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Photography
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18th March 2016Northern lights 2016[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] The red and green northern lights at East Sands in St Andrews, 6th March 2016.[/caption] Since my last post, I’ve been lucky enough to twice see the northern lights. Both times have been in 2016: once in the first hour of the year, and then again in early March. The northern lights at New Year were faint, yet still impressive. As I do every year, I spent Christmas with my family, but afterwards I returned north to celebrate my first New Year in St Andrews. On New Year’s Eve I made gnocchi (thanks for teaching me, Betta!) then ...
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8th March 2014Northern Lights 2014I’ve seen time-lapses from Iceland. I’ve seen videos from space of the colours around the Arctic. I’ve even seen photos of the Aurora Borealis from St Andrews, where I live. I've really wanted to see them myself. So when I checked my Facebook account and saw this post from Ed, you might think I was overwhelmed by excitement. But I wasn't. My first reaction, honestly, was dismissal. I didn't know Ed as someone familiar with astronomy, and I'm well aware of how a little wishful thinking can turn aeroplanes or planets into UFOs, and light pollution or high clouds into astronomical events. I ...
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11th November 2012A Longer Bike RideTo recap: after doing maths in St Andrews for half of June and all of July, I spent a couple of weeks in Nottingham with some of my family. We got out on our bikes a bit, and tried to make the most of whatever small piece of summer we could salvage from 2012. I returned home to Perth half way through August, and shortly afterwards, I took the opportunity of visiting Emily to bring my bike home from St Andrews. I wanted to go on some bikes rides. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] The River Tay at Port Allen[/caption] My first bike ...
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1st May 2012The Last Week of MayOn 25th May last year, I woke, ate, dressed, and walked to West Sands to watch the sunrise. At 3:30am. It was during one of the strangest weeks I've ever had. My final exam of first year (Great Ideas 2) was on Monday, the 23rd. It didn't go very well, but I was so relieved to be finished. That was in the afternoon, and I spent the evening in the common room with Mike, watching films and drinking gin and tonic. I got drunk. I don't remember what I did on Tuesday, but by the evening I realised that I wasn't interested ...
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27th October 2011The Joy of NatureAt least once in a while, a day comes along which knocks you on your ass. Yesterday was such a day. All week the sea had been rough, but to begin with it was accompanied by high winds and low, rainy clouds. It's no coincidence that the most dramatic aspects of nature are often the most inhospitable ones. The conditions weren't good for sitting out and appreciating the waves - but yesterday everything was perfect. The sea was just as violent, yet the weather had cleared to one of those beautifully sunny autumn days that I always hope for. I leave the ...
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About Wilf's Blog
I'm a mathematician, but apart from that, I'm a fairly normal guy. I used to write a blog - this blog. I write (wrote) about whatever is on my mind. It can get quite personal sometimes.
