St Andrews Night(ish)

Okay, a couple of days early, but we had a great time at last night's St. Andrews Night celebrations in the Carnegie Hall. A full turn-out, a very friendly crowd.

The main act for the night were "Tattie Jam" - Seylan Baxter on a lovely 5-string electric cello, and Ruaridh Pringle on guitar/banjo. A good variety of songs, with great vocals.

After Tattie Jam's first set, we had a Stovie Supper. We both enjoyed "seconds", followed by a lovely trifle.

Peformances from a local group of banjo, accordian, etc. added to the night's performances. Finished around midnight and we wandered home in the freezing fog!!

Avatars on XBox Live

So, we've got the new XNE on Ann's XBox 360. Here's what our new avatars look like. It's been suggested on one of my forums that we look like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sarah Palin!!!!

Swan & Goose numbers

Interesting to see the article on the BBC Breakfast programme this morning about the decline in the number of swans and geese in England this year. Well, maybe that's because they've all decided to stay further north this year.

Over the last few weeks we have been seeing hundreds and hundreds of whooper swans and geese flying over the Tarbat peninsular. Far more than we've ever seen in recent years. Yesterday morning there were around 15 v-formations of geese flying overhead, with around 30-40 geese in each formation. Quite spectacular - and noisy!!

Not again :(

Well, it's the first time my Elite has failed, although Ann's standard XB360 has failed twice with the RROD.

Airnav Radarbox over Scotland

This image, taken from my Radarbox, just goes to show how busy the sky is with aircraft over Scotland these days.