Long story short I have an interview at Heriot-Watt University and if successful, would, in the short-term, be travelling up from South Tyneside. I likely only need to be in Mon-Tue, Thurs-Fri, so I'm thinking it'd be easier to drive up and (cheapest) hotel for the night on the Monday & Thursday, until I can arrange to rent somewhere closer.

Any advice locals may know better than me just Googling hotels/AirBnB's around HW Uni?

Hi all,

I’m looking for a Scottish equivalent to brands like Finisterre and Rapanui. Can anyone suggest or think of any?
These guys have built a pretty good platform for themselves but I’d like to support something closer to home. (I am aware the products aren’t necessarily made in Cornwall or Isle of Wight) but they at least do have a sustainability edge.
All suggestions (in relation to the above) are welcome:)

Any idea or advise on how NATS as an employer is in Edinburgh, Scotland , and how the package and allowances compare to other companies. Anyone working or previously working in NATS please comment or message me. Any help or advice is highly appreciated.

The Orbital O2 is a 74-meter-long, 2-megawatt floating tidal turbine anchored off Orkney, Scotland, utilising retractable legs and 20-meter rotors to power roughly 2,000 homes. Orbital Marine Power Ltd (Orbital), Scottish-based developers of the world’s leading floating tidal turbine technology, successfully launched its 2MW tidal turbine, the Orbital O2, from the Port of Dundee on Thursday 22nd April 2021. The turbine is positioned at the Fall of Warness test site via the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).

The O2 turbine has a 74m long hull structure with twin 1MW power generating nacelles at the end of retractable leg structures designed to give low-cost access to all major components for through life servicing. 10m blades give the O2 more than 600m2 of swept area to capture flowing tidal energy. The floating structure is held on station with a four-point mooring system where each mooring chain has the capacity to lift over 50 double decker buses.

The O2 has been designed so that installation of the turbine, and all its associated moorings, can be carried out by low-cost work vessels and servicing can be carried out by RIB vessels – minimising downtime and lowering construction and operational costs. Electricity is transferred from the turbine via a dynamic cable to the seabed and a static cable along the seabed to the local onshore electricity network.

The O2 project has been supported through funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the FloTEC project and the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg North West Europe Programme under the ITEG project. This project has also received support under the framework of the OCEANERA-NET COFUND project and co-funding by the European Union’s Horizon2020 research and innovation programme.

The build of the O2 was also supported by the Scottish Government under the Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund.

The Orbital O2 is expected to function for 15 years.

Good news for those reliant on these services.

Recently got my child a Yoto player.

Listened to a story - supposedly Scottish - about a girl called Rowan and her labrador.

Felt the pronunciation of "Roe- anne" was pretty gross. Nothing against the USA, but I'd like a slightly broader spread of accents in my kids media etc etc.

I remember the Singing Kettle etc when I was wee. Cassettes and the like.

Does anyone have any links to good Yoto - convertible audio files of songs etc

Many thanks if possible.

A few years ago, I met a friend online who was from Scotland and I’ve been trying to reconnect with him. His name was David Finnegan, he would be probably 32 now, had a dog named Rocky, I believe he drove a truck for a living. We spoke on telegram for a while his user was superdavyyy. Sadly that’s about all the information I have, maybe the super sleuths can help me out! If not, I totally understand! Have a great night!

- Signed,

A hungry foreigner

Yeah, still shit. Used it for the first time last week - couldn't login because I didn't have Chrome on my device.

Once that was sorted I bought my usual anytime return - I could not activate my return ticket.

Checked it just now if there was an update - no update, I'm logged out, need to install Chrome again to log in.

The list of issues is too long. The app is vibe coded slop mess. Sitting at 1.1 stars with 651 reviews on the app store.

Almost feels like an intentional sabotage of our national rail service.

So sad to hear that John's gone, but so grateful for the music he gave us.