PolarBear TV

We took Mum's ashes up to the Ochil Hills at home in Scotland as per her final wishes. With the help of Mum's sister, Angela, we found a lovely spot near a waterfall at Alva Glen. Free peek at Peanut the Dog towards the end of the clip.

Goodbye, Mum. X

I recently passed my test so I am, obviously, an absolute expert driver now.

Today though I felt like I was missing something as 4 vehicles and one pedestrian all seemed to be oblivious of my car!?

Caution - contains Sweary Scottish dialogue.

RetroGames recently offered random mystery boxes of (mostly) retro computer and console stuff. Re:Enthused also did a video of their box opening, thanks to Johnny for bringing this to my attention.

Don't expect anything rare or super valuable but if you are of the same sort of vintage and have similar interests to me then you might find your nostalgia gland fluffled.

I bought my box around new year 2025/6 and this is the VOD of me opening it up on my Owncast stream.

Hamish was hard at work in the studio and produced this new intro for the Radio Hamish show.

This DPD van was parked less than the legal distance of 10metres from a junction., blocking traffic on the main road, as well as making it hard for me to get into my street and next to the bus stop on the opposite side of the road to boot!

I get that these drivers are under a lot of pressure but there were plenty of more sensible spots, even just a few metres away from where this one was.

Highway Code Rule 243

Reported to the police.

P.S. Putting on your hazard warning lights does not mean you can park anywhere you like.

This is an independent drive with a friend sitting in with me in my own car. 5th of December 2025. I have been learning for just over 3 months and been driving my own car for just over 1 month. I also stopped off at a quiet car park for some bay parking practice. No sound as we were talking and there was commercial music on the radio in the background as well.

I am an anxious, neuro-divergent person who is finally learning to drive at the age of 53. I tried to learn in manual gear cars a few times over the years, most recently earlier in 2025 but the combination of extra physical controls to operate at the same time as the highest risk moments like junctions and roundabouts just made me close off and panic. Driving automatic only, with a dedicated auto-only instructor has opened things up and made it feel possible for me.

The speeds on the display are accurate but in the UK driving test the car's speedometer is taken as the speed and these report a little bit over real speed. The car is showing me about 2-3mph more.

Feel free to comment on anything in the drive or ask questions. I am sure plenty of people have opinions about other peoples' driving!

P.S. The little jumps every 3 minutes or so are because the dashcams record in 3 minute segments and I couldn't be arsed to edit every one of the clips in perfectly

Hamish backed the Kickstarter campaign for the 2nd edition of the Alien Table Top Role-Playing Game from Free League Publishing at the top tier "Engineer" level and this is the first parcel of goodies that has arrived. There is a second batch with the updated versions of the two expansion books; Colonial Marines and Building Better Worlds, due to be sent out shortly to complete the package. I will make another video when they arrive.

Notes: "Hope's Last Day" is the adventure module from the original rulebook, not the original starter set . The new starter set uses an updated (for the new rules) version of that adventure. The original starter set has the first adventure (cinematic) that is continued in the boxed adventures from the original edition ; "Destroyer of Worlds" and "Heart of Darkness".

The miniature is not included with the standard edition of the starter set - that was a Kickstarter extra that they packaged in there.

This is how Peanut the dog reacts when it is my mealtime.

A message from Nibbs' friend, Mr Strawberry, from episode seven, series one of "Alien Earth".

A wee video I re-discovered recently, features my friend John "Rock 'n' Roll" Hole and me off-camera.