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A New Zealander living in Scotland who loves cargo bikes

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By Rachel M Posted on February 19, 2021

Vaccinate me, please!

Nearly a quarter of the population of the UK has now received at least one dose of the vaccine. This is great news and something we can all feel pleased … Continue reading Vaccinate me, please!

Categories: JournalTags: AstraZeneca, chocolate, covid, disease, pandemic, smell, taste, vaccines, virus
By Rachel M Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

Protecting birds from the cat

The cold-blooded killer brought a bird inside last week. I managed to rescue the bird and it flew away, seemingly unscathed, but it left behind a pile of feathers which … Continue reading Protecting birds from the cat

Categories: JournalTags: birds, cats, predator, wildlife
By Rachel M Posted on February 11, 2021

Ice-skating at Duthie Park

Yesterday was skiing on Deeside Way and today was ice-skating at Duthie Park. I feel like I’m living at an alpine sports village. It was -8C last night and the … Continue reading Ice-skating at Duthie Park

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, cold, Duthie Park, ice-skating, snow, winter
By Rachel M Posted on February 10, 2021

Cross-country skiing on Deeside Way

It snowed a bit more overnight last night and Aberdeen put on a brilliantly crisp and sunny day for us. Rather than going for my usual run around the park … Continue reading Cross-country skiing on Deeside Way

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, cross-country skiing, Duthie Park, photos, Scotland, skiing, sledging, snow, winter
By Rachel M Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021

New tourist attraction at Duthie Park: carnivorous snowmen

It has been snowing all day today and there’s more to come tonight. I feel like I’m living in an alpine ski resort. Elizabeth and I went sledging again during … Continue reading New tourist attraction at Duthie Park: carnivorous snowmen

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, Duthie Park, Scotland, sledging, snow, winter
By Rachel M Posted on February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

Sunshine and blizzards

Aberdeen put on a beautiful day today with bursts of sunshine mixed in with intermittent snow blizzards. It was a perfect day. There’s more snow on the ground than I … Continue reading Sunshine and blizzards

Categories: JournalTags: Aberden, photos, Scotland, sledging, snow, snowman
By Rachel M Posted on February 7, 2021

Wild and windy February day at Torry battery

Everywhere in Scotland has been getting massive amounts of snow except for Aberdeen. One family in Moray couldn’t even get out their front door there was so much snow. All … Continue reading Wild and windy February day at Torry battery

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, battery, jetty, Scotland, snow, Torry, waves
By Rachel M Posted on January 31, 2021

Bed for today

Categories: JournalTags: cats, pets, Victoria
By Rachel M Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021

Burns supper 2021

It was Robert Burns’ birthday on January 25th and Scots celebrate it with a Burns supper. This is fast becoming one of my favourite annual events, perhaps because it doesn’t … Continue reading Burns supper 2021

Categories: JournalTags: Burns Supper, cranachan, haggis, poetry, Robert Burns, Vegan
By Rachel M Posted on January 29, 2021

A year of blunders

The UK has made so many mistakes during the pandemic. We started by following the flu pandemic playbook which meant our goal initially was to slow the spread but not … Continue reading A year of blunders

Categories: JournalTags: blunders, conspiracy theory, covid, health, Helen Keller, mistakes, pandemic, quarantine, UK, vaccine
By Rachel M Posted on January 26, 2021

Shopping by bike and cat photos

Last weekend I cycled to Nature’s Larder to get some supplies. It’s a wonderful whole foods shop on Holburn Street. What I love about cycling is I can park right … Continue reading Shopping by bike and cat photos

Categories: JournalTags: cat, cycling, groceries, house plants, indoor plants, pet, photos, plant, shopping, transport, Victoria
Image of Daniel and Rachel ice skating
By Rachel M Posted on January 24, 2021January 24, 2021

A dream come true

Today was a good day. It has long been a dream of mine to ice skate outside in a natural environment and today I ticked that off my list.  Aberdeen … Continue reading A dream come true

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, ice, ice skating, pandemic, photos, Scotland, winter
By Rachel M Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

Yoga cat

Sleeping position today.

Categories: JournalTags: cat, pet, photo, yoga
By Rachel M Posted on January 18, 2021

Stormtrooper

We just finished watching The Mandalorian with the kids and loved it. Who’d have thought a baby version of Yoda could be so cute. It reminded me of the time … Continue reading Stormtrooper

Categories: JournalTags: 2013, Daniel, Star Wars, Stormtrooper, The Mandalorian, York
By Rachel M Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021

Never was there such slaughter in our islands

I’ve finished reading The Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwall. There are 13 books in the series and while they are works of fiction they follow the history of how … Continue reading Never was there such slaughter in our islands

Categories: JournalTags: Alfred the Great, Æthelstan, Bernard Cornwell, book review, British Isles, England, history, Uhtred, United Kingdom
By Rachel M Posted on January 15, 2021January 16, 2021

Don’t be an idler competiton

As many of my readers know a pet hate of mine is when motorists sit in their cars with their engines running poisoning us all with their fumes. Last year … Continue reading Don’t be an idler competiton

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen Cycle Forum, air quality, campaign, competition, don't be an idler, health, pollution
By Rachel M Posted on January 9, 2021

Moonwalking on ice

One of the ponds at Duthie Park has frozen, partly defrosted, and then refrozen over the past few days to create a strange effect where it looks like there’s chunks … Continue reading Moonwalking on ice

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, Duthie Park, ice, moonwalk, snow, snowman
By Rachel M Posted on January 8, 2021

The snow gods delivered

The plague is raging through the British population faster than an anti-vaccination conspiracy theory on Facebook. I can’t see lockdown ending at all until a significant proportion of the population … Continue reading The snow gods delivered

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid, Scotland, snow
By Rachel M Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

Full lockdown for Scotland

The covid situation in the UK is pretty dire right now with close to 60,000 cases per day. It’s worse than it was back in March at the height of … Continue reading Full lockdown for Scotland

Categories: JournalTags: covid, education, lockdown, online, pandemic, schools, Scotland, vaccine
By Rachel M Posted on January 2, 2021

Elrick Hill

Being confined to Aberdeen, or within 5 miles of the boundary of Aberdeen due to covid restrictions, has stymied our walks in the countryside quite a bit. But it has … Continue reading Elrick Hill

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid, Elrick Hill, Scotland, tramping, walking, walks

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