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Playful Otter

Last year we went to the west coast for a camping trip and managed some Otter sightings, Heather fished out the video for me and put it on Youtube. I thought I’d share it with you as it has lots of potential for making people go “Awwww” [...]

Quick Update

I’m currently working on a few ideas for the site and possibly even a redesign, in the meantime I will keep updating as much as possible! I’ve just returned from a camping holiday in France where I attempted to sneak in as much proper photography as possible. Expect close ups of Dragonflies, some lovely [...]

A Beautiful Memory of UTG

Support UTG from Adam Proctor on Vimeo.

An amazing video from Adam Proctor highlighting what we might lose if ACSEF and Sir Ian Wood succeed in destroying Union [...]

Free Gig at Union Terrace Gardens

As part of IHEARTUTG, local promoters IMP put together a  bill of unplugged musicians to perform for free in the gardens this afternoon.  Proof that you don’t need much to bring them to life, just some imagination and the will to do something.

A number of artists played with my favourite being Les Pelicans who gave a [...]

Daisy

Daisy

We recently expanded our family by 1 with the arrival of a 1 year old West Highland White Terrier named Daisy.  She’s an absolute star!  Everyone who has met her has fallen in love with her cute wee face.  Her favourite pastime seems to be cuddling up with us on the sofa and generally being [...]

Union Terrace Gardens – Civic square gets a name

BBC article on it: Here

And they’ve launched a website for it: Here

Artists impression of the proposed City Square Project

I particularly like the snappy slogan that they’ve come up with to go alongside the campaign to pour concrete over the Union Terrace Gardens – This Time. This Place. This Generation. – a gift to internet wags [...]