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Category: Family

  • No Man’s Land

    Ban the Wasp started up as a repository for family history,  thanks to a chance remark at a wedding, made by Marika Kennedy.  I added in what was known about my mother’s uncles, two of whom were killed in the 14 – 18 war. There is a lot of awareness around the 100th anniversary of…

  • Spinally tapped

    Another evening at Pilates, another well stretched me. We had a very interesting weekend with our friend Rieko, from Tokyo. Saturday: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh; Meadows walk; Burrell Collection, Pollok Park, Glasgow; then home for a gourmet Japanese meal. Sunday: The Kelpies, Falkirk; the new exhibition at the field of the Battle of Bannockburn;…

  • Scottish Serenade

    Pretty short on updates, spent my birthday weekend at Blair Atholl with After 8 Mince, the groupies, Yard of Ale, On the Wagon, Dalgety Bay Folk Club and some very hard working hotel staff. Then a whizz up to the Highland Wildlife Park to see the red pandas, the wolverine, the capercaillie (finally) and the…

  • A Walk in the Park

    Pollok park in Glasgow to be precise, where Paul and I went to join a five mile sponsored walk in aid of Parkinson’s UK last Sunday.   If you have missed my mumbled appeals for sponsorship you can still support us by clicking on this link. We’d never been here before so we went across to…

  • If there was a word to describe the swiftness of the past few weeks it would be right here

    We have been out and about, to Rambottom no less, in Lancashire, to celebrate the Silver Wedding of our friends Catherine and Philip Burgess.  As ever, it was grand to see old chums and we are filled with the urge to do more of the same.  Hotel had a pool, which was a bonus,  and…

  • Al-Gharb

    Somewhat uncharacteristically we jetted off to warmer climes last weekend.    John & Yvonne are spending winter in Portugal and we thought we had better go and see them.  Never having been to the Algarve we were very excited, and once installed it felt like walking out of a black and white film into a…

  • Auld Lang Syne

    We twa hae paidl’t in the burn, From morning sun till dine; But seas between us braid hae roar’d Sin auld lang syne. That is my favourite verse from Burns’ poem, a masterpiece which is still being sung around the world as I type.  I have just been looking at comments on Facebook and I…

  • Happy Hogmanay

    ..is what Callum shouted to us this afternoon as we were leaving.  Couldn’t put it better.

  • Christmas Eve Eve

    Yesterday I could not log in, so I sent this out, but with a different picture. Grand day yesterday with old chums Diana, Caroline, Nigel, Emily & Julia. Lots of scones. A Poem There’s something up with banthewasp My website does not know me It’s quoting Errors, turns its back And says I’m not a…

  • Winter

    Glorious day here on Sunday, which happily meant a walk on the beach in Aberdour.  Hooray for that and for other  better news.