Cadenhead Club Tasting – Edinburgh
Quick review of an excellent tasting for Cadenhead Club’s (10th?) anniversary. It was an excellent night, with some amazing drams and held in a great space (the downstairs room at the Canon’s Gait). Some very
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(My) 10 Years of Whisky Fringe
Just before the 2023 edition of Whisky Fringe kicks off, I realised I’d attended 10 previous editions of this excellent event, and this post is just a celebration of that fact. My first appearance (2011)
‘Secrets from the Lagg Vault’
My second trip to Arran, but the first one was somewhat curtailed by train delays, giving me 5 minutes on the island. So, in essence, my first trip to Arran and I had a few
Deanston Warehouse 4 Tasting
Before going on this tasting I noticed there weren’t a lot of reviews online (see TripAdvisor), so just thought I’d collate a few thoughts and some photos in case anyone else it wondering what the
Map of Gaelic Placenames – Version 2!
Featuring: AÀA integration, new NLS map layers, community data… After the good reception to the Common Gaelic Placenames Map, I was been thinking about ways to improve it. The first iteration was based on Ordnance
Map of Common Gaelic Placenames
Update, 2022: There’s now a version 2 to explore. After posting on twitter about starting to better understand Scottish maps since learning some Gaelic, I was pointed to all sorts of interesting articles, projects, books
RMarkdown Fun!
I recently went to an interesting EdinbR talk on RMarkdown and the workflow available via R Studio and its products. I’d not used any markdown before but had seen its use in documentation, and this