Some shots from our recent “staycation” holiday in Aberdeen, including some photos from Dunnottar Castle and Stonehaven, an excellent Plant-based food truck and the flagship pub from my favourite brewery.

An Asian woman and her young daughter hugging in, in the background is a bare stone wall, the interior of a bar. A middle-aged white guy with gingery white beard, wearing a black t-shirt, green jacket, jeans, sunglasses and a cap carrying his young daughter in his arms, she is wearing a blue summer dress and blue hat. the background is a small but fairly crowded sandy beach with some boats in the water. A young Asian, Scottish girl crouches on a large grey stone next to a bronze model of a Viking longship, in the background is the North Sea. An Asian woman sits on a grassy hill with her daughter between her legs, hands clasped and reaching for the sky. in the background are some ancient castle ruins. a selfie, with an Asian woman wearing a black cap, a white guy with a gingery white beard wearing a beige cap and sunglasses carrying their daughter, wearing a blue Summer dress with shoulder length brown hair, between them. in the background and at a much lower elevation is a rocky beach cove. A largely wooden food truck with green upper half, a surfboard sits atop the truck with the text "Roots - Plant-based catering" and "Roots @ The Beach". There is a menu A-board in front of the truck, some flowers in aluminium pails, two kiosk windows,one for orders and one for collection and a maske woman is visible inside the truck. In the foreground is the promenade path. The foreground is a shot of a Plant-based burger, with vegan cheese and some nachos atop of the patty and lettuce & avocado below, in the background is a bowl of loaded fries covered with sriracha mayo, pickled cabbage, a white sauce and spring onions. further back is a blurry burger, detailed in the next shot. The foreground is a shot of a Plant-based burger, with pickled red cabbage atop of the patty and lettuce & avocado below, a mess of light orange sriracha mayo runs down the sides of the burger. in the background is a bowl of fries. A tilted shot of a Fierce Beer branded glass with a dark beer inside, the bar is visible in the background with a steel Fierce Hopman logo, some blurred taps, a menu monitor and a masked barman with curly dark hair. A samurai-themed decorated cutout of the Fierce Hopman logo on a blue wall. A small, herbaceous looking plant in a white pot sits in front of the logo, next to a small candle. A bit of a black watch tartan face mask is also visible on a wooden table.

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A few recent photos with Sakino and Islay, a few featuring our friends’ three month old son Tomo. It’s nice to be able to meet people and do things again, hopefully this will be a more regular occurrence from now on.

A Japanese woman with short hair wearing a denim jacket, kneeling with a three year old Scottish and Japanese girl who is holding a new born Japanese baby. A Japanese woman holding a large lily pad above her head with a small girl in a blue dress doing the same. A greying middle-aged, bearded man wearing sunglasses,a beige cap and green jacket, crouched whilst holding a takeaway coffee cup. young daughter in a white cardigan leaning on his lap. A bearded guy, wearing a checked blue and green shirt, beige cap and sunglasses cradling a three monrh old baby in his arms. it's a sunny day with a residential garden view in the background.

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I’ll have to wait for a few more days before conditioning is complete but this is my first cold-crashed beer and I am very impressed with its clarity.

A plastic measuring vessel containing a very clear pale ale in the foreground. in the background is a brown wooden window sill, a double window with blurred view and a large kitchen sink tap surrounded by coiled chrome.

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Hit my pizza-making ‘A’ game today, no issues with the dough and by far my best effort so far.

A rectangular bamboo chopping board with 16 slices from two pizzas on top. Front row is a simple vegan pepperoni with three 'cheeses' and the back row is the same but with jalapenos and mushrooms.


    It occurred to me today that I hadn’t had a baked 🥔 for a very long time and set out to fix that..

    Baked potato and homemade baked beans, a ginger glazed Scottish flat mushroom and some grilled asparagus.. It was pretty tasty!

    A large baked potato with crispy skin, loaded with homemade baked beans. Behind sits a glazed Scottish flat mushroom and some grilled asparagus spears.

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    Yesterday, for the first time in many years, I took a whole one hour for lunch break and, again for the first time in many years, my newly re-wheeled bike out for a ride.

    Naturally, once home I looked for a free and open source fitness tracker in order to record my progress.. on the advice of a friend in the designers, I found FitoTrack and it is perfect for my needs.

    Today, despite the stormy winds, I went out for a second bike ride and refined my circuit. Don’t judge me, I am very unfit and this is the start of my journey back to fitness! Anyway, I hope to build up to two then three circuits in a lunch hour but for now one is enough of a challenge.

    Export of the FitoTrack workout session summary with openstreetmap routing and some unimportant stats

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