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Steven Neish

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A Neish in search of a niche. Scottish volunteer and psychology graduate into travel, wildlife and photography. At home in Dundee and the northeast. Pictures and opinions my own.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Nov 13

OK, reintroductions!

My name’s Steven, I’m based in Scotland, I was brought up in Australia, Germany and the UK, and I’m currently obsessed with Switzerland.

Other passions include: seals, soup, cemeteries, sunsets, psychology, cinema, subtitles, snowfall, street art and, er, photography.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 17d

And Doors Open Weekend 4, taking in Edinburgh’s Faculty of Advocates, Futures Institute and McEwan Hall, as well as Dundee’s Caird Hall.

An elaborate and colourful stained glass window depicting a judge at the centre of a courtroom scene.

Blue booths to the side of a stone corridor, combining modern furnishings with 1729 architecture.

A wide-angled look up at the McEwan Hall’s domed ceiling.

The stage at the Caird Hall, with a small cluster of visitors above being shown the organ.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 22d

Doors Open Weekend 3 was a bit of a bust. Went to Dunfermline on Sunday to see Abbot House, only to discover it was only open on Saturday. Nipped into St Margaret's church to see the reliquary, and finally saw inside Glasgow City Chambers.

The pink exterior of Abbot House, as viewed from Dunfermline Abbey. The cafe was open but the house itself was closed.

The Lady Chapel of St Margaret’s Church in Dunfermline, and a reliquary containing the saint’s shoulder bone.

One of two grand Italian marble staircases in Glasgow City Chambers, the largest in Western Europe.

A view down one of Glasgow City Chambers’ staircases from the Portrait Gallery.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks very much! Always look forward to Doors Open.

Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 23d

For Doors Open Weekend 2 this year, I visited Perth Art Gallery, PSNS Library and St Ninian’s Cathedral, and then Inglis Memorial Hall in Edzell.

The main hall at Perth Art Gallery, with paintings hung between the arches on one wall and an arcade corridor on the other.

A faux-neon unicorn by Chila Kumari Singh Burman, adapted from an earlier, simpler version that stood outside Perth’s new museum.

The inside of St Ninian’s Cathedral, with a skeleton choir in red robes singing for Doors Open Day participants.

The library at the side of Inglis Memorial Hall in Edzell, and an elaborate stained glass window featuring secular Scots proverbs such as “A gaun fit's aye getting”.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 26d

Americans on the train trying to pronounce the stations between Dundee and Aberdeen: Browtee Ferry, Carnowstee, Aragroth(?!)…

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 28d

My bad.

Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 28d

Washed a new woollen jumper yesterday and it categorically refuses to dry.

Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 29d

So far in September, Doors Open Weekend 1: Paisley Abbey, John Neilson Institute, Oakshaw Trinity Church and the Russell Institute.

Interior of Paisley Abbey, showing stain glass windows above main entrance.

Looking up at the centre of an old school atrium and the statue at its centre, now an entrance hall serving private accommodation.

A view from the balcony at Oakshaw Trinity Church overlooking the pulpit and organ.

Two busts astride the marble staircase at the Russell Institute, an art deco medical centre repurposed as an employability hub.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Sep 14

Back into the hills today for a traipse around Glen Esk.

A view down the Ladder Burn to Glen Esk from the foothills of Mount Keen, Scotland’s most easterly Munro.

Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Sep 13

If the moo fits.

Simon Varwell @simonvarwell.bsky.social · Sep 13

Bizarre story. Desperately trying to think up a shoe/cow crossover pun but nothing so far.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pair of trainers posted to Orkney island where only cattle live

Swona in Orkney is today home to free-roaming cattle after the last islanders left in the 1970s.

www.bbc.co.uk

Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Sep 9

A view over Braemar from Morrone, the nearest mountain.

Braemar laid out beneath Morrone, with the Highland Games, Fife Arms Hotel and Braemar Castle visible below.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Aug 29

Surely not on Margaret?! (Hope you didn’t lose too much)

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Aug 25

Kind of love this picture of Union Street on Saturday night.

