Pin Lu
@pinlu.bsky.social
Medical writer, translator, columnist, gardening enthusiast. Edinburgh, Scotland
Blooming Lewisia in November in Edinburgh
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Blooming Lewisia in November in Edinburgh
Inchmickery in the middle of Firth of Forth, 9 Nov 2025
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Inchmickery in the middle of Firth of Forth, 9 Nov 2025
This autumn is warmer than usual in Scotland. The strawberry in our garden in Edinburgh has begun to bloom again.
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This autumn is warmer than usual in Scotland. The strawberry in our garden in Edinburgh has begun to bloom again.
A VR postbox at the junction of Union Street and Bridge Street, Aberdeen. Photo taken during the Tall Ships Festival. #PostboxSaturday
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A VR postbox at the junction of Union Street and Bridge Street, Aberdeen. Photo taken during the Tall Ships Festival. #PostboxSaturday
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We must restore our Transporter Bridge
"The Transporter Bridge has to be restored and put back into full working action - whatever it takes" - Andy McDonald MP
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
"The Transporter Bridge has to be restored and put back into full working action - whatever it takes" - Andy McDonald MP
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
We must restore our Transporter Bridge
"The Transporter Bridge has to be restored and put back into full working action - whatever it takes" - Andy McDonald MP
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We must restore our Transporter Bridge
"The Transporter Bridge has to be restored and put back into full working action - whatever it takes" - Andy McDonald MP
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
"The Transporter Bridge has to be restored and put back into full working action - whatever it takes" - Andy McDonald MP
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
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'Music and modern foreign languages degrees are among courses being suspended at the University of Nottingham, with the institution saying it “cannot rely on additional income” from the coming tuition fee rises.' 1/3
Nottingham suspends music, language and nursing courses
University says financial uncertainties continue as government’s proposed student levy will ‘wipe out any benefits’ from rising tuition fees
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'Music and modern foreign languages degrees are among courses being suspended at the University of Nottingham, with the institution saying it “cannot rely on additional income” from the coming tuition fee rises.' 1/3
Halloween door decoration, Culross, Oct 2025
November 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Halloween door decoration, Culross, Oct 2025
Spring Starflower (Ipheion uniflorum) bloomed again in October? How strange.
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Spring Starflower (Ipheion uniflorum) bloomed again in October? How strange.
Winter Jasmine and Dahlia 'Arabian Night' in our garden in Edinburgh
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Winter Jasmine and Dahlia 'Arabian Night' in our garden in Edinburgh
We visited River Tummel near Pitlochry last weekend.
October 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We visited River Tummel near Pitlochry last weekend.
Breathtakingly beautiful #Queensview Loch Tummel #Scotland
October 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Breathtakingly beautiful #Queensview Loch Tummel #Scotland
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This Autumn might be the best one I've seen in Edinburgh if the fine weather keeps up
#Autumn #Fall #Edinburgh
#Autumn #Fall #Edinburgh
October 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This Autumn might be the best one I've seen in Edinburgh if the fine weather keeps up
#Autumn #Fall #Edinburgh
#Autumn #Fall #Edinburgh
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My first night-time shot for #postboxsaturday
The lights are MV Lochinver berthed for the night at Lochaline Pier, ready to cross back to Mull in the morning
🌜📮🚢
I must have anticipated Sheena's #WeekNforNights for #AlphabetChallenge when I took this pic last week!
The lights are MV Lochinver berthed for the night at Lochaline Pier, ready to cross back to Mull in the morning
🌜📮🚢
I must have anticipated Sheena's #WeekNforNights for #AlphabetChallenge when I took this pic last week!
October 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
My first night-time shot for #postboxsaturday
The lights are MV Lochinver berthed for the night at Lochaline Pier, ready to cross back to Mull in the morning
🌜📮🚢
I must have anticipated Sheena's #WeekNforNights for #AlphabetChallenge when I took this pic last week!
The lights are MV Lochinver berthed for the night at Lochaline Pier, ready to cross back to Mull in the morning
🌜📮🚢
I must have anticipated Sheena's #WeekNforNights for #AlphabetChallenge when I took this pic last week!
A moody morning in Aberdeen when we visited it in July. #PostboxSaturday
October 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A moody morning in Aberdeen when we visited it in July. #PostboxSaturday
I wonder how many would know what this means without looking up.
October 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I wonder how many would know what this means without looking up.
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I’m very disappointed that for now the option of a rail route has been closed off by the Scottish Government. Over many years improvements to bus services have failed to deliver the connectivity the town needs, the case for re-opening the station remains but it will need a government that is
October 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I’m very disappointed that for now the option of a rail route has been closed off by the Scottish Government. Over many years improvements to bus services have failed to deliver the connectivity the town needs, the case for re-opening the station remains but it will need a government that is
Jimmy Perez relocated to Orkney? Really don't know how to make it.
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Jimmy Perez relocated to Orkney? Really don't know how to make it.
John Gordon Sinclair posting his photographic work to a publisher in The Girl in the Picture (1985) #postboxsaturday #Glasgow
October 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
John Gordon Sinclair posting his photographic work to a publisher in The Girl in the Picture (1985) #postboxsaturday #Glasgow
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Happy #PostboxSaturday from outside Sherborne's railway station.
September 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Happy #PostboxSaturday from outside Sherborne's railway station.
While listening to BBC Radio 3's Train Tracks celebrating 200 years of modern railway, I found this old picture of a GR postbox installed on the platform of Pitlochry, one of the stations where the live programme broadcasts from today. #PostboxSaturday
September 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
While listening to BBC Radio 3's Train Tracks celebrating 200 years of modern railway, I found this old picture of a GR postbox installed on the platform of Pitlochry, one of the stations where the live programme broadcasts from today. #PostboxSaturday
I'm listening to this now. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Train Tracks, Live from Edinburgh Waverley
A railway extravaganza celebrating 200 years of the birth of the modern railway
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I'm listening to this now. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Earlier this week, when the weather was on our side, I caught this CrossCountry service gliding along the Dawlish Sea Wall with the most stunning sunrise lighting up the sky.
📍 Dawlish Sea Wall
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#Dawlish #SouthDevon #SeaWall #RailPhotography #CrossCountryTrains
📍 Dawlish Sea Wall
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#Dawlish #SouthDevon #SeaWall #RailPhotography #CrossCountryTrains
September 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Earlier this week, when the weather was on our side, I caught this CrossCountry service gliding along the Dawlish Sea Wall with the most stunning sunrise lighting up the sky.
📍 Dawlish Sea Wall
📸 @beachcamsman.bsky.social
#Dawlish #SouthDevon #SeaWall #RailPhotography #CrossCountryTrains
📍 Dawlish Sea Wall
📸 @beachcamsman.bsky.social
#Dawlish #SouthDevon #SeaWall #RailPhotography #CrossCountryTrains
A GR postbox in front of a mural, Aberdeen. #PostboxSaturday #Scotland
September 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A GR postbox in front of a mural, Aberdeen. #PostboxSaturday #Scotland