BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon Landmark Forest Park, Carr-bridge 070
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery Whilst we are on oil platforms / rigs (thanks Sheena!) here a few views of one I used to work on, having had the topsides sliced off and sold abroad. (The yellow and rusty brown legs) #HuttonTLP 190
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery Cruise liner and Wind turbine jack up, Cromarty Firth 090
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery Thunder in the Glens 060
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery Falkirk Wheel Boat Lift 0282
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMechanical A Blackhouse working loom on Lewis. 030
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery The annual boat lift out of the harbour at Avoch on the Black Isle. The very large crane completely dwarfs the boat being lifted. 060
Reposted by BlankCanvasDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger. 442230730
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I just took action with @sstatradeunion.bsky.social: It's Not Workload. It's Stress. Charter for Secondary Teachers. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-s... #SSTACharter #Secondary #Education #Stress #Workloadactionnetwork.orgIt's Not Workload. It's Stress. Sign SSTA's Charter for Secondary TeachersSign SSTA's Charter for Secondary Teachers and tell the Scottish Government: Fix the job, not the teacher. 031
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Union Canal, Falkirk, Scotland 071
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 19/09/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn Probably one of the most famous knights ever…? A knight from the Lewis Chessmen in the British Museum. (Although I do like the Beserker Rook next to the Knight) 070
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#FingerpostFriday Not far from the start (or end!) of the Speyside Way. 040
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Some photos from my Speyside Way Part 1 cycle ride today. 21 miles. Newtonmore to Aviemore 000
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Light and dark. Cairngorms from A95 (Fisherman’s car park) 010
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 14/09/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKnots Two knots here on a key ting I made: Monkey’s Fist Knot Overhand knot 060
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 11/09/2026#FingerpostFriday @scotways.com @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social Taken last Sunday on a cycle ride along NCN Route 7 and Speyside Way around Tromie and Insh Cairngorm National Park 0121
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular You bring that chainsaw near me once more…. 0110
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#scape #photography #landscape #mountains #nationalpark #cairngorms #eastcoastkin #eck #snow 0171
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIntegers #FingerpostFriday Twofer The number 7 is popular today…. 060
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIntegers Mile marker from the former A9 road before it was upgraded. Kinrara Estate, Cairngorm National Park 060
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIntegers A map of a windfarm at Moy in the Highlands of Scotland, with a pic of some of them for context. 050
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 31/08/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIntegers An integral number of starlings. 150
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 31/08/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIntegers Every number on this signpost is an integer. 170
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHearts The heart of a home… 161
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Coming up on Monday in my Calendar app… a Bank holiday that we don’t have in Scotland. And we don’t have any banks left either. 000
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Cairngorms form Britain's most extensive high plateau and contain five of the UK's highest mountains. This expansive view looks right into the heart of the mountain range with the furthest peaks being nearly 20 miles away. (See what I did there?😵💫) #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHearts 030
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 24/08/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHearts Highland Hospice HeArt Trail. One of a series of Hearts around the Highlands last year in each town that had a Highland Hospice shop. This one was in Grantown on Spey. 0181
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 20/08/2026No it’s not #TidesOutTuesday The tide was in and people on body boards and surf boards were having a great time. Sandend, Aberdeenshire. (This is a follow up to my previous Tides Out post) 😵💫 030
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 18/08/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGrand Castle Grant, Grantown on Spey. No, this is not the castle itself. It is Lady Catherine’s Halt, a private railway halt and attached East Lodge. Visitors could get off the train straight into the Lodge and then horse and cart for onward transport to the Castle. 081
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 12/08/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 0121
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 12/08/2026#EuropeanSolarEclipse Cloudy in the north of Scotland having been fine all day. 🙁🙁 010
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 11/08/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms The Silence of the Lambs 060
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 08/08/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral A Robin on my bike handlebars. 150
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 08/08/2026#InternationCatDay #Caturday A bunch of kittens. 😵💫😻 0112
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 08/08/2026A calm day and no clouds on the Isle of Barra. Kisimul Castle. #PhotographersofBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #Water #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral 0200
Reposted by BlankCanvasThe Man In The Shed @themanintheshed.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Poor love - a reminder...... 1489
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Something missing here and in more than one direction 🤷♂️ #FingerpostFriday 070
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I was asking the Google AI system a question today, to which I already knew the correct answer - but Google gave me an incorrect response. When I quizzed it on the incorrect answer and its source, it told me the error was due to “Associative hallucination”. AI on drugs? 000
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 05/08/2026As a (retired) physics teacher, this sort of reporting makes me mad… “with a weight on Earth of at least 4000kg” 120
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 03/08/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral This was a bright aurora - taken in my home village. (Reused Challenge pic I think🤷♂️) 0121
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 31/07/2026#FingerpostFriday @scotways.com Morning ride up Glen Feshie and to Ruigh Aiteachain. 050
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 28/07/2026#AlphabetChalleng #WeekDforDark Night time cycling. Rothiemurchus Cairngorm National Park. 031
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 28/07/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDark Northern lights / Aurora Borealis above Meall a’Bhuachaille (with the snow cap) Taken from Cairngorm Mountain November 2023. Lights of Glenmore below. 091
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 27/07/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDark A small gap under the clouds after sunset. It gave a surreal letterbox effect. Just some trees to get a sense of scale. 160
BlankCanvas @nickforwood.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Just returned from watching Nolan’s Odyssey. Really disappointed by the inaudible dialogue drowned out by background music score & general “noise” Undoubtedly an “epic” but spoilt for me. Stars? 1 out of 5. 000
