BRIAN REID PHOTOGRAPHER
Before the Storm
It seems that we may be heading for a change in the weather as the first Atlantic storm of the year approaches. The notable thing here has been the disappearance of the snow but not all of the ice as you can see above where the birds were still walking on the marina a couple of days ago and still are today, below. In fact you can see how thick the ice was from the broken pieces in the next picture....
Last Year Ending
Time for a quick glimpse back into 2025 with a visit to Old Warden on New Year’s Eve with Mr Langshaw. It was a mainly indoors visit but looking back now it was positively balmy conditions. There were a few microlight aircraft visiting on a crisp winter day like the one above and there were a few other attractive machines visiting the airfield. There is always something to see in the hangers including...
Wow Actual Snow!
Crikey. Now there’s a thing. Actual snow. It has been a while and it has lingered most of the day. Ideal for a walk along the river to Eaton Socon. Here are a few snaps along the way. I will finish with a before and after shot of the car on the drive as the sun starts to do its work and the moon a few minutes ago rising over the houses along the street.
Christmas In Scotland 3 - A Capital Idea
On a drizzly day what do you do? My sister Anne and I, with a little chauffeuring from Douglas, headed to the centre of Edinburgh to enjoy the portrait gallery and a little stroll along Princes Street. The portrait gallery was wonderful both as a building but also with the artworks some good some dreadful! There are plenty of famous Scots on display including the man in the black cloak, Charles Rennie-Macintosh,...
Christmas In Scotland 2 - Family Fun
After a grey day in Queensferry in yesterday’s post there is more grey weather in Peebles, some indoor fun and a little sunshine in Penicuik. A highlight was Jack and the Beanstalk in the Empire Theatre. A brilliant pantomime, as usual. “Oh no it wasn’t”, “Oh yes it was”. It really was. Feeding the ducks in Peebles brought out a couple of interesting birds, a pair of goosanders, very nice. Anyway...
Christmas In Scotland 1 - South Queensferry
It is always a happy time returning to Scotland and Christmas gives added pleasure. I am old enough to remember when there was only a Forth Bridge, the railway bridge from 1890, and a ferry service from South to North Queensferry. In the early 60s the Forth Road Bridge replaced the ferries and stimulated a building boom across the Forth for commuters to Edinburgh. Now in this century we have the...
Christmas Comes to Cambridge
I am fairly sure that the North Pole is not in Lion Yard, Cambridge, but what do I know. Christmas can bend reality which is OK by me. I was in Cambridge on Thursday for a little shopping and there were a few Christmas shoppers but not as many as I have seen in some years. The decorations in Lion Yard/Grand Arcade are pretty much the same as last year, just a little enhanced with more lights and...
That Seals it. Winter is here by the North Sea.
What a lovely day it was, yesterday, at Winterton Beach in Norfolk viewing its grey seal colony. Beautiful weather was a bonus. There were 3035 pups by 4 December and more since then. A bumper year. A number of the seals were in the dunes keeping the volunteer wardens busy managing the modest midweek crowd. Mr Langshaw and I had a closish encounter with a mother and pup which took exception too us...
The Moon Looks Super!
I did not see the actual full moon thanks to cloud cover but the moon was in full view the night before and it was looking splendid. Last night it was dodging in and out of clouds but clear enough to see it with Jupiter twinkling to the right. The little dot in the picture below is Jupiter. A giant planet so far away but so bright that it appears as a tiny dot in a photograph. Closer to home I watched...
Moggerhanger Music Session December 2025
Another fine evening of music in the Moggerhanger Village Hall and nice to see Mike Mullen up and about giving a nice touch of harmonica. Dorothy, Mel and Liz S did a fine job of cooking up some delicious mince pies for a little festive sustinance in the interval.
The session was recorded on video and I have published it in two parts as it was on the night. The two videos can be found by following...