wigton physics

We spotted the Norwegian Jade cruise ship from the beach at Rosemarkie. If my little finger subtends 1 degree then the ship subtends 1/6 o...

I'm in a band. We played a well received gig recently. Parking the guitar in front of the amp is a god way of attracting feedback. Wha...

My lawn mower claims to be 96dB. I used a digital meter to test that claim. Sat right on top of the grass box, it was claiming >100dB. ...

We visited the house of Hugh Miller, the Scottish 19th Century geologist and social activist. The lovely modern garden had the above quot...

Here are two photographs taken with a polarising filter at 90 degrees turn between shots. Notice that a small cloud bottom centre looks...

This picture will need expanding to see the detail. It had all but disappeared by the time I was able to stop safely for the photograph. T...

I'm always a sucker for foreign power lines. These ones in Normandy look like the pylons have horns. That's because there are two ...