Mike Elrick
@elrick1.bsky.social
Hillwalker, book lover, cineaste, Mahlerite, Aberdeen FC supporter.
Watched Train Dreams. Based on Denis Johnson novella about an itinerant logger/labourer, played by Joel Edgerton. in early 20th century Pacific Northwest.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Watched Train Dreams. Based on Denis Johnson novella about an itinerant logger/labourer, played by Joel Edgerton. in early 20th century Pacific Northwest.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
Went to put something in my car, to be confronted by a winter wonderland..Blimey
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Went to put something in my car, to be confronted by a winter wonderland..Blimey
Shopping trolleys mating in the wild. Asda, Bridge of Dee. Aberdeen.
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Shopping trolleys mating in the wild. Asda, Bridge of Dee. Aberdeen.
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.
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.
Garthdee Aberdeen currently....
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Garthdee Aberdeen currently....
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?
Tree skeleton near Staoineag bothy Loch Treig.
October 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Tree skeleton near Staoineag bothy Loch Treig.
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.
I genuinely thought it was a piss-take that Trump was contemplating a Triumphal arch in DC. Nope...it'll be a thousand year Reich next.
October 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I genuinely thought it was a piss-take that Trump was contemplating a Triumphal arch in DC. Nope...it'll be a thousand year Reich next.
Robert Jenrick out and about in Birmingham.
October 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Robert Jenrick out and about in Birmingham.
'It came, it saw , it conquered...it then had its head bitten off.'
Jelly Baby at the summit of graham Hartaval on the Trotternish ridge. My 165th Graham summit ...66 to go.
Jelly Baby at the summit of graham Hartaval on the Trotternish ridge. My 165th Graham summit ...66 to go.
September 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
'It came, it saw , it conquered...it then had its head bitten off.'
Jelly Baby at the summit of graham Hartaval on the Trotternish ridge. My 165th Graham summit ...66 to go.
Jelly Baby at the summit of graham Hartaval on the Trotternish ridge. My 165th Graham summit ...66 to go.
After the rain. A north Skye sunset. Looking to Harris.
September 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
After the rain. A north Skye sunset. Looking to Harris.
They don't mess about on Skye. The Sopranos but in gaelic.
September 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
They don't mess about on Skye. The Sopranos but in gaelic.
Excellent season finale to Alien Earth. I will miss the sheep though.
September 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Excellent season finale to Alien Earth. I will miss the sheep though.
Ballachulish hills this weekend.
September 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ballachulish hills this weekend.