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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

If you’re in #Torino/ #Turin then pay a visit to Il Vicolo. I had the most amazing #risotto there tonight 👌 They have about 15 on the menu, I went for the Morbido—black whole grain rice with gorgonzola, bacon and confit tomatoes, contrasted with crispy courgette on top. 😋

A cast iron pan with dark reddish brown risotto topped with light yellow green courgettes, and a fork on a napkin to then side. The placemat has IL VICOLO on it.

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Sitting in the square in Amersfoort enjoying a nice beer, with 2 clocks chiming every 1/4 hour—I can see why the hotel came with a pair of ear plugs on the towels😁

A glass of Leffe blond beer, with part of a city square at night behind, with the illuminated clock tower out of focus amongst the other lights

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Passport control into the Netherlands was even quicker! About a minute including registration for EEZ, with zero queue as I was (inadvertently) one of the first off the ship. Was on the tram less than 15 minutes after disembarking. Just missed a connection in […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

Bow of the Stena Hollandica seen from the tram. In the foreground is another tram track with overhead cables above and reflections of the light.
The red footbridge can just be seen at the right of the image, above the name Stena Line in large blue letters on the side of the ferry.
The sky is grey as it was a bit foggy.

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Goodbye Scotland, see you in 2 weeks. For now I’m on the first train of many , to explore another slice of Europe. Bonus beer, it is Friday after all.

View out of a train window of the coastline of South-east Scotland. There is rough grass above a rocky coastline and the great sea beyond. The sky is grey with various layers of clouds.

A small glass of beer next to the can. It is Hop on Board Golden Ale for LNER, and the can says Celebrating 10 years on board.

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Solved something that's been bugging me for a while this morning: confirmed that the Beatrice Demonstration turbines have not yet been decommissioned, despite the Moray West windfarm being built around them. Was able to find them on @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

A slightly blurry satellite image of open sea with white smudges that are actually offshore wind turbines. A yellow marker pin in the middle sits between the locations of Beatrice Demonstration turbines A and B, while to the north of them at the top of the image is the rectangular blob of the decommissioned Beatrice AD oil platform. The other wind turbines just visible are part of the Moray West wind farm.
It is not very interesting visually, but the information in the image is useful.

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

I know scientists are warning about microplastics in food, but wasn’t expecting companies to be boasting about a quarter of their product being plastics! 🤪 #advertisingFail

Close up of a red bag of crisps, with the text:
NOW MADE WITH 25%
RECYCLED PLASTIC*

Tyrell’s
hand-cooked English crisps
sweet chilli

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

The festival is coming Sure these weren’t there when I passed last night. #edinburgh #festivals #bigTop

A grassy park with a blue and white big top circus tent already erected and the steel frame of another almost complete

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

Apple weather helpfully noting my location is Scotland, somewhere in the 80,000km2 #scotland #geolocation

Screenshot of the Apple weather app, with a dark grey background and some clouds.
It helpfully says:
My location
Scotland
17°
Feels Like: 14°
H:20° L:13°
Rain Stopping Briefly
Light rain is expected to stop in 37 min
and start again 16 min later.

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

#Burnam's silly "No 10 north" stunt yesterday made me make a map. If you draw a 3×3 grid on England's extreme points, Manchester is very much in the middle square. If you include the whole of the UK, it is in the southern third! #UKpol #geography

Map of the UK with grids superimposed over England and the UK, showing that Manchester is not in the nothern third

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

I wonder how much of the working week is wasted waiting on computer software not responding/crashing...

cropped screenshot of a computer title bar "ts.docx - Word (Not Responding)"

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026

One of those mornings to choose the sunny side of the street for my morning walk, since it’s only 11°C here #Edinburgh #MondayMotivation

An almost empty city street lined with tall stone buildings, the left side in shade but a patch of sunlight lines most of the right side pavement. The sky between the buildings is blue, with only a few light clouds.

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

#TFIF enjoying the sunshine in the Meadows along with a fair chunk of Edinburgh. Picked up a can of Wee Juicy Tart from 6°North, a cherry & bramble fruit beer, and it’s rather nice. Fairly subtle fruit notes and not too sweet. Perfect for the weather too.

A red and white can of beer, with abstract patterns and white text

Six°North
Wee Juicy
Tart

Behind is grass and sunshine

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

Argh. Still nearly an hour on this train and it’s dark now. Was in Coventry for just 24 hours and 2 minutes for the Supergen ORE Assembly at Warwick University. Good to catch up with folk and hear about all the interesting research going on, but 4:45 each way […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

View out of a train window to a nondescript dark landscape, the last light just illuminating the sky. Reflections of the train carriage are superimposed, almost like a double exposure photo.

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

With lots of #renewableEnergy on the GB grid today, gas generation dropped to 0.42GW at 15:00 this afternoon, the lowest I’ve seen. Data visualisation from @katemorley@hachyderm.i‘s excellent grid.iamkate.com site #energyTransition

Graph of Generation on GB electricity grid, with details at 3:00pm today:
Coal 0.00GW
Gas 0.42GW
Solar 11.22GW
Wind 10.95GW
Hydroelectric 0.21GW
Nuclear 5.72GW
Biomass 1.85GW

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

For #textureTuesday here’s an #ampersand inspired by @daveybot. At Zandvoort, NL a few weeks ago.

An ampersand symbol made from lots of razor clam shells on a sandy beach, the bright sunlight casting dark shadows outlining each shell.

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

So this business owner seems to think a public park is a suitable place to abandon their van FFS. The Meadows by Melville Drive just now. #edinburgh #parksNotParking

A white van with EDINBURGH OUTDOOR FITNESS on the side, parked in the middle of a grassy open space with trees and buildings behind.

Reg BN67 TZX

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