The Whitburn Miners' Welfare well alight - image © Steve Kydd
Filming assignment, Monday 27th June 2011
Around 50 firefighters battled the flames at Whitburn and District Miners’ Club in West Lothian for 12 hours.
The roof of the club collapsed as fire swept through the building.
Read and watch the full story on STV News
The Standard Bearer at "the casting of the colours" - Image © Steve Kydd
A day off today, so took a trip to Selkirk to see the annual Common Riding.
The event takes place in June every year and is quite a spectacle.
To take in the whole thing, you have to be up early – The Rouse Parade awakens the town, with a flute band, at 04.00 am !
Return to the Ridings is a good source of information on the annual celebrations.
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Back in 1990, I filmed the Langholm Common Riding, being part of a programme by Jimmy Reid – Reid About Scotland
You can watch the footage on STV’s You Tube channel here
Methil No More ! - the 300ft chimney on the way down. - Image ©STV
Filming assignment, Wednesday, 8th June 2011.
A 300ft chimney stack in Fife has been blown up – marking the demolition of the last part of Methil Power Station.
Hundreds of spectators gathered to watch as the concrete structure came down.
The power station was opened in 1965 and was one of the only stations in the UK designed to run on coal slurry.
Read and watch the full story on STV News
Jim Salvona, 83, being rescued from a disused mineshaft in Midlothian. - ©STV
Filming assignment, Wednesday 11th May.
A pensioner cave expert spent 12 hours underground after becoming trapped in a disused mineshaft in Midlothian.
Jim Salvona, 83, was reported missing from his Edinburgh home on Tuesday evening.
Read and watch the full story on STV News
Alex Salmond - image ©STV
Spent Thursday night/Friday morning at the Election 2011 counting hall at Ingliston.
It was a long but enjoyable shift.
Watch STV chief reporter Dave Cowan’s excellent report, on how the election unfolded, here.
Filming assignment, Tuesday 26th of April.
Scots soldiers returning home to Glencourse Barracks after Afghanistan tour.
Members of The Royal Highland Fusiliers carried out patrols and fought insurgents in Helmand province.
Watch the video and read the story here : – http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-central/245046-scots-soldiers-return-home-after-afghanistan-tour/
A welcome home for the 2Scots
Filming assignment, Tuesday 19th of April.
Edinburgh’s oldest statue was returned to its plinth after a £60,000 restoration.
Watch the video here : - http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-central/244321-citys-oldest-statue-returns-to-its-plinth/
Charles II and Horse statue on a lorry in Parliament Square, Edinburgh
Enjoyed a meal here on Wednesday evening.
Toast is a great local Bistro in Marchmont, Edinburgh.
For the month of April 2011, they are running a Voucher Special: 25% off Dinner
Check out their dinner menu for Mar/Apr 2011
To start, I had the Chicken, avocado & mango salad, hazelnut dressing,
followed by Roast rump of lamb, puy lentils & celeriac, gratin potatoe.
The pud was Raspberry mousse .
Toast
146 Marchmont Road
Edinburgh
EH9 1AQ
0131 446 9873
Bracken the Badger Cub
Today’s filming assignment – Bracken the orphan Badger Cub.
The five-week-old female cub was found by a member of the public in a rabbit burrow, near Bathgate.
Bracken is being cared for at the SSPCA’s Wildlife Rescue Centre in Fife.
Read the full story of this little beauty on STV’s website.
Filming Shaun the Sheep - photo by Claire Stewart
Another career high today – filming Shaun the Sheep at The Playhouse, Edinburgh.
Shaun The Sheep Poster
