Walking From Dundee to East Calder

St Andrews

Crail

West Wemyss

Lower Largo

Fife Ness

On the 22nd of May, Stuart and I set off on walk home. We left Dundee and were aiming to reach St Andrews by the end of the first night. After a very long day in blistering heat we made it :) We set up camp looking over St Andrews and the Cathedral and woke the next morning to rain. We got caught in a Thunder storm just before Fife Ness and I discovered my so-called waterproof jacket was certainly not waterproof! We stopped for fish and chips in Crail and continued walking until it was dark and camped on the coast just before Anstruther with a wee campfire :) Day 3 we walked from Anstruther to the beach at LowerLargo and day 4 LowerLargo to Burntisland. I was starting to feel very tired but the end was in sight, we could see Edinburgh across the water. Day 5 we made it to Inverkeithing for a few well earned pints and managed to make it to Kirkliston where we camped beside the scout hut. We were only a few miles from my parents home in East Calder and got home before lunch on day 6.

The Fife Coastal Path is very beautiful and well worth walking. It was the longest walk I have done and cant wait to tackle something a wee bit more challenging this summer :)

Elie

Dalgety Bay

Kirkliston Scout Hut

Moving Structure

Step 1 : The School is transpoted packed away

Step 2: The three units move to make the structure longer

Step 3: The three units lock together

Step 4: Two ends pull out to create more classroom space

Classroom Furniture Ideas

I want to design furniture for my school which cater for children of all ages and that are stackable and easily stored. The design needs to be durable and the materials very robust.

This chair design allows for all children to use. The chair can be turned around for a smaller or taller chair making it very flexible. I still need to refine the design and decide on materials and at the moment it does not stack as easily as I would want.

Table 1 is height adjustable for children of all ages to use and sit comfortable at.

Table and Chairs for younger children.

Table and Chairs for older, taller children.

Terrain of Afghanistan

I have been looking at the Terrain for Afghanistan to find inspiration for my camouflage design. There are three main land conditions, Mountainous, Desert and Grass Land.

Images from Google Earth

Line drawing of the Afghan Terrain

Wire forms

Camouflage Ideas

Sketch ideas for camouflage

Rocky Mountainous Camouflage

Desert Camouflage

Grass Camouflage

Bomb Project

So we have about 4 weeks until our dissertation is due and last week we were told we would be taking part in a 3 day Bomb project :o

I was worried that the project would be a waste of time, time I could be using to write my dissertation and working on my thesis project, but it was actually nice to have a wee break.

So the project was to explore a building typography. Our group was LEARN.

We started to think about the stages of learning throughout our life, Birth, Toddler, Nursery, Primary School, High School, University and Adulthood (Life) and how our knowledge and wisdom grows as we grow.