Aberdeen & environs

Technology training +reskilling is vital

The call for Scotland to invest in its infrastructure — particularly physical and digital — as echoed by the panelists in Aberdeen last week is welcome in these harsh financial times for schools. In an address to this January’s BETT conference Jenny Watson…

Canal(s) of Aberdeen

My tourist-style attempted identification of the course of one English Roman canal — the Cardyke — was far from easy…

Mintlaw to Peterhead

The new bypass has made the countryside around Aberdeen more accessible and I had a chance to spend a few hours on the A950 route.

The spirit lifts driving up to the roundabout in Mintlaw as this time it was graced by a Silent Silhouette, acknowledging 100 years…

Primary School Xmas Lecture(s) Review

I offer the below comments on the AECC Christmas Lecture today given to a large room full of P7 kids from several local schools.

Length

Tree Study Route Map

The safe preamble to Seaton Park has several trees to observe from Evergreen to Beech & even a non native Monkey puzzle…

Let them think Tree

Beech trees protected drovers and their cattle from the elements, but have been replaced by big lorries. At the other end of…

St Peter’s Tree Study

A lesson in tree appreciation

Tree Identification — some thoughts #1

Outdoor instructions, begin: “Ensure that you are looking at a large tree — 30 metres high, note the shape…Now go in closer, is the bark smooth or rough…Look at the…