Walking / Wellbeing
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Speaking to the Foyer about Mental Health
Doric Futures, Jill McWilliam speaks frankly to the Foyer in Aberdeen about the challenges she has faced with a lifelong bipolar condition and about her recovery process.
A Wander Around Loch Muick – by Ellie McDonald
One of Aberdeenshire’s most well-known spots, a favourite amongst hikers….
The Secret Waterfall by Ellie McDonald
There’s a new badly kept secret at Bennachie. It’s a place that’s not so easy to find, but one that suddenly everyone…
Walking in the Wide-Open Spaces of Aberdeenshire
View from Prince Leopold’s Cairn overlooking Balmoral By Ellie McDonald The Balmoral Cairns One fine Sunday before the snow hit (again) I took a walk…
Bennachie from Millstone Hill
I posted this image on the Doric TV Facebook page to promote the ‘wide open spaces of Aberdeenshire’ for well-being. I was ‘fair chuffed’ to receive the following correspondence back from across the miles.......From: Graham Donachie a Doric TV Viewer from Dundee now...
A personal thankyou from Doric TV
25th November 2020 Jill would like to share this short personal message with you. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope you will join our Doric TV Community by clicking on the link below,...
The Therapeutic Value of Coastline, by David Brown
I was once asked where my favourite place was, ‘outside’ I quipped but a moment’s reflection led me to qualify it; ‘in nature’. Cities, completely man made, assault the senses with artificially loud noises, a barrage of entirely human concerns….
David Brown, Aberdeenshire Country side Ranger Service
Yesterday I would have been taking a guided short walk from Port Erroll, up Ward Hill, or Goats Hillock as it is also known, and on to New Slains Castle and back. Instead I’m posting a few photos of the area. Between 1959 and 1991…
Language
Doric Future is pleased to present a collection Blog Articles that highlights the Language and Culture of the Scots language in general and the Doric Dialect in particular.
To view our Language / Culture collection click here.
Music
Doric Future has many connections with musicians, poets and performers from all around the North East of Scotland, as well as further afield, our links with the talented members and visitors of the Cruden Bay folk Club has enabled Jill to compile a wide variety of musical content which is featured in the Doric TV playlists. These Blogs help all have a musical connection which we hope you enjoy.
To view our Music collection click here.
People
Since launching the Doric Future Blog back in 2019 we have been delighted to include Blog Posts from a wide variety of people from every corner of the world. In this general section, you can see contributions from ordinary folk who have something to say about what Doric means to them.
To view our People / Culture collection click here.
RGU Students
In the spring of 2021 Doric Future was delighted to welcome its first-ever student placements from RGU, Ewan and Ellie contributed greatly to our website during there placement and you can read in this collection some of the great work they produced for Doric Future.
To view our RGU Student collection click here.
Walking / Wellbeing
Jill has always found peace and comfort from walking in the countryside, in this collection you will find several of her accounts as well as submissions from others on the same subject.
To view our Walking / Wellbeing collection click here.