Mike Elrick
@elrick1.bsky.social
Hillwalker, book lover, cineaste, Mahlerite, Aberdeen FC supporter.
A braw day in the hills of rugged Ardgour yesterday. The snow has largely gone but it was still a full on day with stunning views across Loch Linnhe to Ben Nevis, Glencoe and north to Knoydart and Glen Shiel.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A braw day in the hills of rugged Ardgour yesterday. The snow has largely gone but it was still a full on day with stunning views across Loch Linnhe to Ben Nevis, Glencoe and north to Knoydart and Glen Shiel.
Watched Train Dreams. Based on Denis Johnson novella about an itinerant logger/labourer, played by Joel Edgerton. in early 20th century Pacific Northwest.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Watched Train Dreams. Based on Denis Johnson novella about an itinerant logger/labourer, played by Joel Edgerton. in early 20th century Pacific Northwest.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
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So this is where we are in America: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has just stated that Trump does not want Democrat members of Congress executed.
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
So this is where we are in America: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has just stated that Trump does not want Democrat members of Congress executed.
My contempt for Boris Johnson has only deepened after publication of the Hallett COVID Inquiry report. Lazy, incompetent, asleep at the wheel in Downing Street. Slow hand clap for all the arseholes who thought he was a 'good laugh' and voted Tory accordingly.
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My contempt for Boris Johnson has only deepened after publication of the Hallett COVID Inquiry report. Lazy, incompetent, asleep at the wheel in Downing Street. Slow hand clap for all the arseholes who thought he was a 'good laugh' and voted Tory accordingly.
Went to put something in my car, to be confronted by a winter wonderland..Blimey
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Went to put something in my car, to be confronted by a winter wonderland..Blimey
Wishing that Hugh McIlvanney and Patrick Barclay were still with us to write about last nights' Scotland win for the ages..
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Wishing that Hugh McIlvanney and Patrick Barclay were still with us to write about last nights' Scotland win for the ages..
Somehow Scotland contrived to win a game of football with Grant Hanley on the pitch.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Somehow Scotland contrived to win a game of football with Grant Hanley on the pitch.
Mads Mikkelsen, Hans Christian Andersen, Karen Blixen, Niels Bohr, Soren Kierkegard - your boys took a helluva beating...#Scotland
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Mads Mikkelsen, Hans Christian Andersen, Karen Blixen, Niels Bohr, Soren Kierkegard - your boys took a helluva beating...#Scotland
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it's almost like tariffs increase prices
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
it's almost like tariffs increase prices
Shopping trolleys mating in the wild. Asda, Bridge of Dee. Aberdeen.
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Shopping trolleys mating in the wild. Asda, Bridge of Dee. Aberdeen.
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Shocked to hear of the death of Rachel Cooke at 56 — I didn’t even know she was ill. I always enjoyed reading her reviews and features: she brightened any page of the paper.
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Shocked to hear of the death of Rachel Cooke at 56 — I didn’t even know she was ill. I always enjoyed reading her reviews and features: she brightened any page of the paper.
Spotted in Asda wine aisle...Yoga...Pinot Grigio....clearly aimed at the pilates pisshead demographic. Cunningly disguised in a gym-like water bottle.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Spotted in Asda wine aisle...Yoga...Pinot Grigio....clearly aimed at the pilates pisshead demographic. Cunningly disguised in a gym-like water bottle.
Good to see that @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social are screening Godard's Breathless at the end of the month.
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Good to see that @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social are screening Godard's Breathless at the end of the month.
Richard Burton: Wild Genius. The demon drink may have diminished his undoubted talents but oh what a talent.Listen to him reading Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood. Watch The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; Look Back in Anger and as O'Brien in 1984. A true talent.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Richard Burton: Wild Genius. The demon drink may have diminished his undoubted talents but oh what a talent.Listen to him reading Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood. Watch The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; Look Back in Anger and as O'Brien in 1984. A true talent.
This Remembrance Sunday, remembering my great uncle, Private James Wilson Chalmers Simpson, 2nd battalion, the Gordon Highlanders, killed in action 5th October 1917, in the third battle of Ypres. Aged 19.
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This Remembrance Sunday, remembering my great uncle, Private James Wilson Chalmers Simpson, 2nd battalion, the Gordon Highlanders, killed in action 5th October 1917, in the third battle of Ypres. Aged 19.
Seb Payne there...Times leader writer and columnist...and oh....failed former Tory candidate...#Newsnight.
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Seb Payne there...Times leader writer and columnist...and oh....failed former Tory candidate...#Newsnight.
Garthdee Aberdeen currently....
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Garthdee Aberdeen currently....
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"So I said, 'I'd only support the death penalty in very extreme circumstances, such as high treason or mass murder, and even then only if it was proven 100% that they were guilty...' what did I say Roy?"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"So I said, 'I'd only support the death penalty in very extreme circumstances, such as high treason or mass murder, and even then only if it was proven 100% that they were guilty...' what did I say Roy?"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade...a particularly fine episode. Leo McKern never better.
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade...a particularly fine episode. Leo McKern never better.
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A fine night for eight at Corrour with a braw fire thanks to the MOs' coal and two other guests with the foresight (and shoulders!) to take in extra logs. Bothy TV, a wee dram and some great blethers: what it's all about.
#Cairngorms #Bothylife
#Cairngorms #Bothylife
There's a lot to be said for 'Bothy TV' . Comforting, warming...in this case, when two cheap fancy dress tartan skirt/scarf/bonnet and chambermaid outfits left in Corrour bothy have acted as firelighters.
November 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A fine night for eight at Corrour with a braw fire thanks to the MOs' coal and two other guests with the foresight (and shoulders!) to take in extra logs. Bothy TV, a wee dram and some great blethers: what it's all about.
#Cairngorms #Bothylife
#Cairngorms #Bothylife
There's a lot to be said for 'Bothy TV' . Comforting, warming...in this case, when two cheap fancy dress tartan skirt/scarf/bonnet and chambermaid outfits left in Corrour bothy have acted as firelighters.
November 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
There's a lot to be said for 'Bothy TV' . Comforting, warming...in this case, when two cheap fancy dress tartan skirt/scarf/bonnet and chambermaid outfits left in Corrour bothy have acted as firelighters.