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  • A pageant, of birds too.

    When I tried to upload pictures from our weekend in Beadnell I failed spectacularly, so here I am, having another shot at it.  Whilst I do this HM the Queen is doing a stalwart job standing up for over three hours on the trot, in the rain, watching the Jubilee pageant on the River Thames. …

  • Farne away

    So, home again after an epic weekend in Beadnell, Northumberland, seeing our chums from Discovery 2008.  It was magnificent to pick up from where we left off in 2011, there are not many people with whom one may do this and it’s a true joy. This year we stayed again at the Towers, and sallied…

  • Totally Ruby*

    Well, who has the day off tomorrow?  Oh, that would be me.   Expect pictures of daffodils as I venture out into the unknown terra firma a.k.a. our back garden.   Someone has to tidy it up… There is a new protocol in this blog thing which results in me deleting everything I have just typed.  Flipping…

  • Normal service…

    ..is being resumed as soon as possible, if you do not know then let me advise that this site was hacked, massive thanks to Alison for alerting us.  Paul has been very busy working on it since then and the message as always people is back up, back up, back up. In other news, we’ve…

  • Gigg(l)ing

    Just home from another excellent evening at St Peter In Chains church in Inverkeithing, where After 8 Mince played a Burns Supper gig.  Thanks to the organisers, the people who brought food for the lovely buffet, all the raffle prize donators, everyone who sang along and to Joe for deciding to invite us there in…

  • Aunty Net’s party

    Yesterday we had a party in Dad’s house for Aunty Net, on the occasion of her 90th birthday next week.  Loads of family and friends were able to attend,  the sun shone (mostly) and only one of the gazebos was trashed.      

  • Capital times

    Back from three days in the Smoke where we were delighted to meet up with chum Ruth.  We had originally planned to go to both Cambridge and London but Paul’s operation made us take a more realistic approach.   We saw two extremely good plays, Much Ado About Nothing with David Tennant and Catherine Tate, and…

  • Pond, James Pond….

    I’m ashamed to admit that today I visited our water feature and howked out around three kilos of pond weed, or a whole heap of algal mat as Paul informs me. The redoubtable Davey will be round soon to clean out the thing and render it crystal clean, or at least able to flow again.…

  • BA 8

    Just back from Blair Atholl, yet another wonderful weekend with Yard of Ale, On the Wagon, After 8 Mince and the Lilting Tilters. Most of DBFC pitched up on Friday night, and enjoyed a grand meal followed by many hours of music, laughter and insults.  On Saturday, after exchanging some wake up jokes at breakfast,…

  • Sheryl

    Yesterday we went to the wedding of Sheryl Thomson and Peter Ritchie, in the Randolph Room at Glasgow University.  It was a hugely moving ceremony, the bride looked stunning and the music was highly emotive. Here are some pictures of the happy couple