Alistair Reece
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Alistair Reece
@velkyal.bsky.social
Scot living in the VA Piedmont. Corbynite, Mitteleuropaphile. Unbashed lager boy. Hiker, gardener, reader, writer, gourmand, all round fascinated by the world and life. Twin dad.

Author of "Virginia Cider: A Scrumptious History" - https://a.co/d/8fVpwcZ
Really pleased to be on board! Plenty of stories to dig into around apples, orcharding, and cider in Virginia.
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Looking forward to writing more for you!
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Oh, those fun-loving toffs...whoever came up with the idea was clearly told, "it will never take off", to which they responded "joke's on you, the fox is on a bedsheet with people pulling at either end". How did they get the animal to sit still long enough though?
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Oh yes!! Happy days.
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
At the end of the day, they are all fecking mental.
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
There was a lad at college, I studied to be a minister, from Northern Ireland who was a member of Iain Paisley's church. Whenever he spoke in chapel, he went on and on about sodomy and the evils of homosexuality. Also had an irrational fear of my Celtic shirts, so I wore them often.
November 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Unless the ferry was just in...
October 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
So glad we grew up where we did and could actually be kids. Many, many times I am tempted to take my wee family and move back to the islands so they can have exactly what I did.
October 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Bon Accord on North St is everything a pub should be in my world.
October 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Had to look up the date, what on earth is with this timeline??
October 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Judged objectively, Devils Backbone are still one of the best breweries in Virginia, and Jason Oliver is an amazing brewer.
October 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A very young Carra?
October 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM