Richard Close
@richardclose.bsky.social
Immigrant.
Born in 🇿🇼, lived in 🏴 (mostly), 🇿🇦 and 🇺🇲. Now in 🏴.
Born in 🇿🇼, lived in 🏴 (mostly), 🇿🇦 and 🇺🇲. Now in 🏴.
Farewell Valaris Gorilla 6, we hardly knew ye.
(Seen from Tayport sailing away from Dundee Harbour).
(Seen from Tayport sailing away from Dundee Harbour).
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Farewell Valaris Gorilla 6, we hardly knew ye.
(Seen from Tayport sailing away from Dundee Harbour).
(Seen from Tayport sailing away from Dundee Harbour).
The Tayport swans, with Waverley in the background.
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Tayport swans, with Waverley in the background.
Listiening to the Mystery of Time (Kabeláč) again. Such a compelling piece of music. Feels vast and inexorable and alien.
#ClassicalMusic #NowPlaying
#ClassicalMusic #NowPlaying
September 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Listiening to the Mystery of Time (Kabeláč) again. Such a compelling piece of music. Feels vast and inexorable and alien.
#ClassicalMusic #NowPlaying
#ClassicalMusic #NowPlaying
Orange smoke, perhaps?
August 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Orange smoke, perhaps?
This is going to be interesting!
(getting more into Martinu at the moment)
(getting more into Martinu at the moment)
August 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is going to be interesting!
(getting more into Martinu at the moment)
(getting more into Martinu at the moment)
I remember it well! The official number in nearby Pershore Worcs was 37.1.
July 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I remember it well! The official number in nearby Pershore Worcs was 37.1.
We saw this very relaxed sparrowhawk perching on a garage roof in Newport yesterday evening. Wonder if he could take a pigeon? We see pigeon remains quite often.
#Fife
#Fife
July 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
We saw this very relaxed sparrowhawk perching on a garage roof in Newport yesterday evening. Wonder if he could take a pigeon? We see pigeon remains quite often.
#Fife
#Fife
Seen on a ride yesterday: two more fine examples in my occasional series "Waymarkers and Milestones of Fife"
June 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Seen on a ride yesterday: two more fine examples in my occasional series "Waymarkers and Milestones of Fife"
Here's another wayside marker at St Michaels. This one is much more logical. I see that Tayport used to be Ferryport on Craig. Google image search show another in Lundin Links, that's going to be a much longer bike ride.
April 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Here's another wayside marker at St Michaels. This one is much more logical. I see that Tayport used to be Ferryport on Craig. Google image search show another in Lundin Links, that's going to be a much longer bike ride.
Incredibly chonky chestnut tree at Balmerino Abbey. That tree has seen some things.
April 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Incredibly chonky chestnut tree at Balmerino Abbey. That tree has seen some things.
Out for a bike ride in Fife today, I saw this milestone (or maybe milestone shaped signpost?) at a fork.
It's a bit mad in a few ways:
- no distances, just L/R
- why are half the Rs on the left, and vice versa?
- some of them seem wrong to me
(Lots of fine 19th C milestones in Fife)
It's a bit mad in a few ways:
- no distances, just L/R
- why are half the Rs on the left, and vice versa?
- some of them seem wrong to me
(Lots of fine 19th C milestones in Fife)
April 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Out for a bike ride in Fife today, I saw this milestone (or maybe milestone shaped signpost?) at a fork.
It's a bit mad in a few ways:
- no distances, just L/R
- why are half the Rs on the left, and vice versa?
- some of them seem wrong to me
(Lots of fine 19th C milestones in Fife)
It's a bit mad in a few ways:
- no distances, just L/R
- why are half the Rs on the left, and vice versa?
- some of them seem wrong to me
(Lots of fine 19th C milestones in Fife)
A few minutes later
March 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A few minutes later
Caught the beginning of the eclipse, clouds have rolled over now.
March 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Caught the beginning of the eclipse, clouds have rolled over now.
Pnone of the above
March 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Pnone of the above
While New Inn is now nothing more than a roundabout on the A92
March 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
While New Inn is now nothing more than a roundabout on the A92
There had to be a reason! Pettycur was the north end of the ferry crossing of the Firth of Forth.
March 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There had to be a reason! Pettycur was the north end of the ferry crossing of the Firth of Forth.
But go back in time 2 years, and you could have done it! (OK, you would have destroyed a few cones and fought with the highway maintenance guys). It's like Maps has a phantom limb.
January 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
But go back in time 2 years, and you could have done it! (OK, you would have destroyed a few cones and fought with the highway maintenance guys). It's like Maps has a phantom limb.
... which doesn't look like such a great idea.
January 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
... which doesn't look like such a great idea.
So Google Maps suggested this route to me ...
January 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
So Google Maps suggested this route to me ...
11) I remain very impressed by this sort of thing:
January 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
11) I remain very impressed by this sort of thing:
