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Within reach
Last night our office’s contact centre hosted telephone donation calls for BBC Children in Need, as well as running a host of fund raising activities. It was a busy old day, which could have gone either way, especially when we discovered that there were no winning tickets at all in the bucket for the tombola. …
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Abu Dhabi
Here are some pictures from yesterday in Aberdour, on the Silver Sands beach. Winter just about upon us.
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A Murmuration
Does anyone know the location of a starling murmuration? At dusk they swoop and dance in great clouds and I would love to see that. I suppose there must be websites which give the lowdown on this and there is a big starling group at the recycling centre in the Bay, which might be a…
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Too excited to think up a title
Don’t all flock at once, I have just heard that BBC Autumnwatch has been filming at RSPB Loch Leven (aka Vane Farm) and will broadcast the section next week. Great stuff, but don’t make it too famous, we still want to be able to grab that window seat in the café at least twice a…
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Whether to weather the weather or wither
Right people, enough with the long range forecasts. Every year we hear that inane, trumped up and downright stupid phrase “barbecue summer” (or “BBQ Summer” for the hard of thinking) which is, I suspect*, paid for by the supermarkets and Do It Yourself stores to shift their vast stockpiles of garden furniture – and where…
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Moan
I have been educated to tertiary level. I have held down responsible positions within various logistics and financial services institutions for nearly thirty years. I can wrangle spreadsheets. I have a blog and a Twitter account. I can work Facebook. So why the hell can I not upload a stupid talking book to my iPad?
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Long Time Gone
Yes, it’s been ages since I posted here, we have been busy again of late. I will post a wee selection of pictures below. So, let me review matters since the start of September. We have been on a terrific cruise round the Baltic capitals, to Stockholm, Tallinn, St. Petersburg and Kalundborg in Denmark. Stockholm…
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Warm cockles
To Berwick yesterday, not for the reason stated on the tin but nevertheless lovely to see Johnny & Yvonne. After a splendid repast and blethers, we wobbled out onto the town walls and walked right round, for the first time I can remember. It was most interesting to see the bastions and lovely views for…
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(Im)précis
Triple busy of late, it’s always like that in the run up to a holiday, or maybe it isn’t, we just perceive the contrast more keenly. Yesterday we went to Callum’s second birthday party, and such was the excitement that I didn’t manage to catch any really good pictures of him. There was lots of…
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MRI
Thanks to everyone who phoned tonight, or texted, and to Elspeth & Colin for taking me to Dundee and waiting patiently. Now I just have to sook up the courage to rip this bandage off my arm. Sleep Sleep tonight And may your dreams Be realized If the thunder cloud Passes rain So let it…