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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 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 December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

The Oxford vaccine, lockdown in Aberdeen, and online games

We woke to some good news today: the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the UK. I had been hoping and expecting this news for a couple of … Continue reading The Oxford vaccine, lockdown in Aberdeen, and online games

Categories: JournalTags: cold, covid, Escape Room, frozen, lockdown, online games, pandemic, vaccine, virus, winter
By Rachel M Posted on December 29, 2020

The Nightingale Hospitals and snow at Drum Castle

We are in tier 4 covid restrictions here as is most of the UK as the sick in hospital reach record numbers. At the start of the pandemic the government … Continue reading The Nightingale Hospitals and snow at Drum Castle

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid, Drum Castle, Kent, Nightingale hospital, pandemic, Scotland, snow, virus
By Rachel M Posted on December 25, 2020December 26, 2020

Christmas 2020

Many people saw their Christmas plans scuppered this year thanks to the dreadful plague. We were meant to be in the Highlands today but had to cancel our trip last … Continue reading Christmas 2020

Categories: JournalTags: 2020, Christmas, covid, pandemic, plague, presents, pudding
By Rachel M Posted on December 21, 2020

Lorry queues, supermarket queues, food production, and Christmas dinner

Victoria helped me wrap some presents today. Actually, she was a right nuisance and ended up tearing the paper. I went to the shops early this morning to beat the … Continue reading Lorry queues, supermarket queues, food production, and Christmas dinner

Categories: JournalTags: Brexit, Calais, Christmas, Dover, lorries queuing, pandemic, Vegan, virus
By Rachel M Posted on December 20, 2020

Still not testing enough and vintage clothes

They’ve back-tracked on the Christmas relaxation of restrictions and instead of allowing three households to mix from the 23rd to the 27th December they can meet on the 25th December … Continue reading Still not testing enough and vintage clothes

Categories: JournalTags: charity shop, clothes, covid, fashion, opshop, pandemic, restrictions, sustainable fashion, vintage, virus
By Rachel M Posted on December 18, 2020

Two countries and their Christmas strategies, the 5-mile boundary, and Manifesto

One of my coworkers lives in Italy and he told me they’re going into lockdown from December 24th – 27th and then again from December 31st – January 3rd. This … Continue reading Two countries and their Christmas strategies, the 5-mile boundary, and Manifesto

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, Climate change, Dale Vince, Ecotricity, Manifesto, pandemic, Scotland, virus
By Rachel M Posted on December 16, 2020

Abedeen in tier 3 for Christmas

For the second time this year we’ve had to cancel a holiday due to covid. We were due to go to the highlands on Monday for 6 days to self-catering … Continue reading Abedeen in tier 3 for Christmas

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, covid, pandemic, restrictions, Scotland, tier 3, virus
By Rachel M Posted on October 21, 2020

Her Majesty’s butler

Last week Victoria began showing interest in wanting to go outside. Being the softy that I am I conceded and now she wants to go outside everyday. This would be … Continue reading Her Majesty’s butler

Categories: JournalTags: AstraZeneca, cat, cats, covid, Moderna, Oxford, pandemic, pets, vaccine, Victoria
By Rachel M Posted on September 12, 2020September 12, 2020

Purple cardigan

A British mathematican at Imperial College London has won a mathematics prize worth £2.3 million. I had no idea there was this much money in maths. I’ve told Ben he … Continue reading Purple cardigan

Categories: JournalTags: covid-19, crochet, Mathematics, pandemic, Scotland, test & protect
By Rachel M Posted on August 23, 2020

Swimming in the Dee

I’ve been a bit grumpy this past week because sometimes it feels like the world is conspiring against me. Earlier in the year I planted lots of sweet pea seeds. … Continue reading Swimming in the Dee

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, crochet, grumpy, pandemic, River Dee, Scotland, swimming, wild swimming
By Rachel M Posted on August 21, 2020August 27, 2020

Privacy versus lockdown

There is a new outbreak at a chicken processing plant in Perthshire. It’s disappointing that we use the euphamism “chicken processing plant” rather than slaughterhouse which is what it is. … Continue reading Privacy versus lockdown

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid, lockdown, pandemic, privacy, test and trace, virus
By Rachel M Posted on August 19, 2020August 27, 2020

Test and trace needs to be better

Aberdeen is going into its third week of lockdown now. Nicola Sturgeon announced today that although cases have fallen here there are still too many to lift the restrictions. According … Continue reading Test and trace needs to be better

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid-19, pandemic, Scotland, test and trace, virus
By Rachel M Posted on August 12, 2020

Lake Polmuir

There’s lots of news today. We got woken by a massive thunderstorm this morning with torrential rain. The rain was so heavy that many streets in Aberdeen and Stonehaven  flooded. … Continue reading Lake Polmuir

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid, derailment, flood, flooding, pandemic, Polmuir Road, rain, storm, train, virus
By Rachel M Posted on August 5, 2020August 27, 2020

Aberdeen back in lockdown

Another lockdown has been imposed on Aberdeen today after a local outbreak starting at The Hawthorn Bar on Holburn Street. This is actually very close to us but none of … Continue reading Aberdeen back in lockdown

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid-19, lockdown, pandemic, pub, schools, virus
By Rachel M Posted on July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

Be cautious, COVID app, wild swimming, and distance education

The lockdown has mostly ended here insofar as much as it can end. Things won’t return to normal until there’s a vaccine but shops are allowed to open and people … Continue reading Be cautious, COVID app, wild swimming, and distance education

Categories: JournalTags: covid, distance education, online schools, pandemic, River Dee, schools, transmission, virus
By Rachel M Posted on July 8, 2020

A bird feeder and 50% off eating out

The bird feeder in our backyard fell apart so we replaced it with one of those feeders that sticks to the outside of your window. They’re made in the UK … Continue reading A bird feeder and 50% off eating out

Categories: JournalTags: bird feeder, birds, chancellor, covid-19, economy, pandemic, Rishi Sunak
By Rachel M Posted on June 20, 2020July 16, 2020

Embarrassing myself and the summer solstice

I’m finding the face mask I bought almost impossible to use. I wore it to Marks & Spencer this morning and I find it so hard to breathe that I … Continue reading Embarrassing myself and the summer solstice

Categories: JournalTags: coronavirus, face mask, Orkney, pandemic, Ring of Brodgar, Skara Brae, summer solstice
By Rachel M Posted on June 9, 2020

Face masks

I got myself a face mask. They’re not required here but it is recommended by the Scottish government and also now the WHO. I have been secretly wanting a face … Continue reading Face masks

Categories: JournalTags: face masks, masks, pandemic, pollution, RespiTech, virus

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