by Scott | Aug 19, 2014 | travel, zeitgeist
It is Sunday. I think. The Mediterranean stretches out in front of me for as far as the calculations of Erastothenes allow. If my bearings were better I could point to where he was born from here. South is to my left. I think. I’m blissfully uncertain of many...
by Scott | Jun 3, 2014 | Writing
He was making his point loudly. The still night let his voice echo off the tiled roofs bouncing it towards every window and up into the starry ether. In winter, the tightly closed shutters keep out the cold and the distant voices. In summer, the daytime heat hides in...
by Scott | Jun 1, 2014 | Photography
You know what no one has said to me ever? “Scott, it’s been a while since you did a blog post of zoo photos.” Undeterred, I press on. The sun was shining, had a few spare hours so nipped into the zoo. As we reversed away from the house, the sun went...
by Scott | May 18, 2014 | Fuji X100S, Photography
In all my 40-odd years of mainly kicking about Edinburgh, I had, until recently, never set foot inside St. Giles’ Cathedral. Well, I had a spare couple of hours around the Old Town so wandered in, paid my £2 to take photos (and wore my sticker) and thoroughly...
by Scott | May 5, 2014 | Photography
As a member of the RZSS, I seemed remiss that I’d never made it to the Highland Wildlife Park, something I remedied this year when we were near enough up North to pop over towards Kingussie and have a look. Very much enjoyed the day and some of the animals were...