Gatehouse visit
We’re back from a few days in Gatehouse where the weather could have been better but we managed a couple […]
What I did at Halsway …
Well, there were lots of things – one great bit of the teaching involved playing movements from Jonny Dyer‘s new
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Halsway nyckelharpa course – June 2018
Yesterday I got back from a wonderful course at Halsway taught by Vicki Swan. It was a lot of hard
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Fiddle, Life
String Sisters concert
We enjoyed a great concert at the Queen’s Hall this evening – the String Sisters were performing. Lots of great
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Floor monitor speakers
Last September the ceilidh band I play with (the Greenbank Buskers) were doing a gig in a hall which was
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Chester Folk Festival 2018
Back from a fun time at the Chester folk festival – the photo is definitely the best I took (though
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Amateur radio
Amateur radio stuff is now offsite
I decided to set up a completely separate blog for amateur radio, since it’s of rather specialist interest. I’ll only
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Galloway cycling
Some good weather let me get in a couple of bike rides whilst in Gatehouse. I did a little recce
Hooray! Sea swimming again!
At last – a sunny day to go swimming in the sea. One of my favourite spots, at Killantringan Bay
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Chromatic nyckelharpa
Another nyckelharpa visits Edinburgh
Thanks to Trevor Buck and Phil Lyon for alerting me to a house concert this evening – we went along
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Buskers Trio at Haddington – video
Here’s a sample of the trio in action:
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Greenbank Buskers at Haddington
The Greenbank Buskers played a wee gig today in St Mary’s Kirk, Haddington, as part of their summer concert series.
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Whithorn Iron Age Roundhouse reconstruction
Whilst down in Gatehouse we visited a new tourist attraction that opened last year – a reconstructed iron age roundhouse.
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On the bike at Gatehouse again
At last, the first bike ride of the season down near Gatehouse. Cycling uphill into a tremendous wind to start
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Chromatic nyckelharpa
Northern Streams 2018 – final session
TMSA have put up some photos on Facebook – not on a permalink yet so hope this persists. It’s a
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Computers
Back to indie blogging – techie stuff
This website has now settled down after a bit of frantic activity to re-organise stuff. The reorganisation isn’t completed yet
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Sommarlåt has arrived!
I just love the sound of the nyckelharpa together with the pipe organ. This new CD from Olov Johansson and
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Northern Streams 2018 – Saturday
Another fantastic Northern Streams festival well and truly underway! Today I attended three great workshops, the first with the brilliant
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Northern Streams 2018 – Friday concert
Northern Streams 2018 has started with a superb evening concert – the Fika Collective from Glasgow, followed by V-Dala Spelmanslag
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Back on the bike
Glad to be back on the bike again. Touring Edinburgh anticlockwise for a change as I wanted to pick up