The number 13 bus to Queen's Cross departs Adelphi at dusk, driving into shot and away from Aberdeen Town House and Castlegate.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Aug 25

Been a fairly quiet month so far, but August picked up last week with outings to Balmaha, Inchcailloch, Stonehaven and Aberdeen.

A boat from Balmaha called Margaret prepares to depart the pier at Inchcailloch, an island on Loch Lomond.

A view of Loch Lomond from the highest point on Inchcailloch, with a cruise ship ferrying passengers between Luss and various islands.

The ruined Chapel of St Mary and St Nathalan near Cowie sits between Stonehaven Golf Club and the sea.

King's College at Aberdeen University between tour groups shuttled from a Viking cruise ship docked in the city's new South Harbour.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Aug 22

I have my issues with their reporting on Isreal and Gaza, but The Atlantic’s Photos of the Week continue to be an unparalleled delight. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Photos of the Week: Monorail Rescue, Human Pyramid, Mountain Ritual

A collection of images from the past seven days, showing continued wildfires in Spain, a sail-in parade in Amsterdam, weigh-ins at the London Zoo, harness racing in Germany, an independence celebratio...

www.theatlantic.com

Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Aug 19

Which building would you move across town if you could? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Entire church begins two-day journey across Swedish city of Kiruna

The landmark 113-year-old wooden building is at risk from subsidence and will be moved 5km on giant rolling platforms.

www.bbc.co.uk

Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Aug 8

If only the news cycle was full of stories like this.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 8

Expanded high-speed rail network part of vision for Europe, says EU’s transport chief

The bloc – which will present plan this autumn – wants train travel to compete with planes on connectivity and cost * Timetables, tricky tickets and high prices: the problems with European cross-border rail travel The European Commission will present a plan this autumn to significantly boost high-speed rail travel in Europe, the bloc’s transport commissioner has said, promising a “long-term vision for a more connected, efficient and competitive network across Europe”. Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the EU’s transport commissioner, said the project would involve the “coordinated planning, financing and implementation” of high-speed rail infrastructure and of rolling stock that could operate across national borders. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Aug 1

Yeah, it’s brilliant. Started watching it when it originally broadcast, weirdly, but for some reason never made it past the second episode.

Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Aug 1

Been working my way through Inside No. 9 (better late than never) and I’m not sure I could choose a favourite episode, but it’s between La Couchette, Zanzibar and Misdirection.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Aug 1

Held this back a month to let them mature, but here are two adorable fox cubs beside the River Dee in Aberdeen. #FoxOfTheDay

A pair of fox cubs, one sitting and the other standing, in overgrowth beside the River Dee in Aberdeen.

Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Jul 31

Made my day 😊

Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Jul 31

Made a new friend. I chanced upon a #buzzard nest this week and have enjoyed watching the juveniles build their flight muscles.

Staring head-on, a furious-looking buzzard glares down from a tree branch.

Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Jul 30

One of my favourite photographs taken this year didn’t require any travel at all. I’ve seen foxes along the Dighty Burn before, but this is the first to pause before disappearing into the overgrowth. #FoxOfTheDay

First light catches a Dundonian urban fox as it stops to glance back after being disturbed.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Jul 28

I’ve been neglecting this place lately. Here’s a few photos from recent travels around #Scotland, taken on a madcap long weekend spent touring Stirling, Dunblane, Kingshouse, Fort William, Inverness, Elgin, Lossiemouth and Aberdeen.

An evening stroll past Buachaille Etive Mòr on the West Highland Way.

Looking back along the River Lochy towards Fort William from the Great Glen Way.

A late arrival in Inverness and last light on the cathedral.

An overview of the River Lossie and East Beach at Lossiemouth.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · Jul 27

Hey! I’m OK, yeah. Thanks for checking in. Just fell out of the habit of posting. I’ll share some photos soon!

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