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alastaircook

Alastair Cook

This is One Minute Boo, a collection of one minute field recordings and accompanying photographs, when I remember, when I have time.

Edinburgh

http://alastaircook.com

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    120202 The Waverley Steps

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    Not quite the Cathedral Caves, but just as famous. And new! Revitalised with escalators and shiny metal roofs, the tourists will stop and...
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    101011 Cathedral Caves

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    #FeBOOary is a challenge. But I must continue One Minute Boo so will combine both... Cathedral Caves, The Lake District.
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    • omaniblog So all your Boos in this 'community' will be one minute long? That's good, means I can fit in listening to you a lot easier than others. Btw I loved the Lake District - used to work for The National Trust a long time ago.
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    111209 Princes Street, Edinburgh.

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    A long walk down the centre of Princes Street, derelict of all traffic as the tram 'work' continues. It's a fairly transparent disgrace, ...
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    111202 Easter Road, Edinburgh

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    I walked home from the Parliament down part of Easter Road, which Pevsner coined as a "canyon of tenements" and there's little more to sa...
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    111201 Main Hall, Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

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    A long day at the Sheriff Court today, accompanying a wronged friend. She won her case, we celebrated with coffee and cake overlooking th...
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    111130 #N30, Edinburgh Castle Prison, St. Andrew's Day

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    A day with my son. The strike allowed us to spend the day together, fortuitously St Andrew's Day. The government servants over at Histori...
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    111128 Lego, Kind of Blue, Leith, Edinburgh

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    Charlie and I, trying to bring together the impossible, to build the kits. So many little pieces have gone to Lego Heaven (hoover bag) th...
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    111127 Advent Antiphons, Old Saint Paul's Scottish Episcopal Church, Edinburgh

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    One Minute Boo [2] Advent Sunday, a bleak and windy Edinburgh. Warmer in Old Saint Paul's, one of Edinburgh's better secrets, though the...
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    111126 Boo Paterson's Seat, Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh.

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    One Minute Boo [1] Sitting in Boo Paterson's seat, shining the brass plaque with my elbow while waiting to watch Margaret Tait's 16mm fi...
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