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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

@robbiemcewen.bsky.social Robbie, that wee outage a few km from the finish today resulted in this 👍 Definitely going to print this one & hang it on my wall bsky.app/profile/hila...

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Digital serendipity. About 5k from the finish of stage 1 of the #RenewiTour & the heavens opened up & for a second we were treated to this 👍 #glitch #glitchArt #cycling #tntSports #digital #dititalArt

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

@pippayork.bsky.social Pippa really enjoying your comms on the Arctic Race, without doubt the most scenic race on the calendar. However I have a minor gripe (mainly about your colleague whose name I've forgotten 🤦‍♂️): an archipelago is a group of islands. So as you cross one of those impressive

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Elvers, lots of them. In 18 years of regular walks along the Dee at Banchory this is the first time I've seen eels in the river. Usually this wee pool is full of salmon small fry at this time of year. BTW a salmon parr puts in an appearance (bottom left) in the last second. #30DaysWild

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Rome: undoubtedly the only place in the world where you can circumnavigation an entire country on foot in less than an hour #VaticanCity

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

@brismithy.bsky.social Brian, Magnier was in the third group; we were roadside at the 35 k point

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🇬🇧 British Political Spectrum Quiz My result: Eco-Socialist Economic: collectivist Social: progressive Sovereignty: strongly cosmopolitan Military: anti-interventionist Authority: libertarian Constitutional: strongly reformist Take the quiz: quiz.jmoxley.co.uk

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British Political Spectrum Quiz

Find out where you sit on the British political map across six dimensions.

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Dreich but not drookit for my hike round Loch Faskally, Pitlochry today.

Wee man made fishing misty loch looking primordial

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

A few normal pics from my walk by the Dee today

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Long slow drone vid of a wee trip up the River Dee at Banchory today.

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

My annual Xmas eve post from this day 2010 when I managed to climb Lochnagar in stunning winter conditions. This was taken on the way back to Loch Muick #Scotland #winter

View over snowy Scottish mountains under a clear blue sky

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Today's hike was to a dreich Loch Lee and a view of my favourite place name: The Shank Of Inchgrundle. Inchgrundle is the white steading near the loch shore. The shank is the shallow ridge with a track winding its way up into the clouds. #Scotland #Angus

Scottish loch in dreary weather with misty hills in the background

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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

'This graph should be a rocket up the independence movement's backside.' Robin McAlpine, via The National. archive.is/HNgmT

Robin McAlpine beside the graph showing the extent to which Scotland, despite being a rich country, exports its wealth.

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Close to peak autumness here on Deeside at the moment. Pity the sun didn't put in a show for today's #MTB ride in the Balmoral estate #Scotland

View downstream (east) along the River Dee with mountains in the background.

View from the bridge in Braemar looking down on the Clunie Water, with trees in full autumn colour.

View north over the Invercauld estate take from the Lion's Face viewpoint. The modestly named Invercauld House (it's a castle ffs) just visible on the extreme right.

The Honka Hut (a timber lodge) with a small man made loch in front of it. Caledonian forest in the background.

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Well that's my reading sorted for the next few months. Isaac Asimov's best in machete reading order. I have read all but four at some point but all a long time ago. #asimov

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Meidas Scotland 🏴EU @sovereign.scot · 13/09/2025

Starmer, Sarwar, Prince Andrew, Mandelson, Rayner and Alexander resort to hiding following this week's revelations about their admiration of Epstein. Even the rats couldn't stand the smell of them.

picture of Keith Starmer, anas Sarwar, Prince Andrew, Peter Mandelson, Douglas Alexander, angela Rayner all walking inside a sewer with rats

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

@libbybrooks.bsky.social So your saltire flag piece today made no mention of the substancial Stand Up To Racism March today in Edinburgh. How can you live with yourself?

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

@severincarrell.bsky.social So your saltire flag piece today made no mention of the substancial Stand Up To Racism March today in Edinburgh. How can you live with yourself?

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

The upper reaches of Glen Lethnot from today's MTB ride/push up to the Hill Of Mondurran #Scotland #Angus #MTB

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Pleased I managed a decent snap of this common darter (Sympetrum striolatum) while oot 'n' aboot today.

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Meidas Scotland 🏴EU @sovereign.scot · 26/08/2025

Great new article in The National by Laura Pollock on our FREE SCOTLAND FROM WESTMINSTER RULE campaign. Please share widely. "Scottish independence activists to launch campaign with one message" www.thenational.scot/news/2541749...

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Scottish independence activists to launch campaign with one message

A "long-term" Scottish independence communication campaign is being launched, with posters and banners already being distributed across…

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

More drone goodness from N Harris. Hopefully Bluesky's compression doesn't ruin this #DJI #Scotland #jade

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Finally got to a location where I could make the most of the drone I got for Xmas: Hushinish in N Harris #DJI #Scotland

Ariel view over costal headland with white sandy beaches and jade coloured sea

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Did the Aberdeen harbour tour today and was lots of these 🐬

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

@talking-upscotland.bsky.social You might want to take a look at this - Scottish & N Irish engineers getting heat pump training bsky.app/profile/emil...

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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Protesting against war is terrorism. Supporting a genocidal state is defence. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

River Dee really low again. Last time it was so low was just two years ago when I forded it three times (with my MTB)

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

As well as your std blue Bluebell we also have lilac and white varieties here in Banchory. There are quite a few patches of the lilac ones but I have only come across one patch of the white ones.

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Here's a sneak peek at something I've been working on for a while: a cohort analysis of support for Scottish secession, seeking to offer (early) evidence on whether voters grow more unionist as they age. The answer (thus far) is no.

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The MS Solong docked in Aberdeen south harbour today. BTW the jack-up behind is the Maersk Intrepid with its ~200m legs.

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Clachnaben yesterday. First proper hike since I sprained my knee in September. Views would have been even better if it wasn't for all the muriburn going on.

View west from the summit of Clachnaben. Smoke in the air caused by muriburn. For non-Scot muriburn = environmently vandalism by grouse moor owning twats.

View to summit tor of Clachnaben ftom the standard eastern approach

View south from Glen Dye with Char bothy in the foreground

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The River Dee at Banchory today at lunch time.

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Still getting the hang of my drone. This is the view downstream of the River Dee in Banchory. The A93 and the Deeside Railway to the left, with Cairn-mon-earn on the horizon centre-right. Taken yesterday. #DJI

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Guess who got a drone for Xmas. While it is second hand and a few years behind the latest tech it is still an amazing bit of kit. Going to take me some time to master (for instance this a grab from the video rather than a proper photo).

Snowy aerial view south over the River Dee (the Aberdeenshire one) taken from Banchory

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Getting to be an Xmas eve tradition for me: on this day 14 years ago. The outflow of Loch Muick as the sun set on an extraordinary day.

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Hung two new presents to myself. Loch Eanaich & Braeriach in the first floor landing, and The Devil's Point from Sron Riach in the living room (to go along with last year's present of Loch Muick)

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Spot the bike 🪵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Large log pile next to forestry track, Slewdrum forest, Aberdeenshire.

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

One for #InternationalMountainDay View southish from Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill to Sgurr Fiona (both bits of An Teallach) taken on 14 April 2014 #Scotland

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Cullen and Bow Fiddle Rock this morning 🌊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Also wife, friend and me taking photo #1

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Lossiemouth east beach this morning. AI "enhanced" view east & unenhanced view west to the town 🌊🏄‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 There were at least 40 surfers. Ambient temperature was ~5°C

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Alastair Schouten @hilarityunit.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Seeing as I don't get out as much as I used to here is one from Glen Derry, January 2012 #Scotland #Cairngorms

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