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Steven Neish

@findinganeish.bsky.social
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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 · 10/11/2025
In December 2017, I spent an incredibly wet weekend in Gdańsk, Sopot and Malbork - so wet that my memory card corrupted and I lost half of my photographs. Nearly eight years later, I've managed to restore some of them.
The largest port crane in medieval Europe and Gdańsk most famous tourist attraction, towering over the Motława river.Brama Mariacka is another gate on Gdańsky’s riverside, leading to St Mary’s Basilica.Grand Spa on Sopot’s Skwer Kuracjyny, or Healing Square. The fountain at its centre is turned off during winter months.The entrance to Malbork Castle looking even redder than usual during golden hour.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Haha, it’ll be getting city status at the next coronation.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Exactly like the hokey-cokey
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Thanks very much! I need to remember to put more in if I want to get more out of it.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Since I last posted, I’ve had a week in Sutherland, a week in Switzerland and a couple of outings to Pitlochry and Loch Brandy.
Dunrobin Castle under a blue sky and at the end of a garden path.The Swiss city of Chur, foregrounding vineyards and Bogentrakt, a prison-turned-hostel.A pumpkin patch by the river in Pitlochry, at Port-Na-Craig Inn & Restaurant.Loch Brandy shining blue at Glen Clova.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Sorry, guys - Bluesky keeps logging me out and then I just…forget to sign back in.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
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 · 23/09/2025
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 · 23/09/2025
Thanks very much! Always look forward to Doors Open.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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 · 19/09/2025
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 · 17/09/2025
My bad.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Washed a new woollen jumper yesterday and it categorically refuses to dry.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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 · 14/09/2025
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.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
If the moo fits.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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 · 29/08/2025
Surely not on Margaret?! (Hope you didn’t lose too much)
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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 · 25/08/2025
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 · 22/08/2025
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/...
theatlantic.com
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...
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Which building would you move across town if you could? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
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.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
If only the news cycle was full of stories like this.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Yeah, it’s brilliant. Started watching it when it originally broadcast, weirdly, but for some reason never made it past the second episode.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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 · 01/08/2025
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.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Made my day 😊
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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 · 28/07/2025
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 · 27/07/2025
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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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
All good, thanks. Just a stressful day at work that’s already half-forgotten!
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Can’t remember the last time I was this sunburnt.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Presumably, and I say that as an air user and an Earth user.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Back to normal yesterday, spotting wildlife in Aberdeen. I really enjoyed my time on the Rhine in Germany and the Netherlands but it can’t compete with the Dee where biodiversity is concerned.
A grey seal looks up from the shadows beneath Victoria Bridge.A bottlenose dolphin breaches next to North Pier as it enters Aberdeen Harbour.A fox cub emerges from the bushes into a quiet car park.An adult fox follows its young out of their den and only the streets of Aberdeen.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
“Internet users” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Internet users advised to change passwords after 16bn logins exposed
Hacked credentials could give cybercriminals access to Facebook, Meta and Google accounts among others
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Saturday: I had a few options for my last day but Deutschebahn drama put paid to them all. I was reluctant to travel in the wrong direction (Köln) or on a parallel line (Xanten) so after finally departing Düsseldorf Hbf I ended up spending most of it in Weeze ahead of my evening flight home.
Storm clouds gathering over St Cyriakus Pfarrkirche church and an incredibly humid Weeze.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Ha! I’m a modest transport nerd and I just about had a heart attack when I first saw it from the train.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Friday: I wasn’t quite sure what to do with my penultimate day. My biggest remaining blindspot on the German Rhine was Koblenz, but it seemed a bit far and extravagant for a day trip so I decided to stay put in Düsseldorf, eat gelato and drink beer. It was a beautiful evening for a tipsy stroll.
Düsseldorf’s Rheinturm and Rheinkniebrücke photographed from the promenade at dusk.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I really liked Wuppertal as well. It’s so different from the rest of North Rhine-Westphalia. But there’s no doubt it’s the Schwebebahn that makes it. (The breeze, meanwhile, eluded me 😂)
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Thursday: With the next few days forecast to top 30, I brought Wuppertal forward so I could hopefully catch a breeze off the Rhine at Düsseldorf. I bought a day ticket for the Schwebebahn and went to town on it, before accidentally interrupting a couple’s wedding pictures in the botanic gardens.
A Schwebebahn train leaves Kluse station as it travels east along the River Wupper towards Oberbarmen.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Wednesday: I had two reasons for stopping at Arnhem Centraal; I wanted to revisit a family grave at Oosterbeek War Cemetery and the manatees at Burgers’ Zoo. It was quite a gear-change, but I bridged the gap with an hour at Eusebiuskerk in the city centre.
A view of Eusebiuskerk from across an empty market square.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Thanks! I do try so it is appreciated 😊
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Haha, I quite like them! And thanks very much.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Tuesday: Utrecht is commonly quoted as travellers’ favourite Dutch city and it’s not hard to see why. It may only be 30 minutes by train from Amsterdam, but that’s far enough to keep the masses at bay, letting you enjoy the storied streets and historic canals in relative peace, even during Pride.
Domtoren is all that remains of the never actually completed St Martin's Cathedral, and is never far from sight as you walk the historic centre and beyond.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Monday: It’s hard to think of a more Steven city than The Hague, and after Amsterdam it was nice to be back in the Netherlands proper. Grand, ordered and manicured, with public art and civic spaces aplenty, one day didn’t feel long enough. It was topped off by a very scenic journey back to Utrecht.
A view over the Hofvijver lake towards the red-bricked Binnenhof complex, currently being renovated (hence the Portaloo), and the skyscrapers beyond.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Sunday: On reflection, Sunday morning, before the bin men had been out, wasn’t the best time to arrive in Amsterdam, especially after a wet trudge into town from the FlixBus stop at Sloterdijk. I’d had enough of the mess, rain and crowds by late afternoon and fled somewhere nicer for the evening.
An orange sightseeing boat passes in front of Loetje restaurant and Amsterdam Central, through brown water and under a grey sky.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Saturday: I started last week’s Eurotrip at Brussels-Charleroi, almost a year to the day since I’d last flown out of it. I only had an hour in the city centre before my night bus from Midi but it was nice to be back, even over midnight.
One of two murals commemorating Hergé at Brussels-Midi, this one replicating a scene from The Seven Crystal Balls in which Tintin and Snowy visit Moulinsart railway station.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Split last week between Brussels, Amsterdam, the Hague, Utrecht, Arnhem, Wuppertal, Düsseldorf and Weeze. A million more photographs incoming.
Grote Church in The Hague, photographed from the tram tracks of Torenstraat.Eusebiuskerk in Arnhem and the municipal offices beside it.A suspended train leaving Ohligsmühle station on Wuppertal’s Schwebebahn.Düsseldorf’s Rheinturm reflected in the waters of the quay.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Ha! Not really a fan of living metaphors, tbh.
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