The 2010 PhD reading party trip took us to Lochearnhead on the banks of Loch Earn. Each of the twelve PhD students attending gave a talk on their current work, before taking off for a spot of mountain biking in nearby Comrie.

Talks

Each student gave a 15 minute talk on their work, with time for questions and comments.

At the end of the student talks Tom and Ed, the two staff members on the trip, imparted some wisdom (that talk didn’t take 15 minutes!).

Cycling

Our mountain biking route took us along to Crieff, past the Famous Grouse distillery, and back again. As the map below shows some of us took low route back, while a few brave souls attempted a hill climb which tops out at around 150 feet. Tough work!

This wouldn’t be a Computer Science trip without amazingly specific elevation data for our route, so here you go…

Some exciting videos from the cycling trip:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f5s1h0NoDE

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNLslD_Hor0

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8M1m_dLOTE

Pool

Of course, the reading party wasn’t all work (and cycling). On each day after the presentations had finished we took the chance to visit the local pub, which was handily located right next to the hotel!

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