Tag: competition

• Happy birthday to Victoria, open again, and a successful competition

  

  It’s Victoria’s 1st birthday today. At least we think it is. She was born on or around the 26th April 2020. Here’s a little video of her having her fur brushed which she loves. It has been more than a week since I posted anything which is unusual for me. Things are looking up for […]

  Rachel M

  April 26, 2021

  Journal

  Aberdeen, birthday, cat, competition, lockdown, no idling, pandemic, pet, Union Street, Victoria

• 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 I contacted the council about the problem to see whether they could help. After all, it is illegal in Scotland to leave your engine idling. […]

  Rachel M

  January 15, 2021

  Journal

  Aberdeen Cycle Forum, air quality, campaign, competition, don't be an idler, health, pollution

• Elizabeth got a bronze medal

  

  Elizabeth competed in the Robert Burns World Federation North East of Scotland schools competition today. She recited The Banks O’ Doon by Robert Burns and did marvellously. She came third and got a bronze medal. I took a video. The standard was high and there was lots of tough competition so we’re very proud of […]

  Rachel M

  March 7, 2020

  Journal

  competition, coronavirus, poem, poetry, Robert Burns, school, The Banks O’ Doon

• King Street Design Competition

  

  We announced the winners of the King Street Design Competition today. It took a bit longer than expected because we extended the competition by one week and then the judging took just over two weeks. However the whole thing was a great success. I’m so impressed with all the designs we received and it was […]

  Rachel M

  March 16, 2019

  Journal

  Aberdeen, competition, cycling, King Street

• Scottish poetry and highland dancing

  

  I managed to clock up over 12,000 steps on my Fitbit yesterday while sitting on my butt. It’s not like the last time I boasted about doing exercise without doing any exercise – last time I really did exercise, thanks to active travel. However yesterday we used the car-club car to get around and so I […]

  Rachel M

  March 10, 2019

  Journal

  competition, dance, Fitbit, highland, Highland Dance, poetry, Robert Burns

• King Street cycle path competition

  Last week, on behalf of the Aberdeen Cycle Forum, I launched a design competition for a cycle path on King Street in Aberdeen. Out of all the cities in Scotland, Aberdeen was the only one not to apply for Sustrans Community Links Plus funding this year which is specifically for infrastructure projects like this. The […]

  Rachel M

  December 18, 2018

  Cycling, Journal

  Aberdeen, campaign, competition, cycling, King Street