Mike Elrick
@elrick1.bsky.social
Hillwalker, book lover, cineaste, Mahlerite, Aberdeen FC supporter.
Spotted in Asda wine aisle...Yoga...Pinot Grigio....clearly aimed at the pilates pisshead demographic. Cunningly disguised in a gym-like water bottle.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Spotted in Asda wine aisle...Yoga...Pinot Grigio....clearly aimed at the pilates pisshead demographic. Cunningly disguised in a gym-like water bottle.
Good to see that @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social are screening Godard's Breathless at the end of the month.
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Good to see that @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social are screening Godard's Breathless at the end of the month.
Richard Burton: Wild Genius. The demon drink may have diminished his undoubted talents but oh what a talent.Listen to him reading Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood. Watch The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; Look Back in Anger and as O'Brien in 1984. A true talent.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Richard Burton: Wild Genius. The demon drink may have diminished his undoubted talents but oh what a talent.Listen to him reading Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood. Watch The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; Look Back in Anger and as O'Brien in 1984. A true talent.
This Remembrance Sunday, remembering my great uncle, Private James Wilson Chalmers Simpson, 2nd battalion, the Gordon Highlanders, killed in action 5th October 1917, in the third battle of Ypres. Aged 19.
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This Remembrance Sunday, remembering my great uncle, Private James Wilson Chalmers Simpson, 2nd battalion, the Gordon Highlanders, killed in action 5th October 1917, in the third battle of Ypres. Aged 19.
Seb Payne there...Times leader writer and columnist...and oh....failed former Tory candidate...#Newsnight.
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Seb Payne there...Times leader writer and columnist...and oh....failed former Tory candidate...#Newsnight.
Garthdee Aberdeen currently....
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Garthdee Aberdeen currently....
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"So I said, 'I'd only support the death penalty in very extreme circumstances, such as high treason or mass murder, and even then only if it was proven 100% that they were guilty...' what did I say Roy?"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"So I said, 'I'd only support the death penalty in very extreme circumstances, such as high treason or mass murder, and even then only if it was proven 100% that they were guilty...' what did I say Roy?"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade...a particularly fine episode. Leo McKern never better.
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade...a particularly fine episode. Leo McKern never better.
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A fine night for eight at Corrour with a braw fire thanks to the MOs' coal and two other guests with the foresight (and shoulders!) to take in extra logs. Bothy TV, a wee dram and some great blethers: what it's all about.
#Cairngorms #Bothylife
#Cairngorms #Bothylife
There's a lot to be said for 'Bothy TV' . Comforting, warming...in this case, when two cheap fancy dress tartan skirt/scarf/bonnet and chambermaid outfits left in Corrour bothy have acted as firelighters.
November 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A fine night for eight at Corrour with a braw fire thanks to the MOs' coal and two other guests with the foresight (and shoulders!) to take in extra logs. Bothy TV, a wee dram and some great blethers: what it's all about.
#Cairngorms #Bothylife
#Cairngorms #Bothylife
There's a lot to be said for 'Bothy TV' . Comforting, warming...in this case, when two cheap fancy dress tartan skirt/scarf/bonnet and chambermaid outfits left in Corrour bothy have acted as firelighters.
November 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
There's a lot to be said for 'Bothy TV' . Comforting, warming...in this case, when two cheap fancy dress tartan skirt/scarf/bonnet and chambermaid outfits left in Corrour bothy have acted as firelighters.
In to Corrour Bothy in the Lairig Ghru in the heart of the Cairngorms, with bothy maintenance officer Neil Reid to change the toilet bags. Someone has to do it. Working the Hazmat look...
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In to Corrour Bothy in the Lairig Ghru in the heart of the Cairngorms, with bothy maintenance officer Neil Reid to change the toilet bags. Someone has to do it. Working the Hazmat look...
59 years round the sun, mildly tipsy, listening to some Bach.
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
59 years round the sun, mildly tipsy, listening to some Bach.
She's going to make a coat out of those dogs, isn't she?
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
She's going to make a coat out of those dogs, isn't she?
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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It is massively underconsidered as to why the negative/polarising reputation *among those who aren't Reform target voters* is a key problem for Farage trying to win on 30-33%
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For Nigel Farage to emulate Keir Starmer of 2024 and win on 33% he also needs more of the people who don't like him much to be pretty indifferent about him winning.
But he is currently 50% very unfavouable.
But he is currently 50% very unfavouable.
October 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It is massively underconsidered as to why the negative/polarising reputation *among those who aren't Reform target voters* is a key problem for Farage trying to win on 30-33%
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If Harris runs again she'd lose again I'm afraid. In a post Trump non Age of Reason world. #laurakuenssberg
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
If Harris runs again she'd lose again I'm afraid. In a post Trump non Age of Reason world. #laurakuenssberg
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Thanks for that, Dave. Do you by any chance have an example of how things can go disastrously wrong if you don't have a very clear plan?
October 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thanks for that, Dave. Do you by any chance have an example of how things can go disastrously wrong if you don't have a very clear plan?
Tree skeleton near Staoineag bothy Loch Treig.
October 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Tree skeleton near Staoineag bothy Loch Treig.
Just watched Highland Cops...and the Police and Mountain Rescue having to look for the bodies of a father and his 12 year old son who died in a fall on Stob Coire nan Lochan in Glencoe. Sobering and very sad.
October 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Just watched Highland Cops...and the Police and Mountain Rescue having to look for the bodies of a father and his 12 year old son who died in a fall on Stob Coire nan Lochan in Glencoe. Sobering and very sad.
Current listening...
October 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Current listening...
The Abhainn Rath river flowing into Loch Treig. Central Highlands. Autumn.
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Abhainn Rath river flowing into Loch Treig. Central Highlands. Autumn.
Wednesday afternoon. Above Loch Treig. The Central Highlands. Stunning...plus added soundtrack of stags roaring in every direction.
October 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Wednesday afternoon. Above Loch Treig. The Central Highlands. Stunning...plus added soundtrack of stags roaring in every direction.
Just listened to a lovely nostalgic BBC Radio 4 Extra programme from 2012 - Britain in a Box - about Vision On...Tony Hart..Wilf Lunn, Pat Keysell...the Gallery....
October 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Just listened to a lovely nostalgic BBC Radio 4 Extra programme from 2012 - Britain in a Box - about Vision On...Tony Hart..Wilf Lunn, Pat Keysell...the Gallery....